Statutory filing provisions are found in California Corporations Code sections 15800 and 16309.

Every foreign (out of state or country) partnership other than a foreign limited partnership subject to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 15900) of the California Corporations Code or a commercial or banking partnership established and transacting business in a place without the United States, that has no regular place of business within California, shall, within 40 days from the time it commences to do business in this state, file a statement in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with Section 16309 designating some natural person or corporation as the agent of the partnership upon whom process issued by authority of or under any law of this state directed against the partnership may be served. The Statement by Foreign Partnership form is available in PDF file format and can be viewed and printed from your computer using the most current version of the Adobe Reader (available for free from Adobe's website).