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2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)
SECTION 0203
Signing of records to be delivered for filing to department.
Signing of records to be delivered for filing to department.
605.0203 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to department.—
(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a record signed on behalf of a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.
(b) A company’s initial articles of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an authorized representative. The articles of organization must also include or have attached a statement signed by the company’s initial registered agent in the form described in s. 605.0113(2).
(c) A record delivered on behalf of a dissolved company that has no member must be signed by the person winding up the company’s activities and affairs under s. 605.0709(3) or a person appointed under s. 605.0709(4) or (5) to wind up the activities and affairs.
(d) A statement of denial by a person under s. 605.0303 must be signed by that person.
(e) A record changing the registered agent must also include or be accompanied by a statement signed by the successor registered agent in the form described in s. 605.0113(2).
(f) Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the department must be signed by that person.
(2) A record may also be signed by an agent, legal representative, or attorney-in-fact, as applicable, if such person is duly appointed and authorized to sign the record and the record states that such person possesses that authority.
(3) A person who signs a record as an agent, legal representative, or attorney-in-fact affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.