Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 590 - RULES OF OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE › Chapter 590-7 - COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS › Subject 590-7-10 - LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS-RULES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY › Rule 590-7-10-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Active
				Limited Partnership.
As used here the term "active limited partnership"
				shall mean a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership that is on file
				with the Secretary of State and is in compliance with the filing requirements
				of the Official Code of Georgia or a limited partnership that has made an
				annual registration filing within the past three (3) years.
(2)
Annual Registration.
As used
				herein the term "annual registration" shall mean the filing required of each
				limited partnership and foreign limited partnership as set forth in the
				Code.
(3)
Applicant.
As used herein the term "applicant" shall mean any person making application to
				the Secretary of State for any service provided or authorized by the
				Code.
(4)
Assistant
				Corporation Commissioner.
As used herein all references to the
				"Assistant Corporation Commissioner" shall mean the Assistant Corporation
				Commissioner appointed by the Secretary of State as the Director of the
				Corporations Division to oversee the administration of the Code as provided in
				O.C.G.A. §§
									14-5-20 and 
				 14-9-1102.
(5)
Automated Database.
As used
				herein, all references to the "automated database" shall mean the database
				maintained on the electronic data processing equipment.
(6)
Certificate of Filing.
As
				used herein all references to "certificates" shall mean a certificate of filing
				or a form containing signatures of the Secretary of State and/or persons
				authorized by the Secretary of State, a date of filing and the printed or
				embossed seal of the State of Georgia. The certificate of filing may also
				include the placing of a stamp on a document containing a time and date of
				filing and an acknowledgement of such filing.
(7)
Certificate of Limited
				Partnership.
As used herein all references to a "certificate of limited
				partnership" shall mean the document filed with the Secretary of State to form
				a limited partnership pursuant to the Code.
(8)
Code.
As used herein, all
				citations to "the Code" or "Code" refer to the Georgia Revised Uniform Limited
				Partnership Act, as amended, and other statutes set forth in Title 14 of the
				Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
(9)
Commissioner.
As used
				herein, all references to "the Commissioner" or "Commissioner" shall mean the
				Corporation Commissioner and Secretary of State of the State of
				Georgia.
(10)
Corporate
				Service Organization.
As used herein a "corporate service organization"
				shall mean a person or entity, a substantial part of whose business is:
(a) Providing information concerning
				corporations and other business organizations to the public;
(b) Providing ministerial services to
				corporations and other business organizations to assist them in meeting the
				filing requirements of State and federal laws and regulations pertaining to
				such organizations; or
(c)
				Maintaining a commercial database available to the general public.