{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-61-3-204","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 61-3-204","heading":"Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order","body":"(a) If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may petition the appropriate court to order: (1) The person to sign the record; (2) The person to deliver the record to the secretary of state for filing; or (3) The secretary of state to file the record unsigned. (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the appropriate court is: (1) For actions brought under subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2), either: (A) The chancery court for the county in which the partnership maintains its principal office; or (B) The chancery court of Davidson County; and (2) For actions brought under subdivision (a)(3), the chancery court of Davidson County. (c) If a petitioner under subsection (a) is not the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership to which the record pertains, the petitioner must make the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership a party to the action. (d) A record filed under subdivision (a)(3) is effective without being signed. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440,s 1, eff. 1/1/2018.\n(a) If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may petition the appropriate court to order: (1) The person to sign the record; (2) The person to deliver the record to the secretary of state for filing; or (3) The secretary of state to file the record unsigned.\n(1) The person to sign the record;\n(2) The person to deliver the record to the secretary of state for filing; or\n(3) The secretary of state to file the record unsigned.\n(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the appropriate court is: (1) For actions brought under subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2), either: (A) The chancery court for the county in which the partnership maintains its principal office; or (B) The chancery court of Davidson County; and (2) For actions brought under subdivision (a)(3), the chancery court of Davidson County.\n(1) For actions brought under subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2), either: (A) The chancery court for the county in which the partnership maintains its principal office; or (B) The chancery court of Davidson County; and\n(A) The chancery court for the county in which the partnership maintains its principal office; or\n(B) The chancery court of Davidson County; and\n(2) For actions brought under subdivision (a)(3), the chancery court of Davidson County.\n(c) If a petitioner under subsection (a) is not the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership to which the record pertains, the petitioner must make the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership a party to the action.\n(d) A record filed under subdivision (a)(3) is effective without being signed.","path":["TN Code","Title 61","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"195e381ba086e23528fb3c817f9d6996359ecd53e1e5c3ed594e54bc3505e298","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-61-3-203","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-61-3-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}