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North Dakota Statutes, Title 45

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Title 45, Partnerships

25 chapters · 243 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 45243 Ch 45-10.2, Uniform Limited Partnership Act118 Ch 45-22, Limited Liability Partnerships31 Ch 45-11, Fictitious Partnership Name16 Ch 45-21, Conversions and Mergers13 Ch 45-13, Partnerships in General11 Ch 45-15, Relations of Partners to Persons Dea…10 Ch 45-23, Limited Liability Limited Partnership10 Ch 45-16, Relations of Partners to Each Other …8 Ch 45-20, Winding Up Partnership Business8 Ch 45-19, Partner's Dissociation When Business…5 Ch 45-14, Nature of Partnership4 Ch 45-17, Transferees and Creditors of Partner4 Ch 45-18, Partner's Dissociation3 Ch 45-12, Application of Law2

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N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-31 (301) Becoming a limited partner
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A person becomes a limited partner: 1. As provided in the partnership agreement; 2. As the result of a conversion or merger under sections 45-10.2-94 through 45-10.2-106; or 3. With the consent of all of the partners.
N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-32 (302) No right or power as limited partner to bind limited partnership
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A limited partner does not have the right or the power as a limited partner to act for or bind the limited partnership.
N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-33 (303) No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligation
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An obligation of a limited partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is not the obligation of a limited partner. A limited partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for an obligation of the limited partnersh…
N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-34 (304) Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information
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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 principal executive office of the limited partnership. The limited partner need not have any particular p…

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N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-35 (305) Limited duties of limited partners

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1. A limited partner does not have any fiduciary duty to the limited partnership or to any other partner solely by reason of being a limited partner. 2. A limited partner shall discharge the duties to the partnership and the other partners under this chapter or under the partners…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-36 (306) Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person that makes an investment in a business enterprise and erroneously but in good faith believes that the person has become a limited partner in the enterprise is not liable for the obligations of the enterprise by reason of m…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-37 (401) Becoming general partner

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A person becomes a general partner: 1. As provided in the partnership agreement; 2. Under subdivision b of subsection 3 of section 45-10.2-66 following the dissociation of the last general partner of a limited partnership; 3. As the result of a conversion or merger under sections…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-38 (402) General partner agent of limited partnership

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1. Each general partner is an agent of the limited partnership for the purposes of its activities. An act of a general partner, including the signing of a record in the name of the partnership, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the activities of the limited partne…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-39 (403) Limited partnership liable for actionable conduct of general partner

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1. A limited partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person, or for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission, or other actionable conduct, of a general partner acting in the ordinary course of activities of the limited partnership or with authori…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-40 (404) Liability of general partner

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, all general partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the limited partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law. 2. A person that becomes a general partner of an existing limit…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-41 (405) Actions by and against partnership and partners

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1. To the extent not inconsistent with section 45-10.2-40, a general partner may be joined in an action against the limited partnership or named in a separate action. 2. A judgment against a limited partnership is not by itself a judgment against a general partner. A judgment aga…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-42 (406) Management rights of general partner

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1. Each general partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the activities of the limited partnership. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities of the limited partnership may be exclusively decided by the general partner or…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-43 (407) Right of general partner and former general partner to information

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1. A general partner, without having any particular purpose for seeking the information, may inspect and copy during regular business hours: a. In the principal executive office of the limited partnership, required information; and b. At a reasonable location specified by the lim…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-44 (408) General standards of conduct of general partner

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1. The only fiduciary duties that a general partner has to the limited partnership and the other partners are the duties of loyalty and care under subsections 2 and 3. 2. A duty of loyalty of the general partner to the limited partnership and the other partners is limited to the …

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-45 (409) Transfer of partnership property

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1. Subject to the effect of a notification effective under subsections 4 and 9 of section 45-10.2-06, property held in the name of a limited partnership may be transferred by a record of transfer signed by a general partner in the limited partnership name. 2. If a transfer has be…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-46 (501) Form of contribution

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A contribution of a partner may consist of tangible or intangible property or other benefit to the limited partnership, including money, services performed, promissory notes, other agreements to contribute cash or property, and contracts for services to be performed.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-47 (502) Liability for contribution

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1. The obligation of a partner to contribute money or other property or other benefit to, or to perform services for, a limited partnership is not excused by the death of a partner, disability, or other inability to perform personally. 2. If a partner does not make a promised non…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-48 (503) Sharing of distributions

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A distribution by a limited partnership must be shared among the partners on the basis of the value, as stated in the required information when the limited partnership decides to make the distribution, of the contributions the limited partnership has received from each partner.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-49 (504) Interim distributions

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A partner does not have a right to any distribution before the dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership unless the limited partnership decides to make an interim distribution.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-50 (505) No distribution on account of dissociation

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A person does not have a right to receive a distribution on account of dissociation.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-51 (506) Distribution in kind

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A partner does not have a right to demand or receive any distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than cash. Subject to subsection 2 of section 45-10.2-75, a limited partnership may distribute an asset in kind to the extent each partner receives a percentage of t…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-52 (507) Right to distribution

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When a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the obligation of the limited partn…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-53 (508) Limitation on distribution

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1. A limited partnership may not make a distribution in violation of the partnership agreement. 2. A limited partnership may not make a distribution if after the distribution: a. The limited partnership would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course …

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-54 (509) Liability for improper distributions

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1. A general partner that consents to a distribution made in violation of section 45-10.2-53 is personally liable to the limited partnership for the amount of the distribution which exceeds the amount that could have been distributed without the violation if it is established tha…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-55 (601) Dissociation as limited partner

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1. A person does not have a right to dissociate as a limited partner before the termination of the limited partnership. 2. A person is dissociated from a limited partnership as a limited partner upon the occurrence of any of the following events: a. The limited partnership has no…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-56 (602) Effect of dissociation as limited partner

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1. Upon the dissociation of a person as a limited partner: a. Subject to section 45-10.2-65, the person does not have further rights as a limited partner; b. The obligation of a person for good faith and fair dealing as a limited partner under subsection 2 of section 45-10.2-35 c…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-57 (603) Dissociation as general partner

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A person is dissociated from a limited partnership as a general partner upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 1. The limited partnership having notice of the express will of a person to withdraw as a general partner or on a later date specified by the person; 2. An …

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-58 (604) Power of a person to dissociate as a general partner - Wrongful dissociation

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1. A person has the power to dissociate as a general partner at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to subsection 1 of section 45-10.2-57. 2. The dissociation of a person as a general partner is wrongful only if: a. It is in breach of an express provision…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-59 (605) Effect of dissociation as general partner

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1. Upon the dissociation of a person as a general partner: a. The right of the person to participate as a general partner in the management and conduct of the activities of the partnership terminates; b. The duty of loyalty of the person as a general partner under subdivision c o…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-60 (606) Power to bind and liability to limited partnership before dissolution of partnership of person dissociated as general partner

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1. After a person is dissociated as a general partner and before the limited partnership is dissolved, or is converted or merged out of existence under sections 45-10.2-94 through 45-10.2-106, the limited partnership is bound by an act of the person if: a. The act would have boun…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-61 (607) Liability to other persons of person dissociated as general partner

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1. The dissociation of a person as a general partner does not of itself discharge the liability of a person as a general partner for an obligation of the limited partnership incurred before dissociation. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the person is not liabl…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-62 (701) Transferable interest of a partner

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The only interest of a partner that is transferable is the transferable interest of the partner. A transferable interest is personal property.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-63 (702) Transfer of the transferable interest of a partner

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1. A transfer, in whole or in part, of the transferable interest of a partner: a. Is permissible; b. Does not by itself cause the dissociation of a partner or a dissolution and winding up of the activities of the limited partnership; and c. Does not, as against the other partners…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-64 (703) Charging order

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1. On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner's transferee, and following notice to the partnership of the application, a court of competent jurisdiction may enter a charging order against the transferable interest of the judgment debtor for the unsatisfie…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-65 (704) Power of estate of deceased partner

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If a partner dies, then the personal representative or other legal representative of the deceased partner may exercise the rights of a transferee as provided in section 45-10.2-63 and, for the purposes of settling the estate, may exercise the rights of a current limited partner u…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-66 (801) Nonjudicial dissolution

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Except as otherwise provided in section 45-10.2-67, a limited partnership is dissolved, and its activities must be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following: 1. The happening of an event specified in the partnership agreement; 2. The consent of all general partne…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-67 (802) Judicial dissolution

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On application by a partner the district court may order dissolution of a limited partnership if it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership in conformity with the partnership agreement.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-68 (803) Winding up

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1. A limited partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its activities. 2. In winding up its activities, the limited partnership: a. May: (1) Amend its certificate of limited partnership to state that the limited partnership is dissolved; (2) Prese…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-69 (203) Statement of termination

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A dissolved limited partnership that has completed winding up may deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of termination that states: 1. The name of the limited partnership; and 2. Any other information as determined by the general partners filing the statement o…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-70 (804) Power of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to bind partnership after dissolution

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1. A limited partnership is bound by an act of a general partner after dissolution which: a. Is appropriate for winding up the activities of a limited partnership; or b. Would have bound the limited partnership under section 45-10.2-38 before dissolution, if, at the time the othe…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-71 (805) Liability after dissolution of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to limited partnership, other general partners, and persons dissociated as general partner

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1. If a general partner having knowledge of the dissolution causes a limited partnership to incur an obligation under subsection 1 of section 45-10.2-70 by an act that is not appropriate for winding up the activities of the partnership, then the general partner is liable: a. To t…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-72 (806) Known claims against dissolved limited partnership

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1. A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in subsection 2. 2. A dissolved limited partnership may notify its known claimants of the dissolution in a record. The notice must: a. Specify the information requir…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-73 (807) Other claims against dissolved limited partnerships

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1. A dissolved limited partnership may publish notice of its dissolution and request persons having claims against the limited partnership to present them in accordance with the notice. 2. The notice must: a. Be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-74 (808) Liability of general partner and person dissociated as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred

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If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred under section 45-10.2-72 or 45-10.2-73, then any corresponding claim under section 45-10.2-40 is also barred.

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-75 (812) Disposition of assets - When contributions required

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1. In winding up the activities of a limited partnership, the assets of the limited partnership, including the contributions required by this section, must be applied to satisfy the obligations to creditors of the limited partnership, including, to the extent permitted by law, pa…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-76 (901) Foreign limited partnership - Governing law

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1. The laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern relations among the partners of the foreign limited partnership and between the partners and the foreign limited partnership and the liability of partners as partners for …

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-77 (905) Foreign limited partnership - Name

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1. A foreign limited partnership whose name does not comply with section 45-10.2-10 may not obtain a certificate of authority until it adopts, for the purpose of transacting business in this state, an alternate name that complies with section 45-10.2-10. A foreign limited partner…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-78 Foreign limited partnership - Admission of foreign limited partnership - Transacting business - Obtaining licenses and permits

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A foreign limited partnership may not: 1. Transact business in this state or obtain any license or permit required by this state until the foreign limited partnership obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state. 2. Transact in this state any business that is pr…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-79 (902) Foreign limited partnership - Application for certificate of authority

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1. A foreign limited partnership may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business or conduct activities in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must state: a. The name of the foreign limited partnership and, if…

N.D.C.C. § 45-10.2-80 (904) Foreign limited partnership - Filing of certificate of authority application

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If the secretary of state finds an application for a certificate of authority conforms to law and all fees have been paid, then the secretary of state shall: 1. Endorse on the application the word "filed" and the date of filing; and 2. File the application and the certificate of …