Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 10-204
Execution of certificates
Effective Oct 1, 2013Added by Acts 1981, c. 801, § 2. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 507; Acts 1988, c. 550; Acts 1995, c. 295, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2013, c. 527, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 528, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.State of Maryland
(a) Each certificate or articles required by this subtitle to be filed with the Department shall be executed in the following manner:
- (1) The certificate of limited partnership, articles of conversion to a limited partnership, and articles of conversion to an other entity must be signed by all general partners or, in the case of articles of conversion to a limited partnership, by any person authorized to execute the certificate on behalf of the other entity;
- (2) A certificate of amendment under § 10-202 of this subtitle must be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate of amendment as a new general partner or a withdrawing general partner;
- (3) A certificate of cancellation under § 10-203 of this subtitle must be signed by all general partners, or, if there is no general partner, by a majority of the limited partners; and
- (4) A certificate of reinstatement under § 10-214 of this subtitle must be signed by all general partners, or, if there is no general partner, by a majority of the limited partners.
- (b) Any person may sign any certificate or partnership agreement or amendment to the certificate or agreement by an attorney in fact. Powers of attorney relating to the signing of a certificate, partnership agreement, or amendment by an attorney in fact need not be sworn to, verified or acknowledged, and need not be filed with the Department.
- (c) The execution of a certificate by a general partner constitutes an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated therein are true.
Added by Acts 1981, c. 801, § 2. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 507; Acts 1988, c. 550; Acts 1995, c. 295, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2013, c. 527, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 528, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.