2019 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 178. Uniform partnership law.
178.0108 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.
178.0108 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.
(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in pars. (b) and (c), a record signed by a partnership must be signed by a person authorized by the partnership.
(b) A record filed on behalf of a dissolved partnership that has no partner must be signed by the person winding up the partnership's business under s. 178.0802 (4) or a person appointed under s. 178.0802 (5) to wind up the business.
(c) A statement of denial by a person under s. 178.0304 must be signed by that person.
(d) Any record not identified in pars. (a) to (c) that is delivered on behalf of a person to the department for filing must be signed by that person.
(2) A record filed under this chapter may be signed by an attorney-in-fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.
(3) A person that signs a record as an attorney-in-fact or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
History: 2015 a. 295.
