RCW 25.10.110
Execution of documents. (Effective until July 1, 2010.)

(1) Each document required by this article to be filed in the office of the secretary of state shall be executed in the following manner:

     (a) Each original certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general partners named therein;

     (b) A certificate of amendment or restatement must be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate as a new general partner;

     (c) A certificate of cancellation must be signed by all general partners or the limited partners winding up the partnership pursuant to RCW 25.10.460;

     (d) If a surviving domestic limited partnership is filing articles of merger, the articles of merger must be signed by at least one general partner of the domestic limited partnership, or if the articles of merger are being filed by a surviving foreign limited partnership or by a corporation, the articles of merger must be signed by a person authorized by such foreign limited partnership or corporation; and

     (e) A foreign limited partnership's application for a certificate of authority must be signed by one of its general partners.

     (2) Any person may sign a certificate, articles of merger, or partnership agreement by an attorney-in-fact: PROVIDED, That each document signed in such manner identifies the capacity in which the signator signed.

     (3) The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the signature the name of the person and capacity in which the person signs. The document must be typewritten or printed, and must meet such legibility or other standards as may be prescribed by the secretary of state.

     (4) The execution of a certificate or articles of merger by a partner constitutes an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated therein are true.

[1991 c 269 § 4; 1987 c 55 § 8; 1981 c 51 § 11.]