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AB566,85,10 4(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), if a limited partnership or registered foreign
5limited partnership has no registered agent, or its registered agent cannot with
6reasonable diligence be served, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served
7by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial
8delivery service, addressed to the partnership or foreign partnership at its principal
9office, as shown on the records of the department on the date of sending. Service is
10perfected under this subsection at the earliest of the following:
AB566,85,1211 (a) The date the partnership or foreign partnership receives the mail or
12delivery by the commercial delivery service.
AB566,85,1413 (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on the behalf of the
14partnership or foreign partnership.
AB566,85,1615 (c) Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, or with the commercial
16delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.
AB566,86,2 17(3) If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a limited
18partnership or registered foreign limited partnership pursuant to sub. (1) or (2),
19service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular
20place of business or activity of the partnership or foreign partnership if the
21individual served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the partnership's
22or foreign partnership's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the
23department, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served by publishing a
24class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the partnership's or foreign

1partnership's principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the
2records of the department, is located.
AB566,86,4 3(4) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a
4written record.
AB566,86,6 5(5) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under
6law other than this chapter.
AB566,86,9 7179.0122 Delivery of record. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this
8chapter, permissible means of delivery of a record include delivery by hand, mail,
9conventional commercial practice, and electronic transmission.
AB566,86,11 10(2) Delivery to the department is effective only when a record is received by the
11department.
AB566,86,16 12179.0124 Filing fees; certified copies. (1) Subject to sub. (2) (a), the
13department may collect a fee for filing, or providing a certified copy of, a record under
14this chapter. The department may charge a fee for providing a certified copy of any
15record, or for filing any record not identified in sub. (2) (a), pursuant to a rule
16promulgated under this subsection or s. 182.01 (4).
AB566,86,19 17(2) (a) Except as provided under par. (c), the department shall collect the
18following fees when the records described in this paragraph are delivered to the
19department for filing:
AB566,86,2020 1. Certificate of limited partnership, $70.
AB566,86,2121 2. Application for use of indistinguishable name, $10.
AB566,86,2222 3. Application for reserved name, $10.
AB566,86,2323 4. Application for renewal of reserved name, $10.
AB566,86,2424 5. Notice of transfer of reserved name, $10.
AB566,86,2525 6. Application for registered name, $50.
AB566,87,1
17. Application for renewal of registered name, $50.
AB566,87,32 8. Statement of change of registered agent or registered office or registered
3agent's name, e-mail address, or street address under s. 179.0118 or 179.0120, $10.
AB566,87,44 9. Statement of resignation of registered agent, $10.
AB566,87,55 10. Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited partnership, $25.
AB566,87,66 11. Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication, $150.
AB566,87,77 12. Statement of dissolution or statement of termination, $10.
AB566,87,88 13. Foreign registration statement, $75.
AB566,87,99 14. Amendment of foreign registration statement, $15.
AB566,87,1110 15. Statement of withdrawal of foreign registration or application for transfer
11of foreign registration, $15.
AB566,87,1212 16. Statement of correction, $15.
AB566,87,1313 17. Annual report of a domestic limited partnership, $25.
AB566,87,1414 18. Annual report of a foreign limited partnership, $65.
AB566,87,1515 19. Statement of negation under s. 179.0306 (1) (b), $10.
AB566,87,1716 20. Statement of partnership authority under s. 179.04023 or statement of
17denial under s. 179.04025, $10.
AB566,87,2218 (b) In addition to the fees required under par. (a) or permitted under sub. (1),
19the department may collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4)
20(d) for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed
21with the department under this chapter or for preparing in an expeditious manner
22a certificate of status under s. 179.0211.
AB566,87,2423 (c) The department may, by rule, specify a larger fee for filing records in paper
24format.
AB566,88,2
1(3) A certified copy of a record filed by the department is conclusive evidence
2that the original record is on file with the department.
AB566,88,7 3(4) A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the
4department for filing, or deliver a document or cause a document to be delivered to
5the department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any
6material respect at the time of its delivery. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty
7of a Class I felony.
AB566,88,88 subchapter II
AB566,88,119 formation; certificate of
10 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
11 and other filings
AB566,88,14 12179.0201 Formation of limited partnership; certificate of limited
13partnership.
(1) To form a limited partnership, a person must deliver a certificate
14of limited partnership to the department for filing.
AB566,88,15 15(2) A certificate of limited partnership must state all of the following:
AB566,88,1616 (a) The name of the limited partnership, which name satisfies s. 179.0114.
AB566,88,1717 (b) The street and mailing addresses of the partnership's principal office.
AB566,88,1918 (c) The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the
19name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.
AB566,88,2020 (d) The name and street and mailing addresses of each general partner.
AB566,88,2121 (e) Whether the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.
AB566,88,25 22(3) A certificate of limited partnership may contain statements as to matters
23other than those required by sub. (2), but may not vary or otherwise affect the
24provisions specified in s. 179.0105 (3) and (4) in a manner inconsistent with that
25section.
AB566,89,1
1(4) A limited partnership is formed when all of the following occur:
AB566,89,22 (a) The certificate of limited partnership becomes effective.
AB566,89,33 (b) At least 2 persons have become partners.
AB566,89,44 (c) At least one person has become a general partner.
AB566,89,55 (d) At least one person has become a limited partner.
AB566,89,8 6179.0202 Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited
7partnership.
(1) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended or restated
8at any time.
AB566,89,10 9(2) To amend its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must
10deliver to the department for filing an amendment stating all of the following:
AB566,89,1111 (a) The name of the partnership.
AB566,89,1212 (b) The text of the amendment.
AB566,89,14 13(3) To restate its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must
14deliver to the department for filing a restatement, designated as such in its heading.
AB566,89,16 15(4) A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the department for filing
16an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership to reflect any of the following:
AB566,89,1717 (a) The admission of a new general partner.
AB566,89,1818 (b) The dissociation of a person as a general partner.
AB566,89,2019 (c) The appointment of a person to wind up the limited partnership's activities
20and affairs under s. 179.0802 (3) or (4).
AB566,89,24 21(5) If a general partner knows or has notice that any information in a filed
22certificate of limited partnership was inaccurate when the certificate was filed or has
23become inaccurate due to changed circumstances, the general partner shall
24promptly do one of the following to correct the inaccuracy:
AB566,89,2525 (a) Cause the certificate to be amended.
AB566,90,2
1(b) If appropriate, deliver to the department for filing a statement of change
2under s. 179.0118 or a statement of correction under s. 179.0209.
AB566,90,5 3179.0203 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the
4department.
(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this
5chapter must be signed as follows:
AB566,90,76 (a) An initial certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general
7partners listed in the certificate.
AB566,90,108 (b) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership deleting a statement
9that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership must be signed
10by all general partners listed in the certificate.
AB566,90,1411 (c) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership designating as
12general partner a person admitted under s. 179.0801 (1) (c) 2. following the
13dissociation of a limited partnership's last general partner must be signed by that
14person.
AB566,90,1715 (d) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership required by s.
16179.0802 (3) following the appointment of a person to wind up the dissolved limited
17partnership's activities and affairs must be signed by that person.
AB566,90,1918 (e) Any other amendment to the certificate of limited partnership must be
19signed by all of the following:
AB566,90,2020 1. At least one general partner listed in the certificate.
AB566,90,2121 2. Each other person designated in the amendment as a new general partner.
AB566,90,2322 3. Each person that the amendment indicates has dissociated as a general
23partner, unless any of the following applies:
AB566,90,2524 a. The person is deceased or a guardian or general conservator has been
25appointed for the person and the amendment so states.
AB566,91,2
1b. The person has previously delivered to the department for filing a statement
2of dissociation.
AB566,91,63 (f) A restated certificate of limited partnership must be signed by at least one
4general partner listed in the certificate, and, to the extent the restated certificate
5effects a change under any other paragraph of this subsection, the certificate must
6be signed in a manner that satisfies that paragraph.
AB566,91,117 (g) A statement of termination must be signed by all general partners listed in
8the certificate of limited partnership or, if the certificate of a dissolved limited
9partnership lists no general partners, by the person appointed pursuant to s.
10179.0802 (3) or (4) to wind up the dissolved limited partnership's activities and
11affairs.
AB566,91,1412 (h) Any other record delivered by a limited partnership to the department for
13filing must be signed by at least one general partner listed in the certificate of limited
14partnership.
AB566,91,1615 (i) A statement by a person pursuant to s. 179.0605 (1) (c) stating that the
16person has dissociated as a general partner must be signed by that person.
AB566,91,1817 (j) A statement of negation by a person pursuant to s. 179.0306, or a statement
18of denial by a person pursuant to s. 179.04025, must be signed by that person.
AB566,91,2019 (k) Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the department for filing
20must be signed by that person.
AB566,91,24 21(2) Any record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an
22attorney-in-fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a
23record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by
24a legal representative of the individual.
AB566,92,2
1(3) A person that signs a record as an attorney-in-fact or legal representative
2affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
AB566,92,6 3179.0204 Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order. (1) If a person
4required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the department for
5filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may
6petition the circuit court to order any of the following:
AB566,92,77 (a) The person to sign the record.
AB566,92,88 (b) The person to deliver the record to the department for filing.
AB566,92,99 (c) The department to file the record unsigned.
AB566,92,12 10(2) If a petitioner under sub. (1) is not the limited partnership or foreign limited
11partnership to which the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the partnership
12or foreign partnership a party to the action.
AB566,92,13 13(3) A record filed under sub. (1) (c) is effective without being signed.
AB566,92,17 14179.0205 Liability for inaccurate information in filed record. (1) If a
15record delivered to the department for filing under this chapter and filed by the
16department contains inaccurate information, a person that suffers loss by reliance
17on the information may recover damages for the loss from any of the following:
AB566,92,1918 (a) A person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person's
19behalf, and knew the information to be inaccurate at the time the record was signed.
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