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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="10-7A-01" title_number="10" title_name="Limited Partnership Act" subtitle_number="7A" subtitle_name="Conversions of Limited Partnerships">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle, “other entity” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A Maryland corporation incorporated under Title 2 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A foreign corporation, as defined in § 1–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A domestic limited liability company, as defined in §�4A–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A foreign limited liability company, as defined in §�4A–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A partnership, as defined in § 9A–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A business trust, as defined in §�1–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>An other form of unincorporated business formed under the laws of this State or the laws of the United States, another state of the United States, a territory, possession, or district of the United States, or a foreign country; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A foreign limited partnership, including a foreign limited partnership registered or denominated as a limited liability limited partnership under the laws of a state other than this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless the partnership agreement provides otherwise, a limited partnership may convert to an other entity by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Approving the conversion in accordance with § 10–7A–02 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Filing for record with the Department articles of conversion executed in the manner required by § 10–204 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An other entity may convert to a limited partnership by complying with the requirements of §�10–7A–02 of this subtitle and filing for record with the Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Articles of conversion executed in the manner required by § 10–204 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A certificate of limited partnership that complies with §�10–201 of this title and, in the case of the conversion of an other entity to a limited liability partnership, §�10–805 of this title, executed in the manner required by §�10–204 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
