The Minnesota Foreign Limited Partnership Certificate of Authority is a document issued by the Secretary of State of Minnesota that authorizes a foreign limited partnership to do business in the state. This certificate is required for any foreign limited partnership that wishes to conduct business in Minnesota. A foreign limited partnership is a partnership formed outside the state of Minnesota but wants to do business within the state. There are two types of Minnesota Foreign Limited Partnership Certificate of Authority: the Initial Certificate of Authority and the Renewal Certificate of Authority. The Initial Certificate of Authority is issued to a foreign limited partnership that is just starting to do business in Minnesota, and the Renewal Certificate of Authority is issued to a foreign limited partnership that has already been doing business in the state and is now seeking to renew its authority.