Oklahoma § 18-2044 - Foreign limited liability company - Duties of Secretary

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 18-2044 — Foreign limited liability company - Duties of Secretary, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 18-2044. Foreign limited liability company - Duties of Secretary

of State.

A. If the Office of the Secretary of State finds that an

application for registration conforms to the provisions of this act

and all requisite fees have been paid, it shall:

1. Endorse on the applications the word "filed", and the month,

day, and year of the filing;

2. File in its office one copy of the application;

3. Issue a certificate of registration to transact business in

this state; and

4. Return the certificate of registration, together with a copy

of the application to the person who filed the application or his

representative.

B. The Secretary of State will not accept an application for

registration from a foreign limited liability company whose

registration was administratively withdrawn. Any such foreign

limited liability company may only register by filing an application

for reinstatement.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 148, § 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by

Laws 2008, c. 253, § 27.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations

NOTE: Laws 2008, c. 382, § 315, which changed the effective date of

Laws 2008, c. 253, §§ 1-47 to Jan. 1, 2010, was held

unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of

Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008 OK 102 (2009).

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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