Connecticut § 34-32b - Cancellation by forfeiture for failure to file annual report or maintain statutory agent for service.

§ 34-32b. Cancellation by forfeiture for failure to file annual report or maintain statutory agent for service.

Sec. 34-32b. Cancellation by forfeiture for failure to file annual report or maintain statutory agent for service. (a) The Secretary of the State may effect the cancellation of a limited partnership by forfeiture as provided in this section.

(b) Whenever any limited partnership is more than one year in default of filing its annual report as required by section 34-13e, the Secretary of the State may notify such limited partnership by electronic mail addressed and sent to such limited partnership at its electronic mail address as last shown on the Secretary's records that under the provisions of this section the limited partnership's rights and powers are prima facie forfeited. Unless the limited partnership, within three months of the sending of such notice, files such annual report, the Secretary of the State shall prepare and file in the Secretary's office a certificate of cancellation by forfeiture stating that the delinquent limited partnership's certificate has been cancelled by forfeiture by reason of its default.

(c) Whenever it comes to the attention of the Secretary of the State that a limited partnership has failed to maintain a statutory agent for service, the Secretary of the State may notify such limited partnership by electronic mail addressed and sent to such limited partnership at its electronic mail address as last shown on the Secretary's records that under the provisions of this section the limited partnership's rights and powers are prima facie forfeited. Unless the limited partnership within three months of the sending of such notice files an appointment of statutory agent for service, the Secretary of the State shall prepare and file in his office a certificate of cancellation by forfeiture stating that the delinquent limited partnership's certificate has been cancelled by forfeiture by reason of its default.

(d) Cancellation shall be effective upon the filing by the Secretary of the State in his office of such certificate of cancellation by forfeiture.

(e) After filing the certificate of cancellation by forfeiture, the Secretary of the State shall: (1) Send a copy thereof to the delinquent limited partnership at its electronic mail address as last shown on the Secretary's records; and (2) cause notice of the filing of such certificate of cancellation by forfeiture to be posted on the office of the Secretary of the State's Internet web site for a period of sixty days following the date on which the Secretary of the State files the certificate of cancellation by forfeiture.

(P.A. 95-252, S. 3; P.A. 14-154, S. 12; P.A. 19-40, S. 10; P.A. 24-111, S. 26.)

History: P.A. 14-154 added new Subsec. (b) re cancellation by forfeiture of limited partnership that is in default of filing annual report, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (d) as Subsecs. (c) to (e), amended redesignated Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to mail evidenced by certificate of mailing and amended redesignated Subsec. (e) by deleting requirements that certificate of cancellation by forfeiture be sent by registered or certified mail and published in 2 successive issues of the Connecticut Law Journal and by adding requirement that Secretary of the State cause notice of filing of certificate of cancellation by forfeiture to be posted on the office's web site, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 19-40 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “registered or certified mail” with “first class mail” and making technical changes, effective January 1, 2020; P.A. 24-111 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “first class mail” with “electronic mail”, by replacing “address” with “electronic mail address” and by making technical changes, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “registered or certified mail” with “electronic mail”, by replacing “address” with “electronic mail address” and by making technical changes and amended Subsec. (e)(1) by replacing “Mail a certified copy” with “Send a copy”, by replacing “address” with “electronic mail address” and by making a technical change, effective January 1, 2025.