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Application for Registration - Foreign Limited Partnership Form Instructions

The instructions are listed in numerical order to align with the form. They supplement the instructions on the form itself.

  1. NAME OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP: Must be identical to the name as registered in home jurisdiction, including punctuation.
    NOTE: The name must be written in the alphabet used to write the English language and may include Arabic and Roman numerals.
  2. STATE OR COUNTRY OF FILING: Home jurisdiction, the state of domestic registration.
  3. REGISTRY NUMBER IN HOME JURISDICTION: “Registry Number” can be called an Entity #, File #, or another term in other states. It is used for verifying a business online. For a state with no online search tool, attach a Certificate of Existence (or Certificate of Good Standing). The certificate must bear a date within the last 60 days.
  4. DATE OF FORMATION: Date of original filing in the home jurisdiction.
  5. DURATION, IF NOT INDEFINITE: If not indefinite, list the date that the limited partnership will dissolve.
  6. ADDRESS OF THE OFFICE: Physical street address where records are kept. The address may not be a PO Box, commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business, or a virtual office. It may or may not be in Oregon, but it must house the records listed in ORS 70.050.
  7. THE PARTNERSHIP AGREES TO KEEP THE RECORDS REFERRED TO IN ORS 70.050 UNTIL THE FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP’S REGISTRATION IN OREGON IS CANCELLED. Check the box to agree as required.
  8. NAME OF REGISTERED AGENT: A person or registered business with an Oregon street address who has agreed to accept legal documents and notify the business.
  9. REGISTERED AGENT’S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ADDRESS: This Oregon street address must be suitable for physical delivery of legal papers during normal business hours. It may not be a PO Box, commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business, or a virtual office.
  10. ADDRESS WHERE DIVISION MAY MAIL NOTICES: An address where renewal notices can be received.
  11. NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH GENERAL PARTNER: The individuals who are the general partners. Addresses may be business or mailing addresses.
  12. EXECUTION: This legal declaration, or a similar one, must be signed.

Download this form:  Application for Registration - Foreign Limited Partnership