Minnesota Statutes § 321.0206 - DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF STATE; EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE
AI-assisted research summary: Records filed with the secretary of state must be properly captioned, in an allowed medium, and delivered for filing; the secretary of state then files compliant records, sends copies in specified cases, and charges listed filing fees.
(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. Unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, and if the appropriate filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state shall file the record and: (1) for a statement of dissociation, send: (A) a copy of the filed statement to the person which the statement indicates has dissociated as a general partner; and (B) a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership; (2) for a statement of withdrawal, send: (A) a copy of the filed statement to the person on whose behalf the record was filed; and (B) if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership; and (3) for all other records, send a copy of the filed record to the person on whose behalf the record was filed. (b) Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the requester a certified copy of the requested record. (c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 321.0116 and 321.0207, a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record filed by the secretary of state is effective: (1) if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary of state's endorsement of the date and time on the record; (2) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time specified in the record; (3) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of: (A) the specified date; or (B) the 30th day after the record is filed; or (4) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of: (A) the specified date; or (B) the 30th day after the record is filed. (d) The appropriate fees for filings under this chapter are: (1) for filing a certificate of limited partnership, $100; (2) for filing an amended certificate of limited partnership, $50; (3) for filing a name reservation for a limited partnership name, $35; (4) for filing any other record, other than the annual renewal required by section 321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for filing, $50; (5) for filing a certificate requesting authority to transact business in Minnesota as a foreign limited partnership, $100; (6) for filing an application of reinstatement, $25; (7) for filing a name reservation for a foreign limited partnership name, $35; and (8) for filing any other record, other than the annual renewal required by section 321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for filing on a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in Minnesota, $50.