105 sections in this chapter.
ORS 67.005 Definitions. As used in this chapter
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(1) “Business” includes every trade, occupation, profession and commercial activity. (2) “Debtor in bankruptcy” means a person who is the subject of: (a) An order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general applic…
ORS 67.010 [1997 c.775 §2; renumbered 67.040 in 2013]
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(Filing Documents)
ORS 67.011 Filing requirements. (1)(a) For the Secretary of State to file a document under this chapter, the document must
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(A) Satisfy the requirements set forth in this section and any other requirements in this chapter that supplement or modify the requirements set forth in this section. (B) Be a type of document that this chapter or another law requires or permits a person to file with the Secreta…
ORS 67.014 Filing, service, copying and certification fees. The Secretary of State shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for filing under this chapter and for process served on the secretary under this chapter. The secretary may collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for copying any public record under this chapter, certifying the copy or certifying to other facts of record under this chapter. [Formerly 67.525]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.015 [1997 c.775 §3; renumbered 67.042 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.017 Effective time and date of document. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a document accepted for filing is effective on the date it is filed by the Secretary of State and at the time, if any, specified in the document as its effective time or at 12:01 a.m. on that date if no effective time is specified
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(2) If a document specifies a delayed effective time and date, the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a document specifies a delayed effective date but no time, the document becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on that date. A delayed effective date for a do…
ORS 67.020 [1997 c.775 §4; renumbered 67.044 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.021 Filing duty of Secretary of State. (1) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of ORS 67.011, the Secretary of State shall file it
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(2) The Secretary of State files a document by indicating thereon that it has been filed by the Secretary of State and the date of filing. After filing a document, the Secretary of State shall return an acknowledgment of filing to the limited liability partnership or foreign limi…
ORS 67.024 Appeal from actions of Secretary of State. (1) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing, the limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership, in addition to any other legal remedy that may be available, shall have the right to appeal from the order pursuant to ORS chapter 183
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(2) If the Secretary of State revokes the registration of a limited liability partnership or revokes the authorization of a foreign limited liability partnership, the limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership, in addition to any other legal remedy tha…
ORS 67.025 [1997 c.775 §5; renumbered 67.046 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.027 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. (1) A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State, bearing the Secretary of State’s signature, which may be in facsimile, is conclusive evidence that the document or a facsimile thereof is on file with the office of the Secretary of State
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(2) The provisions of ORS 56.110 shall apply to all documents filed pursuant to this chapter. [Formerly 67.545]
ORS 67.030 Certificate of existence or authorization. (1) Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a limited liability partnership or a certificate of authorization for a foreign limited liability partnership
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(2) A certificate of existence or authorization when issued means that: (a) The name of the limited liability partnership or the foreign limited liability partnership is registered in this state; (b) The limited liability partnership is duly registered under the laws of this stat…
ORS 67.033 Powers. The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the Secretary of State by this chapter. [Formerly 67.570]
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PARTNERSHIPS (Generally)
ORS 67.040 Knowledge and notice. (1) A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it
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(2) A person has notice of a fact if the person: (a) Knows of it; (b) Has received a notification of it; or (c) Has reason to know it exists from all the facts known to the person at the time in question. (3) A person notifies or gives notification to another by taking steps reas…
ORS 67.042 Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership
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(2) The partnership agreement may not: (a) Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under ORS 67.150 (2); (b) Eliminate the duty of loyalty under ORS 67.155 (2) or 67.230 (2)(c), but: (A) The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of…
ORS 67.044 Supplemental principles of law. (1) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter
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(2) If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in ORS 82.010. [Formerly 67.020]
ORS 67.046 Governing law. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership and the liability of the partners for obligations of the partnership are governed by
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(a) The law of the state chosen by the partners to govern if that state bears a reasonable relation to the partners or to the partnership business and affairs; or (b) If the partners do not choose a governing law under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the law of the state in whi…
ORS 67.050 Partnership as entity. (1) A partnership is an entity distinct from its partners
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(2) A limited liability partnership continues to be the same entity that existed before the filing of a registration under ORS 67.603 and remains the same entity if its registration ceases. [1997 c.775 §6]
ORS 67.055 Creation of partnership. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit creates a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to create a partnership
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(2) A partnership may be created under this chapter, a predecessor statute or a comparable law of another jurisdiction. (3) An association or entity created under a law other than the laws described in subsection (2) of this section is not a partnership. (4) In determining whethe…
ORS 67.060 Partnership property. Property acquired by a partnership is property of the partnership and not of the partners individually. [1997 c.775 §8]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.065 When property is partnership property. (1) Property is partnership property if acquired in the name of
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(a) The partnership; or (b) One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indication of the name of the partnership. (2) Property is acquired i…
ORS 67.070 General powers of partnership. Unless restricted by applicable law, a partnership has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its business and affairs. [1997 c.775 §10]
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(Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing With Partnership)
ORS 67.090 Partner agent of partnership. (1) Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the name of the partnership, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority
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(2) An act of a partner that is not for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership, binds the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other partners. [1997 c.775 §11]
ORS 67.095 Transfer of partnership property. (1) Partnership property may be transferred as follows
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(a) Partnership property held in the name of the partnership may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the name of the partnership. (b) Partnership property held in the name of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring t…
ORS 67.100 Partnership liable for partner’s actionable conduct. (1) A partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person, including a partner, or for a penalty incurred as a result of a wrongful act or omission or other actionable conduct of a partner acting in the ordinary course of business of the partnership or with authority of the partnership
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(2) If, in the course of the partnership’s business or while acting with authority of the partnership, a partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a partner, the partnership is lia…
ORS 67.105 Partner’s liability. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law
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(2) A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred before the person’s admission as a partner. (3)(a) An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership, wh…
ORS 67.110 Actions by and against partnership and partners. (1) A partnership may sue and be sued in the name of the partnership
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(2) An action may be brought against the partnership and, to the extent not inconsistent with ORS 67.105, any or all of the partners in the same action or in separate actions. (3) A judgment against a partnership is not by itself a judgment against a partner. (4) Except as provid…
ORS 67.115 Liability of purported partner. (1) If a person, by words or conduct, purports to be a partner or consents to being represented by another as a partner in a partnership or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner is liable to a person to whom the representation is made if that person relying on the false representation enters into a transaction with the actual or purported partnership. If the false representation is made in a public manner, the purported partner is liable to a person who relies upon it even if the purported partner is not aware of being held out as a partner to the claimant. If partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to that liability as if the purported partner were a partner. If no partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to that liability jointly and severally with any other person consenting to the representation
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(2) A person falsely represented to be a partner is an agent of persons consenting to the representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as if the purported partner were a partner, with respect to persons who enter into transactions in reliance upon the rep…
ORS 67.140 Partner’s rights and duties. (1) Each partner is deemed to have an account that is
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(a) Credited with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, the partner contributes to the partnership and the partner’s share of the partnership profits; and (b) Charged with an amount equal to the money plus the val…
ORS 67.145 Distributions in kind. A partner has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind. [1997 c.775 §18]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.150 Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information. (1) A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at its principal office from which the partnership conducts its business
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(2) A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to its books and records. It shall provide former partners and their agents and attorneys access to books and records pertaining to the period during which they were partners. The right of access provi…
ORS 67.155 General standards of partner’s conduct. (1) The only fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set forth in subsections (2) and (3) of this section
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(2) A partner’s duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners includes the following: (a) To account to the partnership and hold for it any property, profit or benefit derived by the partner in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business or derived from a u…
ORS 67.160 Actions by partnership and partners. (1) A partner is liable to a partnership and the other partners for a breach of the partnership agreement or for a violation of a duty to the partnership or the other partners under this chapter
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(2) A partnership may maintain an action against a partner for a breach of the partnership agreement or for the violation of a duty to the partnership. (3) A partner may maintain an action against the partnership or another partner for legal or equitable relief, with or without a…
ORS 67.165 Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking. (1) If a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking is continued without an express agreement after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration or completion so far as is consistent with a partnership at will
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(2) If the partners, or those of them who habitually acted in the business during the term or undertaking, continue the business without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership and all partners have notice of such continuation, there is a rebuttable presumption that the …
ORS 67.190 Partner not co-owner of partnership property. A partner is not a co-owner of partnership property and has no interest in partnership property that can be transferred either voluntarily or involuntarily. [1997 c.775 §23]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.195 Partner’s transferable interest in partnership. The only transferable interest of a partner in the partnership is the partner’s share of the profits and losses of the partnership and the partner’s right to receive distributions. The interest is personal property. [1997 c.775 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 67.200 Transfer of whole or part of partner’s transferable interest. (1) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s transferable interest in the partnership
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(a) Is permissible; (b) Does not by itself cause the partner’s dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business; and (c) Does not, as against the other partners or the partnership, entitle the transferee, during the continuance of the partnership, to parti…
ORS 67.205 Partner’s transferable interest subject to charging order. (1) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner’s transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor in respect of the partnership and make all other orders, directions, accounts and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or that the circumstances of the case may require
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(2) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s transferable interest in the partnership. The court may order a foreclosure of the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee. (3) At any…
ORS 67.220 Events causing partner’s dissociation. A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of the following events
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(1) The partnership’s having notice of the partner’s express will to withdraw as a partner or on a later date specified by the partner; (2) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the partner’s dissociation; (3) The partner’s expulsion pursuant to the partnersh…
ORS 67.225 Partner’s power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation. (1) A partner has the power to dissociate at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to ORS 67.220 (1)
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(2) A partner’s dissociation is wrongful only if: (a) The dissociation is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement; or (b) In the case of a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking, before the expiration of the term or the completion of the …
ORS 67.230 Effect of partner’s dissociation. (1) If a partner’s dissociation results in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, ORS 67.290 to 67.315 apply. If a partner’s dissociation does not result in dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, ORS 67.250 to 67.265 apply
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(2) Upon a partner’s dissociation: (a) The partner’s right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business terminates, except as otherwise provided in ORS 67.300; (b) The partner’s duty of loyalty under ORS 67.155 (2)(c) terminates; and (c) The partner’s …
ORS 67.250 Purchase of dissociated partner’s interest. (1) If a partner is dissociated from a partnership without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under ORS 67.290, the partnership shall cause the dissociated partner’s interest in the partnership to be purchased for a buyout price determined pursuant to subsection (2) of this section
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(2) The buyout price of a dissociated partner’s interest is an amount equal to the fair value of the dissociated partner’s interest in the partnership on the date of the dissociation. If the dissociated partner has a minority interest in the partnership, the buyout price of the d…
ORS 67.255 Dissociated partner’s power to bind and liability to partnership. (1) If a partner dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, the partnership, including a converted or surviving business entity under ORS 67.340 to 67.365, is bound by an act of the dissociated partner only if
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(a) The act occurs within six months after the date of dissociation; (b) The act would have bound the partnership under ORS 67.090 before dissociation; (c) At the time of entering into the transaction, the other party reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a pa…
ORS 67.260 Dissociated partner’s liability to other persons. (1) A partner’s dissociation does not of itself discharge the partner’s liability for a partnership obligation incurred before dissociation. A dissociated partner is not liable for a partnership obligation incurred after dissociation, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section
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(2) A partner who dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business is liable as a partner to the other party in a transaction entered into by the partnership, or a converted or surviving business entity under ORS 67.340 to 67.365, within s…
ORS 67.265 Continued use of partnership name. Continued use of a partnership name, or a dissociated partner’s name as part thereof, by partners continuing the business does not of itself make the dissociated partner liable for an obligation of the partners or the partnership continuing the business. [1997 c.775 §33]
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(Winding Up Partnership Business)
ORS 67.290 Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business. A partnership is dissolved, and its business must be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events
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(1) In a partnership at will, the express will of a majority of the partners, excluding any dissociated partner; (2) In a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking: (a) The express will of all the partners, excluding any dissociated partner, to wind up the partner…
ORS 67.295 Partnership continues after dissolution. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its business. The partnership is terminated when the winding up of its business is completed
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(2) At any time after the dissolution of a partnership and before the winding up of its business is completed, all the partners, excluding any dissociated partner, may waive the right to have the partnership’s business wound up and the partnership terminated. In that event: (a) T…
ORS 67.300 Right to wind up partnership business. (1) After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully dissociated may participate in winding up the partnership’s business, but on application of any partner, partner’s legal representative or transferee, the circuit court, for good cause shown, may order judicial supervision of the winding up
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(2) The legal representative of the last surviving partner may wind up a partnership’s business. (3) A person winding up a partnership’s business may preserve the partnership business or property as a going concern for a reasonable time, prosecute and defend actions and proceedin…
ORS 67.305 Partner’s power to bind partnership after dissolution. A partnership is bound by a partner’s act after dissolution that
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(1) Is appropriate for winding up the partnership business; or (2) Would have bound the partnership under ORS 67.090 before dissolution, if: (a) The other party to the transaction did not have notice of the dissolution; and (b) The dissolution had not been advertised in a newspap…
ORS 67.310 Partner’s liability to other partners after dissolution. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section and ORS 67.105, after dissolution a partner is liable to the other partners for the partner’s share of any partnership liability incurred under ORS 67.305
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(2) A partner who, with knowledge of the dissolution, incurs a partnership liability under ORS 67.305 (2) by an act that is not appropriate for winding up the partnership business is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from the liability. [1…