488.304 Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information.
1. On ten days’ demand, made in a record received by the limited partnership, a limited partner may inspect and copy required information during regular business hours in the limited partnership’s registered office. The limited partner need not have any particular purpose for seeking the information.
2. During regular business hours and at a reasonable location specified by the limited partnership, a limited partner may obtain from the limited partnership and inspect and copy true and full information regarding the state of the activities and financial condition of the limited partnership and other information regarding the activities of the limited partnership as is just and reasonable if the limited partner complies with all of the following:
a. The limited partner seeks the information for a purpose reasonably related to the partner’s interest as a limited partner.
b. The limited partner makes a demand in a record received by the limited partnership, describing with reasonable particularity the information sought and the purpose for seeking the information.
c. The information sought is directly connected to the limited partner’s purpose.
3. Within ten days after receiving a demand pursuant to subsection 2, the limited partnership in a record shall inform the limited partner that made the demand of all of the following:
a. What information the limited partnership will provide in response to the demand.
b. When and where the limited partnership will provide the information.
c. If the limited partnership declines to provide any demanded information, the limited partnership’s reasons for declining.
4. Subject to subsection 6, a person dissociated as a limited partner may inspect and copy required information during regular business hours in the limited partnership’s registered office if the person complies with all of the following:
a. The information pertains to the period during which the person was a limited partner.
b. The person seeks the information in good faith.
c. The person meets the requirements of subsection 2.
5. The limited partnership shall respond to a demand made pursuant to subsection 4 in the same manner as provided in subsection 3.
6. If a limited partner dies, section 488.704 applies.
7. The limited partnership may impose reasonable restrictions on the use of information obtained under this section. In a dispute concerning the reasonableness of a restriction under this subsection, the limited partnership has the burden of proving reasonableness.
8. A limited partnership may charge a person that makes a demand under this section reasonable costs of copying, limited to the costs of labor and material.
9. Whenever this chapter or a partnership agreement provides for a limited partner to give or withhold consent to a matter, before the consent is given or withheld, the limited partnership shall, without demand, provide the limited partner with all information material to the limited partner’s decision that the limited partnership knows.
10. A limited partner or person dissociated as a limited partner may exercise the rights under this section through an attorney or other agent. Any restriction imposed under subsection 7 or by the partnership agreement applies both to the attorney or other agent and to the limited partner or person dissociated as a limited partner.
11. The rights stated in this section do not extend to a person as transferee, but may be exercised by the legal representative of an individual under legal disability who is a limited partner or person dissociated as a limited partner.
2004 Acts, ch 1021, §32, 118; 2016 Acts, ch 1097, §11, 12
Referred to in §488.110, 488.407, 488.704
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 488 - UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT
Section 488.101 - Short title.
Section 488.102 - Definitions.
Section 488.103 - Knowledge and notice.
Section 488.104 - Nature, purpose, and duration of entity.
Section 488.106 - Governing law.
Section 488.107 - Supplemental principles of law — rate of interest.
Section 488.109 - Reservation of name.
Section 488.110 - Effect of partnership agreement — nonwaivable provisions.
Section 488.111 - Required information.
Section 488.112 - Business transactions of partner with partnership.
Section 488.113 - Dual capacity.
Section 488.114 - Registered office and registered agent for service of process.
Section 488.115 - Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process.
Section 488.116 - Resignation of registered agent for service of process.
Section 488.117 - Service of process.
Section 488.118 - Consent and proxies of partners.
Section 488.201 - Formation of limited partnership — certificate of limited partnership.
Section 488.202 - Amendment or restatement of certificate.
Section 488.203 - Statement of termination.
Section 488.204 - Signing of records.
Section 488.205 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.
Section 488.206 - Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state — effective time and date.
Section 488.206A - Secretary of state — extra services — surcharge.
Section 488.207 - Correcting filed record.
Section 488.208 - Liability for false information in filed record — penalty.
Section 488.209 - Certificate of existence or authorization.
Section 488.210 - Biennial report for secretary of state.
Section 488.301 - Becoming limited partner.
Section 488.302 - No right or power as limited partner to bind limited partnership.
Section 488.303 - No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.
Section 488.304 - Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information.
Section 488.305 - Limited duties of limited partners.
Section 488.306 - Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner.
Section 488.401 - Becoming general partner.
Section 488.402 - General partner agent of limited partnership.
Section 488.403 - Limited partnership liable for general partner’s actionable conduct.
Section 488.404 - General partner’s liability.
Section 488.405 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
Section 488.406 - Management rights of general partner.
Section 488.407 - Right of general partner and former general partner to information.
Section 488.408 - General standards of general partner’s conduct.
Section 488.501 - Form of contribution.
Section 488.502 - Liability for contribution.
Section 488.503 - Sharing of distributions.
Section 488.504 - Interim distributions.
Section 488.505 - No distribution on account of dissociation.
Section 488.506 - Distribution in kind.
Section 488.507 - Right to distribution.
Section 488.508 - Limitations on distribution.
Section 488.509 - Liability for improper distributions.
Section 488.601 - Dissociation as limited partner.
Section 488.602 - Effect of dissociation as limited partner.
Section 488.603 - Dissociation as general partner.
Section 488.604 - Person’s power to dissociate as general partner — wrongful dissociation.
Section 488.605 - Effect of dissociation as general partner.
Section 488.607 - Liability to other persons of person dissociated as general partner.
Section 488.701 - Partner’s transferable interest.
Section 488.702 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.
Section 488.703 - Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.
Section 488.704 - Power of estate of deceased partner.
Section 488.801 - Nonjudicial dissolution.
Section 488.802 - Judicial dissolution.
Section 488.806 - Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.
Section 488.807 - Other claims against dissolved limited partnership.
Section 488.807A - Court proceedings.
Section 488.809 - Administrative dissolution.
Section 488.810 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
Section 488.811 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Section 488.812 - Disposition of assets — when contributions required.
Section 488.901 - Governing law.
Section 488.902 - Application for certificate of authority.
Section 488.903 - Activities not constituting transacting business.
Section 488.904 - Approval of application for certificate of authority — notification.
Section 488.905 - Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.
Section 488.906 - Revocation of certificate of authority.
Section 488.907 - Cancellation of certificate of authority — effect of failure to have certificate.
Section 488.908 - Action by attorney general.
Section 488.1001 - Direct action by partner.
Section 488.1002 - Derivative action.
Section 488.1003 - Proper plaintiff.
Section 488.1005 - Proceeds and expenses.
Section 488.1101 - Definitions.
Section 488.1102 - Conversion.
Section 488.1103 - Action on plan of conversion by converting limited partnership.
Section 488.1104 - Filings required for conversion — effective date.
Section 488.1105 - Effect of conversion.
Section 488.1107 - Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership.
Section 488.1108 - Filings required for merger — effective date.
Section 488.1109 - Effect of merger.
Section 488.1111 - Liability of general partner after conversion or merger.
Section 488.1113 - Article not exclusive.
Section 488.1201 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 488.1202 - Severability.
Section 488.1203 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 488.1204 - Application to existing relationships.