Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion to nonfiling entity other than limited liability partnership.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12.1-1008
in effect7-12.1-1008. Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion to nonfiling entity other than limited liability partnership.
(a) A registered foreign limited liability partnership that has dissolved and completed
winding up or has converted to a domestic or foreign entity whose formation does not
require the public filing of a record, other than a limited liability partnership,
shall deliver a statement of withdrawal to the secretary of state for filing. The
statement must state:
(1) In the case of a partnership that has completed winding up:
(i) Its name and jurisdiction of formation;
(ii) That the partnership surrenders its registration to do business in this state;
(iii) That the limited liability partnership revokes the authority of its registered agent
in this state to accept service of process and consents that service of process in
any action, suit, or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state
during the time the limited liability partnership was authorized to transact business
in this state may subsequently be made on the limited liability partnership by service
on the secretary of state in accordance with subsection (b) of this section; and
(iv) The post office address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process
against the limited liability partnerships that is served on the secretary of state.
(2) In the case of a partnership that has converted:
(i) The name of the converting partnership and its jurisdiction of formation;
(ii) The type of entity to which the partnership has converted and its jurisdiction of
formation;
(iii) That the converted entity surrenders the converting partnership’s registration to
do business in this state and revokes the authority of the converting partnership’s
registered agent to act as registered agent in this state on behalf of the partnership
or the converted entity; and
(iv) A mailing address to which service of process may be made under subsection (b) of
this section.
(b) After a withdrawal under this section becomes effective, service of process in any
action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign
limited liability partnership was registered to do business in this state may be made
pursuant to § 7-12.1-912.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective
January 1, 2023.
Source: State of Rhode Island General Assembly (rilegislature.gov)URL: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE7/7-12.1/7-10/7-12.1-1008.htmFetched: 10/20/2026