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CHAPTER 4 - Process Agents for Certain Foreign Corporations
Section 15800. - 15800. (a) Every partnership, other than a foreign limited partnership,...
CHAPTER 4.5 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions
Section 15900. - 15900. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Limited...
Section 15901.02. - 15901.02. In this chapter, the following terms have the following...
Section 15901.03. - 15901.03. (a) A person knows a fact if the person...
Section 15901.04. - 15901.04. (a) A limited partnership is an entity distinct from...
Section 15901.05. - 15901.05. A limited partnership has the powers to do all...
Section 15901.06. - 15901.06. The law of this state governs relations among the...
Section 15901.07. - 15901.07. (a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter,...
Section 15901.08. - 15901.08. (a) The name of a limited partnership may contain...
Section 15901.09. - 15901.09. (a) The exclusive right to the use of a...
Section 15901.10. - 15901.10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...
Section 15901.11. - 15901.11. A limited partnership shall maintain at its principal office...
Section 15901.12. - 15901.12. A partner may lend money to and transact other...
Section 15901.13. - 15901.13. A person may be both a general partner and...
Section 15901.14. - 15901.14. (a) A limited partnership shall designate and continuously maintain...
Section 15901.15. - 15901.15. Action requiring the consent of partners under this chapter...
Section 15901.16. - 15901.16. (a) In addition to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section...
Section 15901.17. - 15901.17. (a) A partner may, in a written partnership agreement...
ARTICLE 2 - Formation; Certificate of Limited Partnership and Other Filings
Section 15902.01. - 15902.01. (a) In order for a limited partnership to be...
Section 15902.02. - 15902.02. (a) In order to amend its certificate of limited...
Section 15902.03. - 15902.03. A dissolved limited partnership that has completed winding up...
Section 15902.04. - 15902.04. (a) Each record delivered to the Secretary of State...
Section 15902.05. - 15902.05. (a) If a person required by this chapter to...
Section 15902.06. - 15902.06. (a) A record authorized or required to be delivered...
Section 15902.07. - 15902.07. (a) A limited partnership or foreign limited partnership may...
Section 15902.08. - 15902.08. (a) If a record delivered to the Secretary of...
Section 15902.09. - 15902.09. (a) A domestic limited partnership whose certificate of limited...
ARTICLE 3 - Limited Partners
Section 15903.01. - 15903.01. A person becomes a limited partner: (a) as provided...
Section 15903.02. - 15903.02. A limited partner does not have the right or...
Section 15903.03. - 15903.03. (a) A limited partner is not liable for any...
Section 15903.04. - 15903.04. (a) On 10 days’ demand, made in a record...
Section 15903.05. - 15903.05. (a) A limited partner does not have any fiduciary...
Section 15903.06. - 15903.06. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...
Section 15903.07. - 15903.07. (a) The partnership agreement may provide for the creation...
ARTICLE 4 - General Partners
Section 15904.01. - 15904.01. A person becomes a general partner: (a) as provided...
Section 15904.02. - 15904.02. (a) Each general partner is an agent of the...
Section 15904.03. - 15904.03. (a) A limited partnership is liable for loss or...
Section 15904.04. - 15904.04. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), all...
Section 15904.05. - 15904.05. (a) To the extent not inconsistent with Section 15904.04,...
Section 15904.06. - 15904.06. (a) Each general partner has equal rights in the...
Section 15904.07. - 15904.07. (a) A general partner, without having any particular purpose...
Section 15904.08. - 15904.08. (a) The fiduciary duties that a general partner owes...
Section 15904.09. - 15904.09. (a) A partnership agreement may provide for the creation...
ARTICLE 5 - Contributions and Distributions
Section 15905.01. - 15905.01. A contribution of a partner may consist of tangible...
Section 15905.02. - 15905.02. (a) A partner’s obligation to contribute money or other...
Section 15905.03. - 15905.03. A distribution by a limited partnership must be shared...
Section 15905.035. - 15905.035. The profits and losses of a limited partnership shall...
Section 15905.04. - 15905.04. A partner does not have a right to any...
Section 15905.05. - 15905.05. A person does not have a right to receive...
Section 15905.06. - 15905.06. A partner does not have a right to demand...
Section 15905.07. - 15905.07. When a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive...
Section 15905.08. - 15905.08. (a) A limited partnership may not make a distribution...
Section 15905.09. - 15905.09. (a) A general partner that consents to a distribution...
ARTICLE 6 - Dissociation
Section 15906.01. - 15906.01. (a) A person does not have a right to...
Section 15906.02. - 15906.02. (a) Upon a person’s dissociation as a limited partner:...
Section 15906.03. - 15906.03. A person is dissociated from a limited partnership as...
Section 15906.04. - 15906.04. (a) A person has the power to dissociate as...
Section 15906.05. - 15906.05. (a) Upon a person’s dissociation as a general partner...
Section 15906.06. - 15906.06. (a) After a person is dissociated as a general...
Section 15906.07. - 15906.07. (a) A person’s dissociation as a general partner does...
ARTICLE 7 - Transferable Interests and Rights of Transferees and Creditors
Section 15907.01. - 15907.01. The only interest of a partner which is transferable...
Section 15907.02. - 15907.02. (a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of...
Section 15907.03. - 15907.03. (a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction...
Section 15907.04. - 15907.04. If a partner dies, the deceased partner’s personal representative...
ARTICLE 8 - Dissolution
Section 15908.01. - 15908.01. Except as otherwise provided in Section 15908.02, a limited...
Section 15908.02. - 15908.02. (a) On application by a partner, a court of...
Section 15908.03. - 15908.03. (a) A limited partnership continues after dissolution only for...
Section 15908.04. - 15908.04. (a) A limited partnership is bound by a general...
Section 15908.05. - 15908.05. (a) If a general partner having knowledge of the...
Section 15908.06. - 15908.06. (a) A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the...
Section 15908.07. - 15908.07. (a) A dissolved limited partnership may publish notice of...
Section 15908.08. - 15908.08. If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is...
Section 15908.09. - 15908.09. (a) In winding up a limited partnership’s activities, the...
ARTICLE 9 - Foreign Limited Partnership
Section 15909.01. - 15909.01. (a) The laws of the state or other jurisdiction...
Section 15909.02. - 15909.02. (a) A foreign limited partnership may apply for a...
Section 15909.03. - 15909.03. (a) Activities of a foreign limited partnership that do...
Section 15909.04. - 15909.04. Unless the Secretary of State determines that an application...
Section 15909.05. - 15909.05. (a) A foreign limited partnership whose name does not...
Section 15909.06. - 15909.06. If any statement in the application for registration of...
Section 15909.07. - 15909.07. (a) In order to cancel its certificate of registration...
Section 15909.08. - 15909.08. The Attorney General may maintain an action to restrain...
ARTICLE 10 - Actions by Partners
Section 15910.01. - 15910.01. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a partner may maintain...
Section 15910.02. - 15910.02. A partner may bring a derivative action to enforce...
Section 15910.03. - 15910.03. (a) A derivative action may be maintained only by...
Section 15910.04. - 15910.04. In a derivative action, the complaint must state with...
Section 15910.05. - 15910.05. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b): (1)...
Section 15910.06. - 15910.06. (a) In any derivative action, at any time within...
ARTICLE 11 - Conversion and Merger
Section 15911.01. - 15911.01. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...
Section 15911.02. - 15911.02. (a) A limited partnership may be converted into another...
Section 15911.03. - 15911.03. (a) A limited partnership that desires to convert to...
Section 15911.04. - 15911.04. (a) A conversion into an other business entity or...
Section 15911.05. - 15911.05. (a) The conversion of a limited partnership into a...
Section 15911.06. - 15911.06. (a) Upon conversion of a limited partnership, one of...
Section 15911.07. - 15911.07. (a) Whenever a limited partnership or other business entity...
Section 15911.08. - 15911.08. (a) An other business entity or a foreign other...
Section 15911.09. - 15911.09. (a) An entity that converts into another entity pursuant...
Section 15911.10. - 15911.10. Mergers of limited partnerships shall be governed by Sections...
Section 15911.11. - 15911.11. The following entities may be merged pursuant to this...
Section 15911.12. - 15911.12. (a) Each limited partnership and other business entity that...
Section 15911.13. - 15911.13. Subdivision (b) of Section 15911.12 shall not apply to...
Section 15911.14. - 15911.14. (a) If the surviving entity is a limited partnership...
Section 15911.15. - 15911.15. (a) Unless a future effective date or time is...
Section 15911.16. - 15911.16. (a) Upon a merger of limited partnerships or limited...
Section 15911.17. - 15911.17. (a) The merger of any number of domestic limited...
Section 15911.18. - 15911.18. Whenever a domestic or foreign limited partnership or other...
Section 15911.19. - 15911.19. Recording of the certificate of merger in accordance with...
ARTICLE 11.5 - Dissenting Limited Partners Rights
Section 15911.20. - 15911.20. (a) For purposes of this article, “reorganization” refers to...
Section 15911.21. - 15911.21. (a) If the approval of outstanding limited partnership interests...
Section 15911.22. - 15911.22. (a) If limited partners have a right under Section...
Section 15911.23. - 15911.23. Within 30 days after the date on which notice...
Section 15911.24. - 15911.24. (a) If the limited partnership and the dissenting limited...
Section 15911.25. - 15911.25. (a) If the limited partnership denies that a limited...
Section 15911.26. - 15911.26. (a) If the court appoints an appraiser or appraisers,...
Section 15911.27. - 15911.27. To the extent that the payment to dissenting limited...
Section 15911.28. - 15911.28. Any cash distributions made by a limited partnership to...
Section 15911.29. - 15911.29. Except as expressly limited by this article, dissenting limited...
Section 15911.30. - 15911.30. A dissenting interest loses its status as a dissenting...
Section 15911.31. - 15911.31. If litigation is instituted to test the sufficient or...
Section 15911.32. - 15911.32. (a) This article applies to the following: (1) A...
Section 15911.33. - 15911.33. (a) No limited partner of a limited partnership who...
ARTICLE 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 15912.01. - 15912.01. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be...
Section 15912.02. - 15912.02. If any provision of this chapter or its application...
Section 15912.03. - 15912.03. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic...
Section 15912.04. - 15912.04. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2008....
Section 15912.06. - 15912.06. (a) Before January 1, 2010, this chapter governs only:...
Section 15912.07. - 15912.07. This chapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding...
CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994
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 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 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 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...