Domestic Limited Partnership Formation Filing in Oklahoma

Short answer An Oklahoma limited partnership forms when the Secretary of State files a substantially compliant certificate of limited partnership, subject to a permitted delayed effective time. All listed general partners sign it, and the current filing fee is $100. An enacted change effective November 1, 2026, adds email-address fields to the initial certificate.

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Oklahoma

Statute checked

September 23, 2026

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Pending legislation could change this.

OK SB 1641 (2026), 2026 O.S.L. ch. 277 (Enacted; effective November 1, 2026): Adds email-address fields for the initial designated office, agent, and each general partner in the formation certificate. track it Status checked October 6, 2026.

At a glance

Governing law and LP scope	Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, title 54 ch. 9; initial certificate delivered to Secretary of State (§ 500-201A(a))
Partnership agreement	Agreement governs partner relations where it speaks; formation follows substantially compliant certificate filing (§§ 500-110A(a), 500-201A(c))
Certificate fields and partners	Name; designated-office and agent street/mailing addresses; each GP name/street/mailing address; LLLP election; nonperpetual duration; email fields begin Nov. 1 (§ 500-201A(a))
Name and distinguishability	Ordinary LP name uses limited partnership, L.P. or LP and is distinguishable on state records, subject to statutory conflict routes (§ 500-108A(b), (d)-(e))
Agent and office	Oklahoma designated office and process agent; eligible resident person/entity, and domestic LP may serve as its own agent (§§ 500-114A(a), (c), 500-201A(a)(2))
Execution and filing office	All listed GPs sign initial certificate; attorney in fact may sign; deliver to Secretary of State (§§ 500-204A(a)(1), (b), 500-201A(a))
Filing fee and attachments	$100 initial certificate fee; permitted medium and required caption; no separate agreement attachment stated (§§ 500-206A(a), (c)(1), 500-201A(a))
Effective time and proof	Formation on compliant filing, with stated later time/date capped at 90th day; filed-stamped copy; optional good-standing certificate is conclusive existence evidence (§§ 500-201A(c), 500-206A(a)-(b), 500-209A(c))
Publication and follow-up	Certificate and filing provisions state filing/fee/effect but no newspaper publication or proof step (§§ 500-201A, 500-206A)
Scope and outcome limits	Certificate states LLLP election if chosen (§ 500-201A(a)(4)); this table does not decide liability, foreign registration, tax, securities, licenses or disputed formation

Requirements one by one

Certificate, agreement, and general partners

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-201A(a) requires delivery of an initial certificate to the Secretary of State. Its current fields are the LP name; street and mailing addresses of the designated office and agent; every general partner's name, street and mailing address; an LLLP election; and a nonperpetual duration if applicable. Section 500-204A(a)(1) requires all listed general partners to sign; subsection (b) permits an attorney in fact. Section 500-110A(a) gives the partnership agreement control over partner relations where it speaks, with the act supplying defaults.

Name, office, and agent

Section 500-108A(b) requires an ordinary LP designator and excludes the LLLP wording. Under subsection (d), the name must be distinguishable in Secretary of State records; subsection (e) sets limited paths through consent with a name-change undertaking, court judgment, or merger/conversion proof. Section 500-114A(a) requires an Oklahoma office and service agent, while subsection (c) allows a qualifying resident person or entity and even the domestic LP itself to serve as agent.

Filing, fee, and effective time

Section 500-206A(a) requires a purpose caption, permitted medium, fee payment, and filing stamp. Subsection (c)(1) charges $100 for the initial certificate. Under § 500-201A(c), substantial compliance makes formation occur on filing, subject to § 500-206A(b)'s specified effective-time and delayed-date options. A delayed date is capped at the ninetieth day after filing. Section 500-209A(c) gives a separately requested good-standing certificate conclusive evidentiary force as to existence or authority.

Publication and future change

The initial certificate and filing sections, §§ 500-201A and 500-206A, prescribe delivery, fields, fee, filing and effective time without a newspaper-publication or proof-filing step. Enacted 2026 O.S.L. ch. 277 amends § 500-201A to add email addresses for the designated office, process agent, and each general partner. Section 7 makes those fields effective November 1, 2026. Those fields are future requirements as of this verification date.

What trips people up

The future email fields are visible beside current law. The official § 500-201A page offers both the current version and an enacted November 1 version. A filing before that date follows the current list; check the operative date before submitting.

The filing copy is not the good-standing certificate. Section 500-206A(a) provides a stamped copy after filing. Section 500-209A(c) gives a later good-standing certificate its specific conclusive evidentiary effect.

Common questions

Can an attorney sign for a general partner? Yes. Section 500-204A(b) allows any person to sign through an attorney in fact.

Does the certificate state every limited partner's name? The current initial-certificate list in § 500-201A(a) names each general partner for disclosure. It does not list limited-partner names as an initial certificate field.

Statutes and sources

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-108A(b), (d)-(e): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-110A(a): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-114A(a), (c): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-201A(a), (c): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-201A(a), effective Nov. 1, 2026: Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-204A(a)(1), (b): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-206A(a)-(c): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-209A(c): Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).
2026 O.S.L. ch. 277, § 7: Official Oklahoma statute (accessed 2026-09-23).

Source links

Every statute quoted above, linked, with the date we checked it.

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-108A(b), (d)-(e) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-110A(a) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-114A(a), (c) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-201A(a), (c) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-201A(a), effective Nov. 1, 2026 · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-204A(a)(1), (b) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-206A(a)-(c) · accessed 2026-09-23

Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-209A(c) · accessed 2026-09-23

2026 O.S.L. ch. 277, § 7 · accessed 2026-09-23

This page is general legal information about ordinary domestic limited partnership formation statutes, not legal, tax, accounting, securities, or entity-choice advice. Filing methods, fees, forms, and publication rules can change. An agreement, a filed certificate, partner capacity, and agency records may affect a particular formation. The table does not decide whether a filing was accepted, an entity exists, any partner has limited liability, or a business has met tax, license, securities, or other requirements. Check current official sources and seek licensed advice for a particular filing.

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