AB566,83,6 179.0119 Resignation of registered agent. (1) A registered agent may resign as agent for a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership by delivering to the department for filing a statement of resignation that states all of the following:

AB566,83,7 (a) The name of the partnership or foreign partnership.

AB566,83,8 (b) The name of the agent.

AB566,83,10 (c) That the agent resigns from serving as registered agent for the partnership or foreign partnership.

AB566,83,12 (d) The address of the partnership or foreign partnership to which the agent will send the notice required by sub. (3).

AB566,83,14 (2) The resignation under sub. (1) is effective and, if applicable, the registered office is discontinued on the earlier of the following:

AB566,83,16 (a) Sixty days after the department receives the statement of resignation for filing.

AB566,83,18 (b) The date on which the appointment of a successor registered agent is effective.

AB566,83,21 (3) A registered agent promptly shall furnish to the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership notice in a record of the date on which a statement of resignation was filed.

AB566,84,2 (4) When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility under this chapter for any matter thereafter tendered to it as agent for the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership. The resignation does not affect any contractual rights the partnership or foreign partnership has against the agent or that the agent has against the partnership or foreign partnership.

AB566,84,5 (5) A registered agent may resign with respect to a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership whether or not the partnership or foreign partnership is in good standing.

AB566,84,14 179.0120 Change of name or address by registered agent. (1) If the name or e-mail address of a registered agent changes or if the street address of a registered agent's office changes, the registered agent may change the name or e-mail address of the registered agent or street address of the registered office of any limited partnership or foreign limited partnership for which he, she, or it is the registered agent. To make the change under this subsection, the registered agent shall notify the partnership or foreign partnership in writing of the change and deliver to the department for filing a statement of change that recites that the partnership or foreign partnership has been notified of the change and states all of the following:

AB566,84,16 (a) The name of the partnership or foreign partnership represented by the registered agent.

AB566,84,18 (b) The name, e-mail address, and street address of the agent as currently shown in the records of the department for the partnership or foreign partnership.

AB566,84,19 (c) Any new name, new e-mail address, or new street address of the agent.

AB566,84,22 (2) A registered agent promptly shall furnish notice to the represented limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership of the filing by the department of the statement of change and the changes made by the statement.

AB566,85,3 179.0121 Service of process, notice, or demand. (1) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership may be served with any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent. The department may serve any written notice required or authorized under this chapter by e-mailing it to the registered agent's e-mail address on file with the department, and such notice shall be effective as provided in s. 179.0103 (7m).

AB566,85,10 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), if a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership has no registered agent, or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the partnership or foreign partnership at its principal office, as shown on the records of the department on the date of sending. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of the following:

AB566,85,12 (a) The date the partnership or foreign partnership receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service.

AB566,85,14 (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on the behalf of the partnership or foreign partnership.

AB566,85,16 (c) Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, or with the commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.

AB566,86,2 (3) If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership pursuant to sub. (1) or (2), service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the partnership or foreign partnership if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the partnership's or foreign partnership's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the partnership's or foreign partnership's principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.

AB566,86,4 (4) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a written record.

AB566,86,6 (5) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.

AB566,86,9 179.0122 Delivery of record. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, permissible means of delivery of a record include delivery by hand, mail, conventional commercial practice, and electronic transmission.

AB566,86,11 (2) Delivery to the department is effective only when a record is received by the department.

AB566,86,16 179.0124 Filing fees; certified copies. (1) Subject to sub. (2) (a), the department may collect a fee for filing, or providing a certified copy of, a record under this chapter. The department may charge a fee for providing a certified copy of any record, or for filing any record not identified in sub. (2) (a), pursuant to a rule promulgated under this subsection or s. 182.01 (4).

AB566,86,19 (2) (a) Except as provided under par. (c), the department shall collect the following fees when the records described in this paragraph are delivered to the department for filing:

AB566,86,20 1. Certificate of limited partnership, $70.