Section 10A-9A-1.01 Short title. This chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1, to the extent applicable to limited partnerships, shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Limited Partnership Law. (Act 2016-379, §1.)
Section 10A-9A-1.02 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) “CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION” with respect to a limited partnership means the certificate of formation required by Section 10A-9A-2.01, and the certificate of formation as amended or restated. (2) “DISTRIBUTION” except as otherwise provided in Section 10A-9A-5.08(f), means […]
Section 10A-9A-1.03 Knowledge and notice. (a) A person knows a fact when the person: (1) has actual knowledge of it; or (2) is deemed to know it under law other than this chapter. (b) A person has notice of a fact when the person: (1) knows of it; (2) receives notification of it; (3) has […]
Section 10A-9A-1.04 Nature and purpose. (a) A limited partnership is a separate legal entity. A limited partnership’s status for tax purposes shall not affect its status as a separate legal entity formed under this chapter. A limited partnership is the same entity regardless of whether its certificate of formation states that the limited partnership is […]
Section 10A-9A-1.05 Powers; indemnification. (a) A limited partnership shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted and enumerated by Chapter 1 or by any other law or by its partnership agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, including those powers and privileges necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion, or attainment of […]
Section 10A-9A-1.06 Governing law. (a) The law of this state governs: (1) the organization and internal affairs of a limited partnership; (2) the liability of a partner as a partner for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a limited partnership; and (3) the authority of the partners of a limited partnership. (b) The law […]
Section 10A-9A-1.07 Supplemental principles of law; rate of interest. (a) It is the policy of this chapter and this state to give maximum effect to the principles of freedom of contract and to the enforceability of partnership agreements. (b) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this […]
Section 10A-9A-1.08 Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c): (1) the partnership agreement governs relations among the partners as partners and between the partners and the partnership; and (2) to the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide for a matter described in subsection (a)(1), […]
Section 10A-9A-1.09 Partnership agreement; effect on limited partnership and persons admitted as partners. (a) A limited partnership is bound by and may enforce the partnership agreement, whether or not the limited partnership has itself manifested assent to the partnership agreement. (b) A person that is admitted as a partner of a limited partnership becomes a […]
Section 10A-9A-1.10 Partnership agreement; effect on third parties and relationship to writings effective on behalf of limited partnership. (a) If a partnership agreement provides for the manner in which it may be amended, including by requiring the approval of a person who is not a party to the partnership agreement or the satisfaction of conditions, […]
Section 10A-9A-1.11 Required information. A limited partnership shall maintain the following information: (1) A current list of the full name and last known business or residential street and mailing address of each partner, separately identifying the general partners, in alphabetical order, and the limited partners, in alphabetical order. (2) Copies of the filed certificate of […]
Section 10A-9A-1.12 Transactions of partner with partnership. A partner may lend money to and transact other activities or affairs with the limited partnership and has the same rights and obligations with respect to the loan or other transaction as a person that is not a partner. (Act 2016-379, §1.)
Section 10A-9A-1.13 Dual capacity. A person may be both a general partner and a limited partner. A person that is both a general and limited partner has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations provided by this chapter and the partnership agreement in each of those capacities. When the person acts as a general partner, the […]
Section 10A-9A-1.14 Consent and proxies of partners. Action requiring the consent of partners under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a partner may appoint a proxy to consent or otherwise act for the partner by signing a writing of appointment, either personally or by the partner’s attorney in fact. (Act 2016-379, §1.)
