The Florida Senate

620.172  Issuance of certificate of authority to transact business to foreign limited partnership.--

(1)  If the Department of State finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, it shall:

(a)  Endorse on the application the word "Filed" and the day, month, and year of the filing thereof, which endorsement shall be conclusive of the date and time of its filing in the absence of actual fraud; and

(b)  File in its office the original of the application.

(2)  The department may return a copy of the application similarly endorsed, to the person who filed the application or his or her representative. The application so endorsed constitutes proof of a certificate of authority to transact business.

History.--s. 58, ch. 86-263; s. 9, ch. 90-162; s. 137, ch. 97-102.