Tenn. Code Ann. § 61-2-1104
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and § 61-2-1105 , a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the time of filing on the date it is filed by the secretary of state, as evidenced by the secretary of state's date and time endorsement on the original document; and (2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed. (b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed by the secretary of state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application for a reserved name, a notice of transfer or cancellation of a reserved name and certificate of correction, may not specify a delayed effective date and time. (c) The secretary of state shall not file any certificate of limited partnership or an application for registration, unless the document designates the registered agent and registered office of such domestic or foreign limited partnership in accordance with parts 1 and 9 of this chapter. The secretary of state shall not file any other document under parts 1, 2 and 9 of this chapter if, at the time of filing, the domestic or foreign limited partnership does not have a registered agent or registered office designated at such time, unless at the time such document is received for filing the secretary of state also receives for filing a statement designating such registered agent or registered office or both. Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 80.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and § 61-2-1105 , a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the time of filing on the date it is filed by the secretary of state, as evidenced by the secretary of state's date and time endorsement on the original document; and (2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(1) At the time of filing on the date it is filed by the secretary of state, as evidenced by the secretary of state's date and time endorsement on the original document; and
(2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed by the secretary of state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application for a reserved name, a notice of transfer or cancellation of a reserved name and certificate of correction, may not specify a delayed effective date and time.
(c) The secretary of state shall not file any certificate of limited partnership or an application for registration, unless the document designates the registered agent and registered office of such domestic or foreign limited partnership in accordance with parts 1 and 9 of this chapter. The secretary of state shall not file any other document under parts 1, 2 and 9 of this chapter if, at the time of filing, the domestic or foreign limited partnership does not have a registered agent or registered office designated at such time, unless at the time such document is received for filing the secretary of state also receives for filing a statement designating such registered agent or registered office or both.
Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 80.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and § 61-2-1105 , a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the time of filing on the date it is filed by the secretary of state, as evidenced by the secretary of state's date and time endorsement on the original document; and (2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(1) At the time of filing on the date it is filed by the secretary of state, as evidenced by the secretary of state's date and time endorsement on the original document; and
(2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed by the secretary of state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application for a reserved name, a notice of transfer or cancellation of a reserved name and certificate of correction, may not specify a delayed effective date and time.
(c) The secretary of state shall not file any certificate of limited partnership or an application for registration, unless the document designates the registered agent and registered office of such domestic or foreign limited partnership in accordance with parts 1 and 9 of this chapter. The secretary of state shall not file any other document under parts 1, 2 and 9 of this chapter if, at the time of filing, the domestic or foreign limited partnership does not have a registered agent or registered office designated at such time, unless at the time such document is received for filing the secretary of state also receives for filing a statement designating such registered agent or registered office or both.
Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 80.
Status: in_force
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