Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 12.1
Uniform Partnership Act

Article 11
Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication

Part 5
Domestication

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12.1-1155

§ 7-12.1-1155. Statement of domestication — Effective date of domestication.

(a) A statement of domestication must be signed by the domesticating limited partnership and filed with the secretary of state.

(b) A statement of domestication must contain:

(1) The name and jurisdiction of formation of the domesticating limited liability partnership;

(2) The name and jurisdiction of formation of the domesticated limited liability partnership;

(3) If the domesticating limited liability partnership is a domestic limited liability partnership, a statement that the plan of domestication was approved in accordance with this part or, if the domesticating limited liability partnership is a foreign limited liability partnership, a statement that the domestication was approved in accordance with the law of its jurisdiction of formation; and

(4) The statement of qualification of the domesticated limited liability partnership, as an attachment.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, a statement of domestication may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.

(d) The statement of qualification of a domesticated domestic limited liability partnership must satisfy the requirements of this chapter, but the statement does not need to be signed.

(e) If the domesticated entity is a domestic partnership, the domestication becomes effective when the statement of domestication is effective. If the domesticated entity is a foreign partnership, the domestication becomes effective on the later of:

(1) The date and time provided in the organic law of the domesticated entity; and

(2) When the statement is effective.

History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.