[§425R-1] Definitions. For purposes of this chapter only:
"Appointment of agent" means a statement appointing an agent for service of process filed under section 425R-4.
"Commercial registered agent" means an individual or a domestic or foreign entity authorized to transact business in this State and listed under section 425R-5.
"Director" means the director of commerce and consumer affairs.
"Domestic entity" means an entity whose internal affairs are governed by the laws of this State.
"Entity" means a person that has a separate legal existence or has the power to acquire an interest in real property in its own name other than:
"Filing entity" means an entity that is created by the filing of a public organic document.
"Foreign entity" means an entity other than a domestic entity.
"Foreign qualification document" means an application for a certificate of authority or other foreign qualification filing with the director by a foreign entity.
"Governance interest" means the right under the organic law or organic rules of an entity, other than as a governor, agent, assignee, or proxy, to:
"Governor" means a person by or under whose authority the powers of an entity are exercised and under whose direction the business and affairs of the entity are managed pursuant to the organic law and organic rules of the entity.
"Individual" means a natural person.
"Interest" means a:
"Interest holder" means a direct holder of an interest.
"Jurisdiction of organization", with respect to an entity, means the jurisdiction whose law includes the organic law of the entity.
"Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under section 425R-5 and that is:
"Nonqualified foreign entity" means a foreign entity that is not authorized to transact business in this State pursuant to a filing with the director.
"Nonresident LLP statement" means a statement of:
"Organic law" means the statutes, if any, other than this chapter, governing the internal affairs of an entity.
"Organic rules" means the public organic document and private organic rules of an entity.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, business or similar trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Private organic rules" means the rules, whether or not in a record, that govern the internal affairs of an entity, are binding on all of its interest holders, and are not part of its public organic document, if any.
"Public organic document" means the public record the filing of which creates an entity, and any amendment to or restatement of that record.
"Qualified foreign entity" means a foreign entity that is authorized to transact business in this State pursuant to a filing with the director.
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
"Registered agent" means a commercial registered agent or a noncommercial registered agent.
"Registered agent filing" means:
"Represented entity" means a:
"Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to:
"Transferable interest" means the right under an entity's organic law to receive distributions from the entity.
"Type", with respect to an entity, means a generic form of entity: