{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-610.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-610.01","heading":"Statement of qualification.","body":"(a)\nA partnership may become a limited liability partnership pursuant to this section.\n\n(b)\nThe terms and conditions on which a partnership becomes a limited liability partnership shall be approved by the vote necessary to amend the partnership agreement except, in the case of a partnership agreement that expressly considers obligations to contribute, the vote necessary to amend those provisions.\n\n(c)\nAfter the approval required by subsection (b) of this section, a partnership may become a limited liability partnership by delivering to the Mayor for filing a statement of qualification. The statement shall contain:\n(1)\nThe name of the partnership, which shall satisfy the requirements of §§ 29-103.01 and 29-103.02(e);\n(2)\nThe street address of the partnership’s principal office and, if different, the street address of an office in District, if any;\n(3)\nIf the partnership does not have an office in District, the information required by § 29-104.04;\n(4)\nA statement that the partnership elects to be a limited liability partnership; and\n(5)\nA deferred effective date, if any.\n\n(d)\nThe agent of a limited liability partnership for service of process shall be an individual who is a resident of the District or other person authorized to do business in the District.\n\n(e)\nThe status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership shall be effective on the later of the filing of the statement or a date specified in the statement. The status shall remain effective, regardless of changes in the partnership, until it is canceled pursuant to § 29-601.05(d) or revoked pursuant to § 29-106.01(3).\n\n(f)\nThe status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership and the liability of its partners shall not be affected by errors or later changes in the information required to be contained in the statement of qualification under subsection (c) of this section.\n\n(g)\nThe filing of a statement of qualification establishes that a partnership has satisfied all conditions precedent to the qualification of the partnership as a limited liability partnership.\n\n(h)\nAn amendment or cancellation of a statement of qualification shall be effective when it is filed or on a deferred effective date specified in the amendment or cancellation.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 6. General Partnerships.","Subchapter X. Limited Liability Partnership."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-610.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"94b15128753fd8d95b2b51247bec7faa5595843351a018513421ce9ebb766d32","source_id":"us-dc","stale":true,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-609.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-610.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}