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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="10-201" title_number="10" title_name="Limited Partnership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation, Forfeiture, and Reinstatement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>One or more general and limited partners may form a limited partnership. To do so all of the general partners must execute a certificate of limited partnership. The certificate of limited partnership shall be filed with the Department and set forth:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name of the limited partnership;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The address of its principal office in this State and the name and address of its resident agent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The name and the business, residence, or mailing address of each general partner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve and if no dissolution date is stated in the partnership agreement, subject to the provisions of § 10-801 of this title, the limited partnership shall have a perpetual existence which shall be so stated in the certificate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other matters the partners determine to include in the certificate of limited partnership.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A limited partnership is formed at the time of the filing of the initial certificate with the Department or at any later time specified in the certificate if, in either case, there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
