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RI Gen L § 7-13-52 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-52 - Changes and amendments.

§ 7-13-52. Changes and amendments.If any statement in the application for registration of a foreign limited partnership was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application inaccurate in any respect, the foreign limited partnership shall promptly file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate, signed and sworn to by a general partner, correcting the statement.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-52.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-52.1 - Foreign application for transfer of authority.

§ 7-13-52.1. Foreign application for transfer of authority.(a) A duly authorized foreign limited partnership in the state of Rhode Island that converts into any form of foreign or other entity subject to the provisions of Title 7 and the resulting entity is required to file for authority to transact business in this state may apply for a transfer of authority in the office of the secretary of state by filing:(1) An application for transfer of authority that has been executed and filed in accordance with § 7-13-11;(2) An application for authority to transact business in the state of Rhode Island for the resulting entity type; and(3) A certificate of legal existence or good standing issued by the proper officer of the state or country under the laws of which the resulting entity has been formed.(b) The application for transfer of authority shall state:(1) The name of the limited partnership;(2) The type of other entity into which it has been converted; and(3) The jurisdiction whose laws govern its internal affairs.(c) Upon the effective time and date of the application for transfer of authority, the authority of the limited partnership authorized to transact business under this chapter shall be transferred without interruption to the other entity which shall thereafter hold such authority subject to the provisions of the laws of the state of Rhode Island applicable to that type of resulting entity.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 68, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 85, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-53 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-53 - Cancellation of registration.

§ 7-13-53. Cancellation of registration.When all fees and taxes have been paid to the tax administrator, as evidenced by an appropriate certificate of good standing issued by the Rhode Island division of taxation, a foreign limited partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of cancellation signed and sworn to by a general partner. In filing a certificate of cancellation, the foreign limited partnership revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service of process and consents that service of process in any action, suit or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state during the time the foreign limited partnership was authorized to transact business in this state may subsequently be made on the foreign limited partnership by service on the secretary of state. The certificate of cancellation must include the post office address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process against the foreign limited partnership that is served on the secretary of state.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 99, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 49, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 80, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 88, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-54 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-54 - Transaction of business without registration.

§ 7-13-54. Transaction of business without registration.(a) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state until it has registered in this state.(b) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state.(c) A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of having transacted business in this state without registration.(d) A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business in this state without registration, appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process as to claims for relief or causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.(e) Without excluding other activities that may not constitute transacting business in this state, a foreign limited partnership is not considered to be transacting business in this state for purposes of this chapter by reason of carrying on in this state any one or more of the following activities:(1) Maintaining or defending any action or suit or any administrative or arbitration proceeding or effecting a settlement of it or the settlement of any claims or dispute;(2) Holding meetings of the partners or carrying on other activities concerning its internal affairs;(3) Maintaining bank accounts;(4) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of partnership securities or partnership interests, or appointing and maintaining depositories with relation to its partnership interests or securities;(5) Effecting sales to independent contractors;(6) Soliciting or procuring orders whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise where the orders require acceptance without this state before becoming binding contracts;(7) Creating evidences of debt, mortgages, or liens on real or personal property;(8) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing any rights and property securing the debts;(9) Transacting any business in interstate commerce.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-54.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-54.1 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.

§ 7-13-54.1. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:(1) Filing a certificate of limited partnership, one hundred dollars ($100).(2) Filing a certificate of amendment to a certificate of limited partnership, fifty dollars ($50.00).(3) Filing a certificate of cancellation of a certificate of limited partnership, ten dollars ($10.00).(4) Filing an application to reserve a limited partnership name, fifty dollars ($50.00) and for renewal, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).(5) Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved limited partnership name, fifty dollars ($50.00).(6) Filing a statement of change of address of specified office or change of specified agent, twenty dollars ($20.00).(7) Filing a statement of change of address only for a specified agent, without fee.(8) Filing an application of a foreign limited partnership to register as a foreign limited partnership, one hundred dollars ($100).(9) Filing a certificate of correction of a registration as a foreign limited partnership, ten dollars ($10.00).(10) Filing a certificate of cancellation of registration as a foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars ($25.00).(11) Filing any other document, statement or report of a domestic or foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars ($50.00).(12) Filing a certificate of amendment of a foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars ($50.00).(13) For issuing a certificate of good standing/letter of status, twenty dollars ($20.00).(14) For issuing a certificate of fact, thirty dollars ($30.00).(15) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument or paper relating to a domestic or foreign limited partnership, a fee of fifteen cents ($.15) per page and ten dollars ($10.00) for the certificate and affirming the seal to it.(16) Service of process on the secretary of state as registered agent of a limited partnership, fifteen dollars ($15.00) which amount may be recovered as a taxable cost by the party to the suit or action making the service if the party prevails in the suit or action.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 43, § 3; P.L. 2001, ch. 26, § 3; P.L. 2001, ch. 268, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 36, § 8; P.L. 2005, ch. 72, § 8; P.L. 2007, ch. 99, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-13-55 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-55 - Action to enjoin foreign limited partnership.

§ 7-13-55. Action to enjoin foreign limited partnership.The superior court has jurisdiction to enjoin any foreign limited partnership, or any agent of a foreign limited partnership, from transacting any business in the state if the limited partnership has failed to comply with any section of this chapter applicable to it or if the limited partnership has secured a certificate of the secretary of state under § 7-13-49 on the basis of false or misleading representation. The attorney general may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 121, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-13-56 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-56 - Right of action.

§ 7-13-56. Right of action.A limited partner may bring an action in the right of a limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely to succeed.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-57 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-57 - Proper plaintiff.

§ 7-13-57. Proper plaintiff.In a derivative action, the plaintiff must be a partner at the time of bringing the action and(1) at the time of the transaction of which he or she complains, or(2) his or her status as a partner had developed upon him or her by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-58 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-58 - Pleading.

§ 7-13-58. Pleading.In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-59 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-59 - Expenses.

§ 7-13-59. Expenses.If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of an action or claim, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, and shall direct him or her to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those proceeds received by him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-60 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-60 - Construction and application.

§ 7-13-60. Construction and application.This chapter shall be applied and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law as to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-61 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-61 - Short title.

§ 7-13-61. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Limited Partnership Act".History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-62 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-62 - Severability.

§ 7-13-62. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-63 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-63 - Rule for cases not provided for in this chapter.

§ 7-13-63. Rule for cases not provided for in this chapter.In any case not provided for in this chapter, the provisions of chapter 12 of this title govern.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-64 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-64 - Applications to existing limited partnerships.

§ 7-13-64. Applications to existing limited partnerships.The provisions of this chapter apply to all domestic limited partnerships existing on January 1, 1987, to the extent that the partnership agreement of each partnership is not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. Unless otherwise agreed to by the partners, nothing in this chapter requires any domestic limited partnership validly existing on January 1, 1987, to comply with the provisions of this chapter in order to preserve or continue its status as a limited partnership.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 440, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-13-65 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-65 - Effect of repeal of prior acts.

§ 7-13-65. Effect of repeal of prior acts.The repeal of any prior statutory provision by this chapter does not impair, or otherwise affect, the organization or the continued existence of a limited partnership existing at January 1, 1986, nor is the repeal by this chapter of any prior provision to be construed so as to impair any contract or to affect any right accrued prior to January 1, 1986.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 390, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-13-66 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-66 - Indemnification.

§ 7-13-66. Indemnification.Subject to any standards and restrictions that are set forth in its partnership agreement, a limited partnership has the power to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from any claims and demands.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 227, § 3.
RI Gen L § 7-13-67 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-67 - Classes and voting.

§ 7-13-67. Classes and voting.(a) (1) A partnership agreement may provide for classes or groups of limited partners having any relative rights, powers and duties that the partnership agreement provides, and may make provision for the future creation in the manner provided in the partnership agreement of additional classes or groups of limited partners having any relative rights, powers and duties that may from time to time be established, including rights, powers and duties senior to existing classes and groups of limited partners.(2) A partnership agreement may provide for the taking of an action, including the amendment of the partnership agreement, without the vote or approval of any limited partner or class or group of limited partners, including an action to create under the provisions of the partnership agreement a class or group of partnership interests that was not previously outstanding.(b) Subject to § 7-13-19 the partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified limited partners or a specified class or group of the limited partners the right to vote separately or with all or any class or group of the limited partners or the general partners, on any matter. Voting by limited partners may be on a per capita, number, financial interest, class, group or any other basis.(c) A partnership agreement that grants a right to vote may set forth provisions relating to notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any limited partners, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy, or any other matter as to the exercise of the right to vote.(d) Any right or power, including voting rights, granted to limited partners as permitted under § 7-13-19 of this title is deemed to be permitted by this section.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 227, § 3.
RI Gen L § 7-13-69 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-13 - Limited Partnerships|Section 7-13-69 - Filing of returns with the tax administrator - Annual charge.

§ 7-13-69. Filing of returns with the tax administrator — Annual charge.(a) For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a limited partnership certified under this chapter shall file a return, in the form and containing the information as prescribed by the tax administrator, as follows:(1) If the fiscal year of the limited partnership is the calendar year, on or before the fifteenth day of April in the year following the close of the fiscal year; and(2) If the fiscal year of the limited partnership is not a calendar year, on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of the fiscal year.(b) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2015, a limited partnership certified under this chapter shall file a return, in the form and containing the information as prescribed by the tax administrator, and shall be filed on or before the date a federal tax return is due to be filed, without regard to extension.(c) An annual charge, equal to the minimum tax imposed upon a corporation under § 44-11-2(e), shall be due on the filing of the limited partnership's return filed with the tax administrator and shall be paid to the division of taxation.(d) The annual charge is delinquent if not paid by the due date for the filing of the return and an addition of one hundred dollars ($100) to the charge is then due.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 19, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 13, § 5.
RI Gen L § 7-14-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-14 - Suppression of Criminally Operated Businesses|Section 7-14-1 - Forfeiture of charter and revocation of permit.

§ 7-14-1. Forfeiture of charter and revocation of permit.The attorney general is authorized to institute civil proceedings in the superior court to forfeit the charter of any corporation organized under the laws of this state and to revoke the permit authorizing any foreign corporation to carry on business in this state, when:(1) Any of the corporate officers or any other person controlling the management or operation of the corporation, with the knowledge of the president and a majority of the board of directors or under such circumstances wherein the president and a majority of the directors should have knowledge, is a person engaged in organized gambling, organized traffic in narcotics, organized extortion, organized bribery, organized embezzlement, or organized prostitution, or who is connected directly or indirectly with organizations, syndicates, or criminal societies engaging in those activities; or(2) A director, officer, employee, agent, or stockholder acting for, through, or on behalf of the corporation has, in conducting the corporation's affairs, purposely engaged in a persistent course of gambling, unlawful traffic in narcotics, extortion, embezzlement, intimidation and coercion, bribery, prostitution, or other criminal conduct with the knowledge of the president and a majority of the board of directors or under circumstances where the president and a majority of the directors should have knowledge, with the intent to compel or induce other persons, firms, and corporations to deal with the corporation or to engage in any criminal conduct; and(3) For the prevention of future illegal conduct of the same character, the public interest requires the charter of the corporation to be forfeited and the corporation to be dissolved or the permit to be revoked.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 236, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-14-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-14 - Suppression of Criminally Operated Businesses|Section 7-14-2 - Enjoining operations of a business.

§ 7-14-2. Enjoining operations of a business.The attorney general is authorized to institute civil proceedings in the superior court to enjoin the operation of any business other than a corporation, including a partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated association, joint venture, or sole proprietorship, when:(1) Any person in control of the business, who may be a partner in a partnership, a participant in a joint venture, the owner of a sole proprietorship, an employee or agent of the business, or a person who, in fact, exercises control over the operations of the business, has, in conducting its business affairs, purposely engaged in a persistent course of gambling, unlawful traffic in narcotics, extortion, embezzlement, intimidation, bribery, prostitution, crimes against nature, or other illegal conduct with the intent to compel or induce other persons, firms, or corporations to deal with the business or engage in any illegal conduct; and(2) That for the prevention of future illegal conduct of the same character, the public interest requires the operation of the business to be enjoined.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 236, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-14-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-14 - Suppression of Criminally Operated Businesses|Section 7-14-3 - Institution and conduct of proceedings.

§ 7-14-3. Institution and conduct of proceedings.(a) The proceedings authorized by § 7-14-1 may be instituted against a corporation in any county in which it is doing business, and the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Rhode Island rules of civil procedure and the applicable rules of court. The proceedings are deemed additional to any other proceeding authorized by law for the purpose of forfeiting the charter of a corporation or revoking the permit of a foreign corporation.(b) The proceedings authorized by § 7-14-2 may be instituted against a business other than a corporation in any county in which it is doing business, and the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Rhode Island rules of civil procedure and the applicable rules of court.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 236, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-14-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-14 - Suppression of Criminally Operated Businesses|Section 7-14-4 - Severability.

§ 7-14-4. Severability.It is declared to be the legislative intent that, if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this chapter is held to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter is not affected.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 236, § 2.