(a) To register to do business in this state, a foreign limited partnership must submit to the secretary of state:

(1) An original copy executed by a general partner of an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, setting forth:

(A) The name of the foreign limited partnership and, if different, the name under which the foreign limited partnership proposes to register and do business in this state;

(B) The jurisdiction where organized, the date of the foreign limited partnership's organization and a statement from a general partner that, as of the date of filing, the foreign limited partnership validly exists as a limited partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of the foreign limited partnership's organization;

(C) The street address and zip code of the foreign limited partnership's registered office in this state, and a mailing address such as a post office box if the United States postal service does not deliver to the principal office; the county in which that office is located; and the name of the foreign limited partnership's registered agent at that office;

(D) The street address, including the zip code, of the foreign limited partnership's principal office, and a mailing address such as a post office box if the United States postal service does not deliver to the principal office;

(E) The name and business, residence or mailing address and zip code of each of the general partners; and

(F) The date on which the foreign limited partnership first did, or intends to do, business in this state;

(2) With the completed application, a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of limited partnership records in the jurisdiction under whose law it is formed. The certificate must not bear a date of more than two (2) months prior to the date the application is filed in this state; and

(3) A fee as set forth in § 61-3-1205.

(b) If the secretary of state determines upon registration that a foreign limited partnership has been doing business in this state for a period of one (1) year or more prior to applying for registration, then the secretary of state must not file the registration until the foreign limited partnership submits a letter of good standing from the department of revenue.