Section 1706.171 | Incomplete or undelivered records.
(A) If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved by that failure to sign may petition the appropriate court to order any of the following:
(1) The person to sign the record;
(2) The person to deliver the record to the secretary of state for filing;
(3) The secretary of state to file the record unsigned.
(B) If a petitioner under division (A) of this section is not the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to whom the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company a party to the action. A person aggrieved under division (A) of this section may seek the remedies provided in that division in a separate action against the person required to sign the record or as a part of any other action concerning the limited liability company in which the person required to sign the record is made a party.
(C) A record filed unsigned pursuant to this section is effective without being signed.
(D) A court may award reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, to the prevailing party, in whole or in part, with respect to any claim made under division (A) of this section.
Available Versions of this Section
- April 12, 2021 – Enacted by Senate Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly [ View April 12, 2021 Version ]