{"data":{"id":"us-mt/35-12-1504","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"35-12-1504","heading":"Filings required for conversion -- effective date.","body":"(1) After a plan of conversion is approved:\n(a) a converting limited partnership shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing articles of conversion, which must include:\n(i) a statement that the limited partnership has been converted into another organization;\n(ii) the name and form of the organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute;\n(iii) the date the conversion is effective under the governing statute of the converted organization;\n(iv) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by this chapter;\n(v) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by the governing statute of the converted organization;\n(vi) if the converted organization is a foreign organization not authorized to transact business in this state, the street and mailing address of an office that the secretary of state may use for the purposes of 35-12-1505(3); and\n(vii) a statement that the certificate of limited partnership is to be canceled as of the date on which the conversion took effect; and\n(b) if the converting organization is not a converting limited partnership, the converting organization shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of limited partnership, which must include, in addition to the information required by 35-12-601:\n(i) a statement that the limited partnership was converted from another organization;\n(ii) the name and form of the organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute; and\n(iii) a statement that the conversion was approved in a manner that complied with the organization's governing statute.\n(2) In the case of a limited partnership, the filing of articles of organization under subsection (1)(a) cancels its certificate of limited partnership as of the date on which the conversion took effect.\n(3) A conversion becomes effective:\n(a) if the converted organization is a limited partnership, when the certificate of limited partnership takes effect; and\n(b) if the converted organization is not a limited partnership, as provided by the governing statute of the converted organization.","path":["TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 12. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS","Part 15. Conversion"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0350/chapter_0120/part_0150/section_0040/0350-0120-0150-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:25Z","sha256":"9c58539ce83998e2e8039c433eb05aebfe8c4b437c4cd4fbddc4af84548309dd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/35-12-1503","next":"us-mt/35-12-1505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}