Subdivision 1. Articles of conversion.
After a plan of conversion is approved:
(1) if the converting organization is a converting limited liability company, the converting limited liability company shall file articles of conversion with the secretary of state, together with a total fee of $60, which articles of conversion must be signed as provided in section 322C.0203, subdivision 1 , and must include:
(i) a statement that the limited liability company is converting into another organization;
(ii) the name and form of the converted organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute;
(iii) the time the conversion is effective under the governing statute of the converted organization;
(iv) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by this chapter;
(v) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by the governing statute of the converted organization; and
(vi) if the converted organization is a foreign organization not authorized to transact business in this state, the street address of an office that the secretary of state may use for the purposes of section 322C.1010, subdivision 3 ; and
(2) if the converting organization is not a converting limited liability company, the converting organization shall file articles of conversion with the secretary of state, together with a total fee of $60, which articles of conversion must be signed as provided in section 322C.0203, subdivision 1 , and must include:
(i) articles of organization for the limited liability company into which the converting organization is converting, which articles of organization must include the information required by section 322C.0201, subdivision 2 , clauses (1) and (2);
(ii) a statement that the converting organization is converting into a limited liability company from another organization;
(iii) the name and form of the converting organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute; and
(iv) a statement that the conversion was approved in a manner that complied with the converting organization's governing statute.
Subd. 2. Effective date and time of conversion.
A conversion becomes effective:
(1) if the converted organization is a limited liability company, when the articles of conversion are filed with the secretary of state or on a later date or later time specified in the articles of conversion; and
(2) if the converted organization is not a limited liability company, as provided by the governing statute of the converted organization.
Subd. 3. Certificate.
The secretary of state shall issue to the converted organization or its legal representative a certificate of conversion.