Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership law.
179.0203 - Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.

179.0203 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.
(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
(a) An initial certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general partners listed in the certificate.
(b) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership deleting a statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership must be signed by all general partners listed in the certificate.
(c) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership designating as general partner a person admitted under s. 179.0801 (1) (c) 2. following the dissociation of a limited partnership's last general partner must be signed by that person.
(d) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership required by s. 179.0802 (3) following the appointment of a person to wind up the dissolved limited partnership's activities and affairs must be signed by that person.
(e) Any other amendment to the certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all of the following:
1. At least one general partner listed in the certificate.
2. Each other person designated in the amendment as a new general partner.
3. Each person that the amendment indicates has dissociated as a general partner, unless any of the following applies:
a. The person is deceased or a guardian or general conservator has been appointed for the person and the amendment so states.
b. The person has previously delivered to the department for filing a statement of dissociation.
(f) A restated certificate of limited partnership must be signed by at least one general partner listed in the certificate, and, to the extent the restated certificate effects a change under any other paragraph of this subsection, the certificate must be signed in a manner that satisfies that paragraph.
(g) A statement of termination must be signed by all general partners listed in the certificate of limited partnership or, if the certificate of a dissolved limited partnership lists no general partners, by the person appointed pursuant to s. 179.0802 (3) or (4) to wind up the dissolved limited partnership's activities and affairs.
(h) Any other record delivered by a limited partnership to the department for filing must be signed by at least one general partner listed in the certificate of limited partnership.
(i) A statement by a person pursuant to s. 179.0605 (1) (c) stating that the person has dissociated as a general partner must be signed by that person.
(j) A statement of negation by a person pursuant to s. 179.0306, or a statement of denial by a person pursuant to s. 179.04025, must be signed by that person.
(k) Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the department for filing must be signed by that person.
(2) Any record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an attorney-in-fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.
(3) A person that signs a record as an attorney-in-fact or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
History: 2021 a. 258.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership law.

179.0101 - Short title.

179.0102 - Definitions.

179.0103 - Knowledge; notice.

179.0104 - Governing law.

179.0105 - Partnership agreement; scope, function, and limitations.

179.0106 - Partnership agreement; effect on limited partnership and person becoming partner; preformation agreement.

179.0107 - Partnership agreement; effect on 3rd parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of limited partnership.

179.0108 - Required information.

179.0109 - Dual capacity.

179.0110 - Nature, purpose, and duration of limited partnership.

179.0111 - Powers.

179.0112 - Applicability.

179.0113 - Supplemental principles of law.

179.0114 - Permitted names.

179.0115 - Reservation of name.

179.0116 - Registration of name.

179.0117 - Registered agent and registered office.

179.0118 - Change of registered agent or registered office by limited partnership.

179.0119 - Resignation of registered agent.

179.0120 - Change of name or address by registered agent.

179.0121 - Service of process, notice, or demand.

179.0122 - Delivery of record.

179.0124 - Filing fees; certified copies.

179.0201 - Formation of limited partnership; certificate of limited partnership.

179.0202 - Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited partnership.

179.0203 - Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.

179.0204 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.

179.0205 - Liability for inaccurate information in filed record.

179.0206 - Filing requirements.

179.0207 - Effective date and time.

179.0208 - Withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.

179.0209 - Correcting filed record.

179.0210 - Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; delivery of record by department.

179.0211 - Certificate of status.

179.0212 - Annual report for department.

179.0301 - Becoming limited partner.

179.0302 - No agency power of limited partner as limited partner.

179.0303 - No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.

179.0304 - Rights to information of limited partner and person dissociated as limited partner.

179.0305 - Limited duties of limited partners.

179.0306 - Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner.

179.0401 - Becoming general partner.

179.0402 - General partner agent of limited partnership.

179.04023 - Statement of partnership authority.

179.04025 - Statement of denial.

179.0403 - Limited partnership liable for general partner's actionable conduct.

179.0404 - General partner's liability.

179.0405 - Actions against partnership and partners.

179.0406 - Management rights of general partner.

179.0407 - Rights to information of general partner and person dissociated as general partner.

179.0408 - Reimbursement; indemnification; advancement; and insurance.

179.0409 - Standards of conduct for general partners.

179.0501 - Form of contribution.

179.0502 - Liability for contribution.

179.0503 - Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution.

179.0504 - Limitations on distributions.

179.0505 - Liability for improper distributions.

179.0601 - Dissociation as limited partner.

179.0602 - Effect of dissociation as limited partner.

179.0603 - Dissociation as general partner.

179.0604 - Power to dissociate as general partner; wrongful dissociation.

179.0605 - Effect of dissociation as general partner.

179.0606 - Power to bind and liability of person dissociated as general partner.

179.0607 - Liability of person dissociated as general partner to other persons.

179.0701 - Nature of transferable interest.

179.0702 - Transfer of transferable interest.

179.0703 - Charging order.

179.0704 - Power of legal representative of deceased partner.

179.0801 - Events causing dissolution.

179.0802 - Winding up.

179.0803 - Rescinding dissolution.

179.0804 - Power to bind partnership after dissolution.

179.0805 - Liability after dissolution of general partner and person dissociated as general partner.

179.0806 - Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.

179.0807 - Claims against dissolved limited partnership generally.

179.0808 - Court proceedings.

179.0809 - Liability of general partner and person dissociated as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred.

179.0810 - Disposition of assets in winding up; when contributions required.

179.0811 - Administrative dissolution.

179.0812 - Reinstatement.

179.0813 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

179.0901 - Direct action by partner.

179.0902 - Derivative action.

179.0903 - Proper plaintiff.

179.0904 - Pleading.

179.0905 - Special litigation committee.

179.0906 - Proceeds and expenses.

179.1001 - Governing law.

179.1002 - Registration to do business in this state.

179.1003 - Foreign registration statement.

179.1004 - Amendment of foreign registration statement.

179.1005 - Activities not constituting doing business.

179.1006 - Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.

179.1007 - Withdrawal deemed on conversion to or merger into domestic filing entity or domestic limited liability partnership.

179.1008 - Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion to nonfiling entity other than limited liability partnership.

179.1009 - Transfer of registration.

179.10101 - Grounds for termination.

179.10102 - Procedure for and effect of termination.

179.10103 - Appeal from termination.

179.1011 - Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign limited partnership.

179.1012 - Action by attorney general.

179.1101 - Definitions.

179.1102 - Relationship of subchapter to other laws.

179.1103 - Existing purpose.

179.1104 - Nonexclusivity.

179.1105 - Reference to external facts.

179.1121 - Merger authorized.

179.1122 - Plan of merger.

179.1123 - Approval of merger; amendment; abandonment.

179.1124 - Filings required for merger; effective date.

179.1125 - Effect of merger.

179.1131 - Interest exchange authorized.

179.1132 - Plan of interest exchange.

179.1133 - Approval of interest exchange; amendment; abandonment.

179.1134 - Filings required for interest exchange; effective date.

179.1135 - Effect of interest exchange.

179.1141 - Conversion authorized.

179.1142 - Plan of conversion.

179.1143 - Approval of conversion; amendment; abandonment.

179.1144 - Filings required for conversion; effective date.

179.1145 - Effect of conversion.

179.1151 - Domestication authorized.

179.1152 - Plan of domestication.

179.1153 - Approval of domestication; amendment; abandonment.

179.1154 - Filings required for domestication; effective date.

179.1155 - Effect of domestication.

179.1161 - Restrictions on approval of mergers, interest exchanges, conversions, and domestications.

179.1201 - Uniformity of application and construction.

179.1202 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.