Any partnership formed under the laws of this State or of another jurisdiction shall have the capacity with or without the joinder of one or more of its partners to sue and be sued in the courts and agencies of this State as a separate entity under the name specified in any recorded certificate of partnership, or, if the partnership conducts business under an assumed name or there is no recorded certificate, under the name by which it does business. All judgments and executions against any such partnership shall bind its real and personal property. Its partners shall also be liable for judgment and be subject to execution to the extent and in the manner provided by law.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 533, Section 4.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
Section 15-5-45. Capacity of partnerships to sue and be sued; effect of judgment.
Section 15-5-90. Survival of right of action.
Section 15-5-100. Damages under Sections 15-5-90 or 15-51-10 may include funeral expenses.
Section 15-5-110. Executors' or administrators' actions against trespassers.
Section 15-5-120. Actions against executors or administrators when one or more is out of State.
Section 15-5-130. Representative of deceased nonresident motor vehicle operator.
Section 15-5-150. Foreign corporations as defendants.
Section 15-5-160. By what name unincorporated associations may be sued.
Section 15-5-170. Action by and against married woman.
Section 15-5-210. Unemancipated child as party to motor vehicle accident action.