California Code
TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS
CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 16100. - 16100. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Partnership...

Section 16101. - 16101. (a) As used in this chapter, the following terms...

Section 16101. - 16101. (a) As used in this chapter, the following terms...

Section 16102. - 16102. (a) A person knows a fact if the person...

Section 16103. - 16103. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), relations...

Section 16104. - 16104. (a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter,...

Section 16105. - 16105. (a) A statement may be filed in the office...

Section 16106. - 16106. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of...

Section 16107. - 16107. A partnership governed by this chapter is subject to...

Section 16108. - 16108. Except with respect to the provisions of this chapter...

Section 16109. - 16109. The rights and duties of surviving partners, the legal...

Section 16110. - 16110. If any provision of this chapter or its application...

Section 16111. - 16111. (a) Except as provided in Section 16955.5, before January...

Section 16112. - 16112. This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding...

Section 16113. - 16113. (a) The fee for filing a statement of partnership...

Section 16114. - 16114. Unless another fee is specified by law or the...

ARTICLE 2 - Nature of Partnership

Section 16201. - 16201. A partnership is an entity distinct from its partners....

Section 16202. - 16202. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 16203. - 16203. Property acquired by a partnership is property of the...

Section 16204. - 16204. (a) Property is partnership property if acquired in the...

ARTICLE 3 - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership

Section 16301. - 16301. Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership...

Section 16302. - 16302. (a) Partnership property may be transferred as follows: (1)...

Section 16303. - 16303. (a) A partnership may file a statement of partnership...

Section 16304. - 16304. A partner or other person named as a partner...

Section 16305. - 16305. (a) A partnership is liable for loss or injury...

Section 16306. - 16306. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 16307. - 16307. (a) A partnership may sue and be sued in...

Section 16308. - 16308. Except with respect to registered limited liability partnerships and...

Section 16309. - 16309. (a) The statement of partnership authority may designate an...

Section 16310. - 16310. (a) If a partnership has designated an agent for...

ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership

Section 16401. - 16401. (a) Each partner is deemed to have an account...

Section 16402. - 16402. A partner has no right to receive, and may...

Section 16403. - 16403. (a) A partnership shall keep its books and records,...

Section 16404. - 16404. (a) The fiduciary duties a partner owes to the...

Section 16405. - 16405. (a) A partnership may maintain an action against a...

Section 16406. - 16406. (a) If a partnership for a definite term or...

ARTICLE 5 - Transferees and Creditors of Partner

Section 16501. - 16501. A partner is not a coowner of partnership property...

Section 16502. - 16502. The only transferable interest of a partner in the...

Section 16503. - 16503. (a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of...

Section 16504. - 16504. (a) On application by a judgment creditor of a...

ARTICLE 6 - Partner s Dissociation

Section 16601. - 16601. A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the...

Section 16602. - 16602. (a) A partner has the power to dissociate at...

Section 16603. - 16603. Upon a partner’s dissociation, all of the following apply:...

ARTICLE 7 - Partner s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up

Section 16701. - 16701. Except as provided in Section 16701.5, all of the...

Section 16701.5. - 16701.5. (a) Section 16701 shall not apply to any dissociation...

Section 16702. - 16702. (a) For two years after a partner dissociates, the...

Section 16703. - 16703. (a) A partner’s dissociation does not of itself discharge...

Section 16704. - 16704. (a) A dissociated partner or the partnership may file...

Section 16705. - 16705. Continued use of a partnership name, or a dissociated...

ARTICLE 8 - Winding Up Partnership Business

Section 16801. - 16801. A partnership is dissolved, and its business shall be...

Section 16802. - 16802. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a partnership continues after...

Section 16803. - 16803. (a) After dissolution, a partner who has not dissociated...

Section 16804. - 16804. Subject to Section 16805, a partnership is bound by...

Section 16805. - 16805. (a) After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully...

Section 16806. - 16806. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and...

Section 16807. - 16807. (a) In winding up a partnership’s business, the assets...

ARTICLE 9 - Conversions and Mergers

Section 16901. - 16901. In this article, the following terms have the following...

Section 16902. - 16902. (a) A partnership, other than a registered limited liability...

Section 16903. - 16903. (a) A partnership that desires to convert to a...

Section 16904. - 16904. (a) A conversion into a domestic other business entity...

Section 16905. - 16905. (a) The conversion of a partnership into a foreign...

Section 16906. - 16906. (a) If the converting partnership has filed a statement...

Section 16907. - 16907. (a) Whenever a partnership or other business entity having...

Section 16908. - 16908. (a) A domestic limited partnership, limited liability company, or...

Section 16909. - 16909. (a) An entity that converts into another entity pursuant...

Section 16910. - 16910. (a) The following entities may be merged pursuant to...

Section 16911. - 16911. (a) Each partnership and other business entity which desires...

Section 16912. - 16912. (a) Unless a future effective date or time is...

Section 16913. - 16913. (a) The merger of any number of domestic partnerships...

Section 16914. - 16914. (a) When a merger takes effect, all of the...

Section 16915. - 16915. (a) In a merger involving a domestic partnership, in...

Section 16915.5. - 16915.5. (a) Upon merger pursuant to this article, a surviving...

Section 16916. - 16916. (a) Whenever a domestic or foreign partnership or other...

Section 16917. - 16917. This article is not exclusive. Partnerships, other than limited...

ARTICLE 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships

Section 16951. - 16951. For purposes of this chapter, the only types of...

Section 16952. - 16952. The name of a registered limited liability partnership shall...

Section 16953. - 16953. (a) To become a registered limited liability partnership, a...

Section 16954. - 16954. (a) The registration of a registered limited liability partnership...

Section 16955. - 16955. (a) A domestic partnership, other than a limited partnership,...

Section 16956. - 16956. (a) At the time of registration pursuant to Section...

Section 16956. - 16956. (a) At the time of registration pursuant to Section...

Section 16957. - 16957. (a) No distribution shall be made by a registered...

Section 16958. - 16958. (a) (1) The laws of the jurisdiction under which...

Section 16959. - 16959. (a) (1) Before transacting intrastate business in this state,...

Section 16959. - 16959. (a) (1) Before transacting intrastate business in this state,...

Section 16960. - 16960. (a) The registration of a foreign limited liability partnership...

Section 16961. - 16961. The filing of a registration with the Secretary of...

Section 16962. - 16962. (a) Each registered limited liability partnership whose principal office...