(a) Each limited partnership shall have and maintain continuously in the State of Mississippi:
(1) An office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the State of Mississippi, at which shall be kept the records required by Section 79-14-105 to be maintained; and
(2) A registered agent for service of process on the limited partnership, which agent must be either an individual resident of the State of Mississippi, a domestic business corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi.
(b) A registered agent may change his address to another address in the State of Mississippi by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing with the Secretary of State a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the names of all the limited partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained his office for each of such limited partnerships, and further certifying to his new address which will be effective on a given day, and which new address such registered agent will thereafter maintain for each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate. Upon the filing of such certificate, the Secretary of State will furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under his hand and seal of office, and thereafter, or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the registered agent's office in the State of Mississippi of each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate shall be located at the new address of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate. Filing of such certificate shall be deemed to be an amendment of the certificate of limited partnership of each limited partnership affected thereby, and each such limited partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto to amend its certificate of limited partnership under Section 79-14-202. Any registered agent filing a certificate under this section shall promptly, upon such filing, deliver a copy of any such certificate to each limited partnership affected thereby.
(c) The registered agent of one or more limited partnerships may resign his agency appointment by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing a certificate with the Secretary of State stating that it resigns as registered agent for such limited partnerships as are identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until ninety (90) days after the certificate is filed. There shall be attached to such certificate an affidavit of such registered agent, if an individual, or of the president, a vice president or the secretary thereof if a corporation, that at least thirty (30) days prior and on or about the date of the filing of said certificate, notices were sent by certified or registered mail to each limited partnership for which such registered agent is resigning as registered agent, at the principal place of business thereof within or without the State of Mississippi if known to such registered agent or, if not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual at whose request such registered agent was appointed for such limited partnership, of the resignation of such registered agent. Additionally, if the registered agent does not know of the principal place of business of the limited partnership, the registered agent shall send notice to the office of the limited partnership in the State of Mississippi as designated in subsection (a) of this section, if its address is different from that of the registered agent so resigning. After receipt of the notice of resignation of its registered agent, the limited partnership for which such registered agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new registered agent, to take the place of the registered agent so resigning. After the resignation of the registered agent shall have become effective as provided in this section and if no new registered agent shall have been obtained and designated in the time and manner aforesaid, service of legal process against the limited partnership for which the resigned registered agent had been acting shall thereafter be upon the Secretary of State in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Sources: Laws, 1987, ch. 488, § 104, eff from and after January 1, 1988.
(a) Each limited partnership shall have and maintain continuously in the State of Mississippi:
(1) An office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the State of Mississippi, at which shall be kept the records required by Section 79-14-105 to be maintained; and
(2) A registered agent for service of process on the limited partnership, which agent must be either an individual resident of the State of Mississippi, a domestic business corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi.
(b) A registered agent may change his address to another address in the State of Mississippi by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing with the Secretary of State a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the names of all the limited partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained his office for each of such limited partnerships, and further certifying to his new address which will be effective on a given day, and which new address such registered agent will thereafter maintain for each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate. Upon the filing of such certificate, the Secretary of State will furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under his hand and seal of office, and thereafter, or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the registered agent's office in the State of Mississippi of each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate shall be located at the new address of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate. Filing of such certificate shall be deemed to be an amendment of the certificate of limited partnership of each limited partnership affected thereby, and each such limited partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto to amend its certificate of limited partnership under Section 79-14-202. Any registered agent filing a certificate under this section shall promptly, upon such filing, deliver a copy of any such certificate to each limited partnership affected thereby.
(c) The registered agent of one or more limited partnerships may resign his agency appointment by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing a certificate with the Secretary of State stating that it resigns as registered agent for such limited partnerships as are identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until ninety (90) days after the certificate is filed. There shall be attached to such certificate an affidavit of such registered agent, if an individual, or of the president, a vice president or the secretary thereof if a corporation, that at least thirty (30) days prior and on or about the date of the filing of said certificate, notices were sent by certified or registered mail to each limited partnership for which such registered agent is resigning as registered agent, at the principal place of business thereof within or without the State of Mississippi if known to such registered agent or, if not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual at whose request such registered agent was appointed for such limited partnership, of the resignation of such registered agent. Additionally, if the registered agent does not know of the principal place of business of the limited partnership, the registered agent shall send notice to the office of the limited partnership in the State of Mississippi as designated in subsection (a) of this section, if its address is different from that of the registered agent so resigning. After receipt of the notice of resignation of its registered agent, the limited partnership for which such registered agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new registered agent, to take the place of the registered agent so resigning. After the resignation of the registered agent shall have become effective as provided in this section and if no new registered agent shall have been obtained and designated in the time and manner aforesaid, service of legal process against the limited partnership for which the resigned registered agent had been acting shall thereafter be upon the Secretary of State in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Sources: Laws, 1987, ch. 488, § 104, eff from and after January 1, 1988.
(a) Each limited partnership shall have and maintain continuously in the State of Mississippi:
(1) An office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the State of Mississippi, at which shall be kept the records required by Section 79-14-105 to be maintained; and
(2) A registered agent for service of process on the limited partnership, which agent must be either an individual resident of the State of Mississippi, a domestic business corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi.
(b) A registered agent may change his address to another address in the State of Mississippi by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing with the Secretary of State a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the names of all the limited partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained his office for each of such limited partnerships, and further certifying to his new address which will be effective on a given day, and which new address such registered agent will thereafter maintain for each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate. Upon the filing of such certificate, the Secretary of State will furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under his hand and seal of office, and thereafter, or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the registered agent's office in the State of Mississippi of each of the limited partnerships recited in the certificate shall be located at the new address of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate. Filing of such certificate shall be deemed to be an amendment of the certificate of limited partnership of each limited partnership affected thereby, and each such limited partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto to amend its certificate of limited partnership under Section 79-14-202. Any registered agent filing a certificate under this section shall promptly, upon such filing, deliver a copy of any such certificate to each limited partnership affected thereby.
(c) The registered agent of one or more limited partnerships may resign his agency appointment by paying a fee as set forth in Section 79-14-1104 and filing a certificate with the Secretary of State stating that it resigns as registered agent for such limited partnerships as are identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until ninety (90) days after the certificate is filed. There shall be attached to such certificate an affidavit of such registered agent, if an individual, or of the president, a vice president or the secretary thereof if a corporation, that at least thirty (30) days prior and on or about the date of the filing of said certificate, notices were sent by certified or registered mail to each limited partnership for which such registered agent is resigning as registered agent, at the principal place of business thereof within or without the State of Mississippi if known to such registered agent or, if not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual at whose request such registered agent was appointed for such limited partnership, of the resignation of such registered agent. Additionally, if the registered agent does not know of the principal place of business of the limited partnership, the registered agent shall send notice to the office of the limited partnership in the State of Mississippi as designated in subsection (a) of this section, if its address is different from that of the registered agent so resigning. After receipt of the notice of resignation of its registered agent, the limited partnership for which such registered agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new registered agent, to take the place of the registered agent so resigning. After the resignation of the registered agent shall have become effective as provided in this section and if no new registered agent shall have been obtained and designated in the time and manner aforesaid, service of legal process against the limited partnership for which the resigned registered agent had been acting shall thereafter be upon the Secretary of State in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Sources: Laws, 1987, ch. 488, § 104, eff from and after January 1, 1988.
