488.202 - AMENDMENT OR RESTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATE. - Iowa Statutes

488.202 AMENDMENT OR RESTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATE. 1. In order to amend its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment or, pursuant to article 11, articles of merger stating all of the following: a. The name of the limited partnership. b. The date of filing of its initial certificate. c. The changes the amendment makes to the certificate as most recently amended or restated. 2. A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership to reflect any of the following: a. The admission of a new general partner. b. The dissociation of a person as a general partner. c. The appointment of a person to wind up the limited partnership's activities under section 488.803, subsection 3 or 4. 3. A general partner that knows that any information in a filed certificate of limited partnership was false when the certificate was filed or has become false due to changed circumstances shall promptly do at least one of the following: a. Cause the certificate to be amended. b. If appropriate, deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change pursuant to section 488.115 or a statement of correction pursuant to section 488.207. 4. A certificate of limited partnership may be amended at any time for any other proper purpose as determined by the limited partnership. 5. A restated certificate of limited partnership may be delivered to the secretary of state for filing in the same manner as an amendment. 6. Subject to section 488.206, subsection 3, an amendment or restated certificate is effective when filed by the secretary of state.          Section History: Recent Form 2004 Acts, ch 1021, §20, 118; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §376 Referred to in § 488.208