Montana Code Annotated
Part 6. Formation -- Certificate of Limited Partnership
35-12-614. Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state -- effective time and date

35-12-614. Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state -- effective time and date. (1) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. Unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, if all filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state shall file the record and upon request and payment of a fee:
(a) for a statement of dissociation, send:
(i) a copy of the filed statement to the person that the statement indicates has dissociated as a general partner; and
(ii) a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership;
(b) for a statement of withdrawal, send:
(i) a copy of the filed statement to the person on whose behalf the record was filed; and
(ii) if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership; and
(c) for all other records, send a copy of the filed record to the person on whose behalf the record was filed.
(2) Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the requester a certified copy of the requested record.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in 35-7-111 and 35-12-616, a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record filed by the secretary of state is effective:
(a) if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary of state's endorsement of the date and time on the record;
(b) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time specified in the record;
(c) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of:
(i) the specified date; or
(ii) the 90th day after the record is filed; or
(d) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of:
(i) the specified date; or
(ii) the 90th day after the record is filed.
History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 216, L. 2011.