Florida Statute 620.1901 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 620
PARTNERSHIP LAWS

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620.1901 Governing law regarding foreign limited partnerships.—

(1) The laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern relations among the partners of the foreign limited partnership and between the partners and the foreign limited partnership and the liability of partners as partners for an obligation of the foreign limited partnership.

(2) A foreign limited partnership may not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership is organized and the laws of this state.

(3) A certificate of authority does not authorize a foreign limited partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power that a limited partnership may not engage in or exercise in this state.

History.—s. 17, ch. 2005-267.

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Parker Waichman LLP v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Fla. 4th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...professional corporation the duty to wind up its affairs without receiving extra compensation for doing so. Id. at 665. Here, the evidence shows Parker Waichman LLP was created and organized in New York, thus it is a foreign limited liability partnership under Florida law. See § 620.1901, Fla....

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PRN Real Est. & Investments, Ltd. v. William W. Cole, Jr. (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Mar 21, 2023

...If the state has not adopted a statute that directs the choice of law, the Restatement requires courts to consider seven factors listed in § 6(2). Florida has a statute on point, so the statute controls. Id. § 6(1). COLP is a limited partnership organized in Nevada. Section 620.1901(1) of the Florida Statutes provides that “[t]he laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern relations among the partners of the foreign limit...

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