AB566,96,24 (4) If the department refuses to file a record, the person that submitted the record may petition the circuit court to compel filing of the record. The record and the explanation of the department of the refusal to file must be attached to the petition. The court may decide the matter in a summary proceeding.

AB566,97,2 (5) The filing of or refusal to file a record does not create a presumption of any of the following:

AB566,97,3 (a) That the record does or does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.

AB566,97,4 (b) That the information contained in the record is correct or incorrect.

AB566,97,7 (6) Except as otherwise provided by s. 179.0121 or by law other than this chapter, the department may deliver any record to a person by delivering it in any of the following ways:

AB566,97,8 (a) In person to the person that submitted it.

AB566,97,9 (b) To the address of the person's registered agent.

AB566,97,10 (c) To the principal office of the person.

AB566,97,11 (d) To another address the person provides to the department for delivery.

AB566,97,14 179.0211 Certificate of status. (1) Any person may obtain from the department, upon request, a certificate of status for a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership.

AB566,97,15 (2) A certificate of status shall include all of the following information:

AB566,97,17 (a) The domestic partnership's partnership name or the foreign partnership's partnership name and fictitious name, if any, used in this state.

AB566,97,18 (b) Whether each of the following is true:

AB566,97,21 1. The domestic partnership is a limited partnership whose governing law is the law of this state, or the foreign limited partnership is authorized to transact business in this state.

AB566,97,24 2. The domestic partnership or the foreign partnership has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the department an annual report required by s. 179.0212.

AB566,98,2 3. The domestic partnership has not filed a statement of dissolution or statement of termination.

AB566,98,5 4. The foreign partnership has not filed a statement of withdrawal of its foreign registration under s. 179.1011 and, if not, the effective date of its registration statement.

AB566,98,7 (c) The domestic partnership's effective date of its certificate of limited partnership and the period of its duration if less than perpetual.

AB566,98,9 (3) The certificate of status may include other facts of record in the department that are requested.

AB566,98,13 (4) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate of status issued by the department, the certificate is conclusive evidence that the limited partnership or the foreign limited partnership is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.

AB566,98,16 (5) Upon request, by telephone or otherwise, the department shall confirm by telephone any of the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may confirm any other information permitted under sub. (3).

AB566,98,19 179.0212 Annual report for department. (1) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver to the department for filing an annual report that states all of the following:

AB566,98,20 (a) The name of the partnership or registered foreign partnership.

AB566,98,22 (b) The street address of its registered office in this state and the name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.

AB566,98,23 (c) The street address of its principal office.

AB566,98,24 (d) The name of at least one general partner.

AB566,99,2 (e) In the case of a foreign partnership, the jurisdiction of its governing law and any fictitious name adopted under s. 179.1006 (1).

AB566,99,4 (2) Information in the annual report must be current as of the date the report is signed by the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership.

AB566,99,8 (3) (a) A domestic limited partnership shall deliver its annual report to the department in each year following the calendar year in which the domestic limited partnership's certificate of limited partnership became effective, during the calendar year quarter in which the anniversary date of the certificate effective date occurs.