Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§3941 State or Local Taxation or Regulation; Access to Judicial Process
Title 42 › CHAPTER 49 — NATIONAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS › § 3941
Summary
States and local governments can, under their own laws, tax or regulate a partnership itself. But a limited partner who otherwise isn't subject to that state's taxes, rules, or courts cannot be taxed, regulated, or denied court access just because the partnership acted there.
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Title 42, §3941
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall preclude a State or other local jurisdiction from imposing, in accordance with the laws of such State or other local jurisdiction, any valid nondiscriminatory tax, obligation, or regulation on the partnership as a taxable and or legal entity, but no limited partner of the partnership not otherwise subject to taxation or regulation by or judicial process of a State or other local jurisdiction shall be subject to taxation or regulation by or subject to or denied access to judicial process of such State or other local jurisdiction, or be subject or denied access to any greater extent, because of activities of the corporation or partnership within such State or other local jurisdiction.
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42 U.S.C. § 3941
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102