When a conversion takes effect, the converted organization takes on the converting organization’s rights, liabilities, and duties, and some pending actions, jurisdiction, and identification-number rules continue.
(a) When a conversion takes effect: (1) all property and contract rights owned by the converting organization remains vested in the converted organization without transfer, reversion, or impairment and the title to any property vested by deed or otherwise in the converting organization shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the conversion; (2) all debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converting organization continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converted organization and neither the rights of creditors, nor the liens upon the property of the converting organization shall be impaired by the conversion; (3) an action or proceeding pending by or against the converting organization continues as if the conversion had not occurred and the name of the converted entity may, but need not, be substituted for the name of the converting entity in any pending action or proceeding; (4) except as prohibited by law other than this chapter, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the converting organization remain vested in the converted organization; (5) except as otherwise provided in the plan of conversion, the terms and conditions of the plan of conversion take effect; (6) except as otherwise agreed, for all purposes of the laws of this state, the converting organization shall not be required to wind up its business or not for profit activity or pay its liabilities and distribute its assets, and the conversion shall not be deemed to constitute a dissolution of the converting organization; (7) for all purposes of the laws of this state, the rights, privileges, powers, interests in property, debts, liabilities and duties of the converting organization, shall be the rights, privileges, powers, interests in property, debts, liabilities and duties of the converted organization, and shall not be deemed as a consequence of the conversion, to have been transferred to the converted organization; (8) if the converted organization is a partnership, for all purposes of the laws of this state, the partnership shall be deemed to be the same organization as the converting organization, and the conversion shall constitute a continuation of the existence of the converting organization in the form of a partnership; (9) if the converted organization is a partnership, the existence of the partnership shall be deemed to have commenced on the date the converting organization commenced its existence in the jurisdiction in which the converting organization was first created, formed, organized, incorporated, or otherwise came into being; (10) the conversion shall not affect the choice of law applicable to matters arising prior to conversion; and (11) If the Secretary of State has assigned a unique identifying number or other designation to the converting organization and (i) the converted organization is formed pursuant to, or its internal affairs are governed by, the laws of this state or (ii) the converted organization is, within 30 days after the effective date of the conversion, registered to transact business in this state, then that unique identifying number or other designation shall continue to be assigned to the converted organization. (b) A converted organization that is a foreign entity consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce any debt, obligation, or other liability for which the converting partnership is liable if, before the conversion, the converting partnership was subject to suit in this state on the debt, obligation, or other liability. If a converted organization that is a foreign entity fails to designate or maintain a registered agent, or the designated registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, then service of process on that converted organization for the purposes of enforcing a debt, obligation, or other liability under this subsection may be made in the same manner and has the same consequences as provided in Section 10A-1-5.35.