Power to bind partnership after dissolution

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-13.1-804., under Chapter 7-13.1 Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-13.1-804.

(a) A limited partnership is bound by a general partner’s act after dissolution which:

(1) Is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s activities and affairs; or

(2) Would have bound the partnership under § 7-13.1-402 before dissolution if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not know or have notice of the dissolution.

(b) A person dissociated as a general partner binds a limited partnership through an act occurring after dissolution if:

(1) At the time the other party enters into the transaction:

(i) Less than two (2) years has passed since the dissociation; and

(ii) The other party does not know or have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner; and

(2) The act:

(i) Is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s activities and affairs; or

(ii) Would have bound the partnership under § 7-13.1-402 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not know or have notice of the dissolution.