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Corporations Code - CORP
TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS

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

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...