Delaware Code

6 Del. C. § 17-203 (2026)

Cancellation of certificate

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(a) A certificate of limited partnership shall be canceled upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of the limited partnership, or as provided in § 17-104(d) or § 17-104(i)(4), § 17-112 or § 17-1110 of this title, or upon the filing of a certificate of merger or consolidation or a certificate of ownership and merger if the limited partnership is not the surviving or resulting entity in a merger or consolidation, or upon the future effective date or time of a certificate of merger or consolidation or a certificate of ownership and merger if the limited partnership is not the surviving or resulting entity in a merger or consolidation, or upon the filing of a certificate of transfer or upon the future effective date or time of a certificate of transfer, or upon the filing of a certificate of conversion to non-Delaware entity or upon the future effective date or time of a certificate of conversion to non-Delaware entity or upon the filing of a certificate of division if the limited partnership is a dividing partnership that is not a surviving partnership or upon the future effective date or time of a certificate of division if the limited partnership is a dividing partnership that is not a surviving partnership. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State to accomplish the cancellation of a certificate of limited partnership upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of a limited partnership and shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The date of filing of its certificate of limited partnership;

(3) If the limited partnership has formed 1 or more registered series whose certificate of registered series has not been canceled prior to the filing of the certificate of cancellation, the name of each such registered series;

(4) The future effective date or time (which shall be a date or time certain) of cancellation if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate; and

(5) Any other information the person filing the certificate of cancellation determines.

(b) A certificate of cancellation that is filed in the office of the Secretary of State prior to the dissolution or the completion of winding up of a limited partnership may be corrected or nullified as an erroneously executed certificate of cancellation by filing with the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of correction of such certificate of cancellation in accordance with § 17-213 of this title.

(c) The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of good standing with respect to a limited partnership (or any registered series thereof) if its certificate of limited partnership is canceled.

6 Del. C. 1953, §§  1724, 1725;  59 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 442, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 420, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  1;  66 Del. Laws, c. 316, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 362, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  7;  71 Del. Laws, c. 340, §  3;  72 Del. Laws, c. 386, §§  3-5;  73 Del. Laws, c. 297, §  3;  74 Del. Laws, c. 104, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 414, §  5;  76 Del. Laws, c. 104, §  11;  77 Del. Laws, c. 288, §  4;  78 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  3;  82 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 8;  85 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 5;