Oklahoma § 54-417
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 54-417, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54-417.
Repealed by Laws 1997, c. 399, § 70, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
§54-500-101. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-101A. Short title.
SHORT TITLE.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of 2010”.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-102. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-102A. Definitions.
DEFINITIONS.
In the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010:
(1) “Certificate of limited partnership” means the certificate
required by Section 19 of this act. The term includes the
certificate as amended or restated.
(2) “Contribution”, except in the phrase “right of
contribution”, means any benefit provided by a person to a limited
partnership in order to become a partner or in the person’s capacity
as a partner.
(3) “Debtor in bankruptcy” means a person that 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 application; or
(B) a comparable order under federal, state, or foreign
law governing insolvency.
(4) “Designated office” means:
(A) with respect to a limited partnership, the office that
the limited partnership is required to designate and
maintain under Section 14 of this act; and
(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership, its
principal office.
(5) “Distribution” means a transfer of money or other property
from a limited partnership to a partner in the partner’s capacity as
a partner or to a transferee on account of a transferable interest
owned by the transferee.
(6) “Foreign limited liability limited partnership” means a
foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited
liability for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership
under a provision similar to subsection (c) of Section 38 of this
act.
(7) “Foreign limited partnership” means a partnership formed
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state and required
by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more
limited partners. The term includes a foreign limited liability
limited partnership.
(8) “General partner” means:
(A) with respect to a limited partnership, a person that:
(i) becomes a general partner under Section 35 of
this act; or
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(ii)
was a general partner in a limited partnership
when the limited partnership became subject to
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 under
subsection (a) or (b) of Section 103 of this act;
and
(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership, a
person that has rights, powers, and obligations
similar to those of a general partner in a limited
partnership.
(9) “Limited liability limited partnership”, except in the
phrase “foreign limited liability limited partnership”, means a
limited partnership whose certificate of limited partnership states
that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited
partnership.
(10) “Limited partner” means:
(A) with respect to a limited partnership, a person that:
(i) becomes a limited partner under Section 29 of
this act; or
(ii) was a limited partner in a limited partnership
when the limited partnership became subject to
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 under
subsection (a) or (b) of Section 103 of this act;
and
(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership, a
person that has rights, powers, and obligations
similar to those of a limited partner in a limited
partnership.
(11) “Limited partnership”, except in the phrases “foreign
limited partnership” and “foreign limited liability limited
partnership”, means an entity, having one or more general partners
and one or more limited partners, which is formed under the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010 by two or more persons or becomes
subject to the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 under Article
11 of this act or subsection (a) or (b) of Section 106 of this act.
The term includes a limited liability limited partnership.
(12) “Partner” means a limited partner or general partner.
(13) “Partnership agreement” means the partners’ agreement,
whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination,
concerning the limited partnership. The term includes the agreement
as amended.
(14) “Person” means an individual; corporation; business trust;
estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association;
joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or
commercial entity.
(15) “Person dissociated as a general partner” means a person
dissociated as a general partner of a limited partnership.
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(16) “Principal office” means the office where the principal
executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited
partnership is located, whether or not the office is located in this
state.
(17) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
(18) “Required information” means the information that a
limited partnership is required to maintain under Section 11 of this
act.
(19) “Sign” means:
(A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present
intent to authenticate a record; or
(B) to attach or logically associate an electronic symbol,
sound, or process to or with a record with the present
intent to authenticate the record.
(20) “State” means a state of the United States, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.
(21) “Transfer” includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill
of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, and
transfer by operation of law.
(22) “Transferable interest” means a partner’s right to receive
distributions.
(23) “Transferee” means a person to which all or part of a
transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the
transferor is a partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-103. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-103A. Knowledge and notice.
KNOWLEDGE AND NOTICE.
(a) A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of
it.
(b) A person has notice of a fact if the person:
(1) knows of it;
(2) has received a notification of it;
(3) has reason to know it exists from all of the facts known to
the person at the time in question; or
(4) has notice of it under subsection (c) or (d) of this
section.
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(c) A certificate of limited partnership on file in the Office
of the Secretary of State is notice that the partnership is a
limited partnership and the persons designated in the certificate as
general partners are general partners. Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (d) of this section, the certificate is not notice of
any other fact.
(d) A person has notice of:
(1) another person’s dissociation as a general partner, ninety
(90) days after the effective date of an amendment to the
certificate of limited partnership which states that the other
person has dissociated or ninety (90) days after the effective date
of a statement of dissociation pertaining to the other person,
whichever occurs first;
(2) a limited partnership’s dissolution, ninety (90) days after
the effective date of an amendment to the certificate of limited
partnership stating that the limited partnership is dissolved;
(3) a limited partnership’s cessation, ninety (90) days after
the effective date of a statement of cessation;
(4) a limited partnership’s conversion under Article 11 of this
act, ninety (90) days after the effective date of the articles of
conversion; or
(5) a merger under Article 11 of this act, ninety (90) days
after the effective date of the articles of merger.
(e) A person notifies or gives a notification to another person
by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in
ordinary course, whether or not the other person learns of it.
(f) A person receives a notification when the notification:
(1) comes to the person’s attention; or
(2) is delivered at the person’s place of business or at any
other place held out by the person as a place for receiving
communications.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h) of this
section, a person other than an individual knows, has notice, or
receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular
transaction when the individual conducting the transaction for the
person knows, has notice, or receives a notification of the fact, or
in any event when the fact would have been brought to the
individual’s attention if the person had exercised reasonable
diligence. A person other than an individual exercises reasonable
diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating
significant information to the individual conducting the transaction
for the person and there is reasonable compliance with the routines.
Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the
person to communicate information unless the communication is part
of the individual’s regular duties or the individual has reason to
know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially
affected by the information.
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(h) A general partner’s knowledge, notice, or receipt of a
notification of a fact relating to the limited partnership is
effective immediately as knowledge of, notice to, or receipt of a
notification by the limited partnership, except in the case of a
fraud on the limited partnership committed by or with the consent of
the general partner. A limited partner’s knowledge, notice, or
receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the limited
partnership is not effective as knowledge of, notice to, or receipt
of a notification by the limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-104. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-104A. Nature, purpose, and duration of entity.
NATURE, PURPOSE, AND DURATION OF ENTITY.
(a) A limited partnership is an entity distinct from its
partners. A limited partnership is the same entity regardless of
whether its certificate states that the limited partnership is a
limited liability limited partnership.
(b) A limited partnership may be organized under the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010 for any lawful purpose.
(c) A limited partnership has a perpetual duration unless
otherwise specified in its certificate of limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-105. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-105A. Powers.
POWERS.
A limited partnership has the powers to do all things necessary
or convenient to carry on its activities, including the power to
sue, be sued, and defend in its own name and to maintain an action
against a partner for harm caused to the limited partnership by a
breach of the partnership agreement or violation of a duty to the
partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-106.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-106A. Governing law.
GOVERNING LAW.
The law of this state governs relations among the partners of a
limited partnership and between the partners and the limited
partnership and the liability of partners as partners for an
obligation of the limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-107. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-107A. Supplemental principles of law - Rate of interest.
SUPPLEMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW; RATE OF INTEREST.
(a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010, the principles of law and equity
supplement the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010.
(b) If an obligation to pay interest arises under the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and the rate is not specified, the
rate is that specified in Section 727.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-108. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-108A. Name.
NAME.
(a) The name of a limited partnership may contain the name of
any partner.
(b) The name of a limited partnership that is not a limited
liability limited partnership must contain the phrase “limited
partnership” or the abbreviation “L.P.” or “LP” and may not contain
the phrase “limited liability limited partnership” or the
abbreviation “LLLP” or “L.L.L.P.”.
(c) The name of a limited liability limited partnership must
contain the phrase “limited liability limited partnership” or the
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abbreviation “LLLP” or “L.L.L.P.” and must not contain the
abbreviation “L.P.” or “LP.”
(d) Unless authorized by subsection (e) of this section, the
name of a limited partnership must be distinguishable in the records
of the Secretary of State from:
(1) the name of each other limited partnership, corporation,
limited liability company or partnership then existing or authorized
to transact business in this state or that were in existence or
authorized at any time during the preceding three (3) years;
(2) each name reserved under Section 9 of this act; and
(3) each trade name filed with the Secretary of State.
(e) A limited partnership may apply to the Secretary of State
for authorization to use a name that does not comply with subsection
(d) of this section. The Secretary of State shall authorize use of
the name applied for if, as to each conflicting name:
(1) the present user, registrant, or owner of the conflicting
name consents in a signed record to the use and submits an
undertaking in a form satisfactory to the Secretary of State to
change the conflicting name to a name that complies with subsection
(d) of this section and is distinguishable in the records of the
Secretary of State from the name applied for;
(2) the applicant delivers to the Secretary of State a
certified copy of the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction establishing the applicant’s right to use in this state
the name applied for; or
(3) the applicant delivers to the Secretary of State proof
satisfactory to the Secretary of State that the present user,
registrant, or owner of the conflicting name has or will have upon
the effective time and date of filed articles of merger or
conversion:
(A) merged into the applicant;
(B) converted into the applicant; or
(C) transferred substantially all of its assets, including
the conflicting name, to the applicant.
(f) Subject to Section 79 of this act, this section applies to
any foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state,
having a certificate of authority to transact business in this
state, or applying for a certificate of authority.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-109. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-109A.
Reservation of name.
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RESERVATION OF NAME.
(a) The exclusive right to the use of a name that complies with
Section 8 of this act may be reserved by:
(1) a person intending to organize a limited partnership under
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and to adopt the name;
(2) a limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership
authorized to transact business in this state intending to adopt the
name;
(3) a foreign limited partnership intending to obtain a
certificate of authority to transact business in this state and
adopt the name;
(4) a person intending to organize a foreign limited
partnership and intending to have it obtain a certificate of
authority to transact business in this state and adopt the name;
(5) a foreign limited partnership formed under the name; or
(6) a foreign limited partnership formed under a name that does
not comply with subsection (b) or (c) of Section 8 of this act, but
the name reserved under this paragraph may differ from the foreign
limited partnership’s name only to the extent necessary to comply
with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 8 of this act.
(b) A person may apply to reserve a name under subsection (a)
of this section by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing
an application that states the name to be reserved and the paragraph
of subsection (a) of this section which applies. If the Secretary
of State finds that the name is available for use by the applicant,
the Secretary of State shall file a statement of name reservation
and thereby reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant
for sixty (60) days.
(c) An applicant that has reserved a name pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section may reserve the same name for
additional sixty-day periods. A person having a current reservation
for a name may not apply for another sixty-day period for the same
name until sixty (60) days have elapsed in the current reservation.
(d) A person that has reserved a name under this section may
deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a notice of transfer
that states the reserved name, the name and street and mailing
address of some other person to which the reservation is to be
transferred, and the paragraph of subsection (a) of this section
which applies to the other person. Subject to subsection (c) of
Section 24 of this act, the transfer is effective when the Secretary
of State files the notice of transfer.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-110.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-110A. Effect of partnership agreement - Nonwaivable
provision.
EFFECT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; NONWAIVABLE PROVISION.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, the partnership agreement governs relations among the
partners and between the partners and the partnership. To the
extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, the
Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 governs relations among the
partners and between the partners and the partnership.
(b) A partnership agreement may not:
(1) vary a limited partnership’s power under Section 5 of this
act to sue, be sued, and defend in its own name;
(2) vary the law applicable to a limited partnership under
Section 6 of this act;
(3) vary the requirements of Section 22 of this act;
(4) vary the information required under Section 11 of this act
or unreasonably restrict the right to information under Section 32
or 41 of this act, but the partnership agreement may impose
reasonable restrictions on the availability and use of information
obtained under those sections and may define appropriate remedies,
including liquidated damages, for a breach of any reasonable
restriction on use;
(5) eliminate the duty of loyalty under Section 42 of this act,
but the partnership agreement may:
(A) identify specific types or categories of activities
that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not
manifestly unreasonable; and
(B) specify the number or percentage of partners which may
authorize or ratify, after full disclosure to all
partners of all material facts, a specific act or
transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of
loyalty;
(6) unreasonably reduce the duty of care under subsection (c)
of Section 42 of this act;
(7) eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing
under subsection (b) of Section 33 of this act and subsection (d) of
Section 42 of this act, but the partnership agreement may prescribe
the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be
measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;
(8) vary the power of a person to dissociate as a general
partner under subsection (a) of Section 55 of this act except to
require that the notice under paragraph (1) of Section 54 of this
act be in a record;
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(9) vary the power of a court to decree dissolution in the
circumstances specified in Section 64 of this act;
(10) vary the requirement to wind up the partnership’s business
as specified in Section 65 of this act;
(11) unreasonably restrict the right to maintain an action
under Article 10 of this act;
(12) restrict the right of a partner under subsection (a) of
Section 97 of this act or the right of a general partner under
subsection (b) of Section 97 of this act; or
(13) restrict rights under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act
of 2010 of a person other than a partner or a transferee.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-111. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-111A. Required information.
REQUIRED INFORMATION.
A limited partnership shall maintain at its designated office
the following information:
(1) a current list showing the full name and last-known street
and mailing address of each partner, separately identifying the
general partners, in alphabetical order, and the limited partners,
in alphabetical order;
(2) a copy of the initial certificate of limited partnership
and all amendments to and restatements of the certificate, together
with signed copies of any powers of attorney under which any
certificate, amendment, or restatement has been signed;
(3) a copy of any filed articles of conversion or merger;
(4) a copy of the limited partnership’s federal, state, and
local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three (3) most
recent years;
(5) a copy of any partnership agreement made in a record and
any amendment made in a record to any partnership agreement;
(6) a copy of any financial statement of the limited
partnership for the three (3) most recent years;
(7) a copy of the three most recent annual certificates
delivered by the limited partnership to the Secretary of State
pursuant to Section 28 of this act;
(8) a copy of any record made by the limited partnership during
the past three (3) years of any consent given by or vote taken of
any partner pursuant to the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010
or the partnership agreement; and
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(9) unless contained in a partnership agreement made in a
record, a record stating:
(A) the amount of cash, and a description and statement of
the agreed value of the other benefits, contributed
and agreed to be contributed by each partner;
(B) the times at which, or events on the happening of
which, any additional contributions agreed to be made
by each partner are to be made;
(C) for any person that is both a general partner and a
limited partner, a specification of what transferable
interest the person owns in each capacity; and
(D) any events upon the happening of which the limited
partnership is to be dissolved and its activities
wound up.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-112. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-112A. Business transactions of partner with partnership.
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OF PARTNER WITH PARTNERSHIP.
A partner may lend money to and transact other business 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.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-113. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-113A. Dual capacity.
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 the Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of 2010 and the partnership agreement in each of
those capacities. When the person acts as a general partner, the
person is subject to the obligations, duties and restrictions under
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and the partnership
agreement for general partners. When the person acts as a limited
partner, the person is subject to the obligations, duties and
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restrictions under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and
the partnership agreement for limited partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-114. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-114A.
Office and agent for service of process.
OFFICE AND AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(a) A limited partnership shall designate and continuously
maintain in this state:
(1) an office, which need not be a place of its activity in
this state; and
(2) an agent for service of process.
(b) A foreign limited partnership shall designate and
continuously maintain in this state an agent for service of process.
(c) An agent for service of process of a limited partnership or
foreign limited partnership must be an individual who is a resident
of this state or a corporation, limited liability company, or
general or limited partnership including a limited liability
partnership or a limited liability limited partnership, formed in or
authorized to do business in this state. A domestic limited
partnership may be its own agent.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. Amended by
Laws 2021, c. 51, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
§54-500-115. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-115A. Change of designated office or agent for service of
process.
CHANGE OF DESIGNATED OFFICE OR AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(a) In order to change its designated office, agent for service
of process, or the address of its agent for service of process, a
limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership may deliver to
the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change containing:
(1) the name of the limited partnership or foreign limited
partnership;
(2) the street and mailing address of its current designated
office;
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(3) if the current designated office is to be changed, the
street and mailing address of the new designated office;
(4) the name and street and mailing address of its current
agent for service of process; and
(5) if the current agent for service of process or an address
of the agent is to be changed, the new information.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of Section 24 of this act, a
statement of change is effective when filed by the Secretary of
State.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-116. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-116A. Resignation of agent for service of process.
RESIGNATION OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(a) In order to resign as an agent for service of process of a
limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, the agent must
deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of
resignation containing the name of the limited partnership or
foreign limited partnership.
(b) In the statement of resignation, the registered agent shall
certify that at least thirty (30) days before the date of the filing
of the statement the registered agent sent due notice of the
resignation by certified or registered mail to the limited
partnership for which such registered agent was acting, at the
principal office thereof, if known to the registered agent or, if
not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual
at whose request the registered agent was appointed for such limited
partnership.
(c) An agency for service of process is terminated on the 31st
day after the Secretary of State files the statement of resignation.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-117. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-117A. Service of process.
SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(a) An agent for service of process appointed by a limited
partnership or foreign limited partnership is an agent of the
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limited partnership or foreign limited partnership for service of
any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be
served upon the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership.
(b) If a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
does not appoint or maintain an agent for service of process in this
state or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable
diligence be found at the agent’s address, the Secretary of State is
an agent of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
upon whom process, notice, or demand may be served. The Secretary
of State shall charge the fee prescribed by Section 24 of this act
for acting as registered agent.
(c) Service of any process, notice, or demand on the Secretary
of State may be made as provided in Section 2004 of Title 12 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 17, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-118. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-118A. Consent and proxies of partners.
CONSENT AND PROXIES OF PARTNERS.
Action requiring the consent of partners under the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010 may be taken without a meeting, and
a partner may appoint a proxy to consent or otherwise act for the
partner by signing an appointment record, either personally or by
the partner’s attorney in fact.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-201. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-201A. Formation of limited partnership - Certificate of
limited partnership.
FORMATION OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP.
(a) In order for a limited partnership to be formed, a
certificate of limited partnership must be delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing. The certificate must state:
(1) the name of the limited partnership, which must comply with
Section 8 of this act;
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(2) the street and mailing address of the initial designated
office and the name and street and mailing address of the initial
agent for service of process;
(3) the name and the street and mailing address of each general
partner;
(4) whether the limited partnership is a limited liability
limited partnership;
(5) the term of its duration if the duration is not to be
perpetual; and
(6) any additional information required by Article 11 of this
act.
(b) A certificate of limited partnership may also contain any
other matters but may not vary or otherwise affect the provisions
specified in subsection (b) of Section 10 of this act in a manner
inconsistent with that section.
(c) If there has been substantial compliance with subsection
(a) of this section, subject to subsection (c) of Section 24 of this
act, a limited partnership is formed when the Secretary of State
files the certificate of limited partnership.
(d) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if any provision
of a partnership agreement is inconsistent with the filed
certificate of limited partnership or with a filed statement of
dissociation, cessation, or change or filed articles of conversion
or merger:
(1) the partnership agreement prevails as to partners and
transferees; and
(2) the filed certificate of limited partnership, statement of
dissociation, cessation, or change or articles of conversion or
merger prevail as to persons, other than partners and transferees,
that reasonably rely on the filed record to their detriment.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-202. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-202A. Amendment or restatement of certificate.
AMENDMENT OR RESTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATE.
(a) In order to amend its certificate of limited partnership, a
limited partnership must deliver to the Secretary of State for
filing an amendment or, pursuant to Article 11 of this act, articles
of merger stating:
(1) the name of the limited partnership;
(2) the date of filing of its initial certificate; and
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(3) the changes the amendment makes to the certificate as most
recently amended or restated.
(b) A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the
Secretary of State for filing an amendment to a certificate of
limited partnership to reflect:
(1) the admission of a new general partner;
(2) the dissociation of a person as a general partner; or
(3) the appointment of a person to wind up the limited
partnership’s activities under subsection (c) or (d) of Section 65
of this act.
(c) A general partner that knows that any information in a
filed certificate of limited partnership was false when the
certificate was filed or has become false due to changed
circumstances shall promptly:
(1) cause the certificate to be amended; or
(2) if appropriate, deliver to the Secretary of State for
filing a statement of change pursuant to Section 15 of this act or a
statement of correction pursuant to Section 25 of this act.
(d) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended at any
time for any other proper purpose as determined by the limited
partnership.
(e) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be
delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in the same manner as
an amendment. A certificate of limited partnership may be amended
and restated in the same instrument and incurs the same fee as an
amended or restated certificate.
(f) A restated certificate reflects the limited partnership’s
certificate of limited partnership, as amended.
(g) Subject to subsection (c) of Section 24 of this act, an
amendment or restated certificate is effective when filed by the
Secretary of State.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-203. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-203A. Statement of cessation.
STATEMENT OF CESSATION.
A dissolved limited partnership that has completed winding up
may deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of
cessation that states:
(1) the name of the limited partnership;
(2) the date of filing of its initial certificate of limited
partnership; and
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(3) any other information as determined by the general partners
filing the statement or by a person appointed pursuant to subsection
(c) or (d) of Section 65 of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-204. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-204A. Signing of records.
SIGNING OF RECORDS.
(a) Each record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing
pursuant to the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 must be
signed in the following manner:
(1) An initial certificate of limited partnership must be
signed by all general partners listed in the certificate of limited
partnership.
(2) An amendment adding or deleting a statement that the
limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership must
be signed by all general partners listed in the certificate of
limited partnership.
(3) An amendment designating as general partner a person
admitted under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of Section 63 of
this act following the dissociation of a limited partnership’s last
general partner must be signed by that person.
(4) An amendment required by subsection (c) of Section 65 of
this act following the appointment of a person to wind up the
dissolved limited partnership’s activities must be signed by that
person.
(5) Any other amendment must be signed by:
(A) at least one general partner listed in the
certificate;
(B) each other person designated in the amendment as a new
general partner; and
(C) each person that the amendment indicates has
dissociated as a general partner, unless:
(i) the person is deceased or a guardian or general
conservator has been appointed for the person and
the amendment so states; or
(ii) the person has previously delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing a statement of
dissociation.
(6) A restated certificate of limited partnership must be
signed by at least one general partner listed in the certificate,
and, to the extent the restated certificate effects a change under
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any other paragraph of this subsection, the certificate must be
signed in a manner that satisfies that paragraph.
(7) A statement of cessation must be signed by all general
partners listed in the certificate or, if the certificate of a
dissolved limited partnership lists no general partners, by the
person appointed pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of Section 65 of
this act to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s activities.
(8) Articles of conversion must be signed by each general
partner listed in the certificate of limited partnership.
(9) Articles of merger must be signed as provided in subsection
(a) of Section 95 of this act.
(10) Any other record delivered on behalf of a limited
partnership to the Secretary of State for filing must be signed by
at least one general partner listed in the certificate.
(11) A statement by a person pursuant to paragraph (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 56 of this act stating that the person has
dissociated as a general partner must be signed by that person.
(12) A record delivered on behalf of a foreign limited
partnership to the Secretary of State for filing must be signed by
at least one general partner of the foreign limited partnership.
(13) Any other record delivered on behalf of any person to the
Secretary of State for filing must be signed by that person.
(b) Any person may sign by an attorney in fact any record to be
filed pursuant to the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-205. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-205A. Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.
SIGNING AND FILING PURSUANT TO JUDICIAL ORDER.
(a) If a person required by the Uniform Limited Partnership Act
of 2010 to sign a record or deliver a record to the Secretary of
State for filing does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved
may petition the district court to order:
(1) the person to sign the record;
(2) the person to deliver the record to the Secretary of State
for filing; or
(3) the Secretary of State to file the record unsigned.
(b) If the person aggrieved under subsection (a) of this
section is not the limited partnership or foreign limited
partnership to which the record pertains, the aggrieved person shall
make the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership a party
to the action. A person aggrieved under subsection (a) of this
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section may seek the remedies provided in subsection (a) of this
section in the same action in combination or in the alternative.
(c) A record filed unsigned pursuant to this section is
effective without being signed.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 23, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-206. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-206A. Delivery to and filing of records by Secretary of
State - Effective time and date - Fees.
DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF STATE;
EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE; FEES.
(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing under the Uniform Limited Partnership
Act of 2010 must be captioned to describe the record’s purpose, be
in a medium permitted by the Secretary of State, and be delivered to
the Secretary of State. Unless the Secretary of State determines
that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of the
Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, and if all filing fees have
been paid, the Secretary of State shall file the record and provide
a filed stamped copy of the record to the person filing the record
or the person’s representative.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 16 and 25 of this
act, a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing under
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 may specify an effective
time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, a record filed by the
Secretary of State is effective:
(1) if the record does not specify an effective time and does
not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time
the record is filed as evidenced by the Secretary of State’s
endorsement of the date and time on the record;
(2) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed
effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time
specified in the record;
(3) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an
effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed; or
(4) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed
effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed.
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(c) The following fees shall be paid to the Secretary of State:
(1) for filing a certificate of limited partnership, a fee of
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);
(2) for filing an amendment to a certificate of limited
partnership or a statement of cessation, a fee of Fifty Dollars
($50.00);
(3) for filing articles of merger or conversion, a fee of One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00);
(4) for filing a statement of change of a designated office,
agent for service of process, or the address of an agent for service
of process or a statement of resignation of registered agent, a fee
of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00);
(5) for filing a name reservation or notice of transfer, a fee
of Ten Dollars ($10.00);
(6) for filing an application for certificate of authority, a
fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);
(7) for filing an amendment to or notice of cancellation of a
certificate of authority, a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);
(8) for filing an annual certificate, a fee of Fifty Dollars
($50.00);
(9) for issuing certificates of good standing, a fee of Twenty
Dollars ($20.00);
(10) for acting as registered agent, a fee of One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) which is payable on July 1 of each year to the
Secretary of State for deposit into the General Revenue Fund of the
State Treasury; and
(11) for filing of any other certificate, statement, notice or
other document for which a fee is not otherwise specified under the
Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, a fee of Fifty Dollars
($50.00).
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 24, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-207. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-207A. Correcting filed record.
CORRECTING FILED RECORD.
(a) A limited partnership or foreign limited partnership may
deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of
correction to correct a record previously delivered by the limited
partnership or foreign limited partnership to the Secretary of State
and filed by the Secretary of State, if at the time of filing, the
record contained false or erroneous information or was defectively
signed.
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(b) A statement of correction may not state a delayed effective
date and must:
(1) describe the record to be corrected, including its filing
date, or attach a copy of the record as filed;
(2) specify the incorrect information and the reason it is
incorrect or the manner in which the signing was defective; and
(3) correct the incorrect information or defective signature.
(c) When filed by the Secretary of State, a statement of
correction is effective retroactively as of the effective date of
the record the statement corrects, but the statement is effective
when filed:
(1) for the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of Section 3 of
this act; and
(2) as to persons relying on the uncorrected record and
adversely affected by the correction.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-208. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-208A. Liability for false information in filed record.
LIABILITY FOR FALSE INFORMATION IN FILED RECORD.
(a) If a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing
under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and filed by the
Secretary of State contains false information, a person that suffers
loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss
from:
(1) a person that signed the record, or caused another to sign
it on the person’s behalf, and knew the information to be false at
the time the record was signed; and
(2) a general partner that has notice that the information was
false when the record was filed or has become false because of
changed circumstances, if the general partner has notice for a
reasonably sufficient time before the information is relied upon to
enable the general partner to effect an amendment under Section 20
of this act, file a petition pursuant to Section 23 of this act, or
deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change
pursuant to Section 15 of this act or a statement of correction
pursuant to Section 25 of this act.
(b) Signing a record authorized or required to be filed under
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 constitutes an
affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated in
the record are true.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 26, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-209. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-209A. Certificate of good standing.
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING.
(a) If the conditions set forth in this subsection are met,
upon request and payment of the requisite fee, the Secretary of
State shall issue a certificate of good standing for a limited
partnership stating the limited partnership’s name and the date of
its formation in this state and affirming that the limited
partnership is in good standing. A certificate of good standing
shall issue only if:
(1) all fees, taxes, and penalties due to the Secretary of
State under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or other law
have been paid;
(2) the limited partnership’s most recent annual certificate
required by Section 28 of this act has been filed by the Secretary
of State;
(3) the limited partnership’s certificate of limited
partnership has not been amended to state that the limited
partnership is dissolved; and
(4) a statement of cessation has not been filed by the
Secretary of State.
(b) If the conditions set forth in this subsection are met,
upon request and payment of the requisite fee, the Secretary of
State shall issue a certificate of good standing for a foreign
limited partnership stating the foreign limited partnership’s name,
or any fictitious name adopted under subsection (a) of Section 79 of
this act for use in this state, and the date of its qualification in
this state and affirming that the foreign limited partnership is in
good standing and authorized to transact business in this state. A
certificate of good standing shall issue only if:
(1) all fees, taxes, and penalties due to the Secretary of
State under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or other law
have been paid;
(2) the foreign limited partnership’s most recent annual
certificate required by Section 28 of this act has been filed by the
Secretary of State; and
(3) the Secretary of State has not revoked its certificate of
authority.
(c) A certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of
State may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the limited
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partnership or foreign limited partnership is in existence or is
authorized to transact business in this state.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-210. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-210A.
Annual certificate for Secretary of State.
ANNUAL CERTIFICATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) A limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership
authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the
Secretary of State for filing an annual certificate that states:
(1) the name of the limited partnership or foreign limited
partnership;
(2) the street, mailing address and electronic mail address of
its designated office and the name and street and mailing address of
its agent for service of process in this state; and
(3) in the case of a foreign limited partnership, the state or
other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership
is formed and any fictitious name adopted under subsection (a) of
Section 500-905A of this title.
(b) Information in an annual certificate must be current as of
the date the annual certificate is delivered to the Secretary of
State for filing.
(c) The annual certificate is due on the anniversary date of
the filing of the certificate of limited partnership or certificate
of authority of a foreign limited partnership until cancellation of
the certificate of limited partnership or certificate of authority.
(d) The Secretary of State shall, at least sixty (60) days
before the anniversary date of each year, cause a notice of the
annual certificate to be sent to each domestic limited partnership
and each foreign limited partnership required to comply with the
provisions of this section to the last known electronic mail address
of record with the Secretary of State.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. Amended by
Laws 2017, c. 323, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
§54-500-301. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-301A.
Becoming limited partner.
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BECOMING LIMITED PARTNER.
A person becomes a limited partner:
(1) as provided in the partnership agreement;
(2) as the result of a conversion or merger under Article 11 of
this act; or
(3) with the consent of all the partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 29, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-302. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-302A. No right or power as limited partner to bind limited
partnership.
NO RIGHT OR POWER AS LIMITED PARTNER TO BIND LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP.
A limited partner does not have the right or the power as a
limited partner to act for or bind the limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 30, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-303. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-303A. No liability as limited partner for limited
partnership obligations.
NO LIABILITY AS LIMITED PARTNER FOR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OBLIGATIONS.
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 partnership solely by reason of being a limited
partner, even if the limited partner participates in the management
and control of the limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-304. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
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§54-500-304A. Right of limited partner and former limited partner
to information.
RIGHT OF LIMITED PARTNER AND FORMER LIMITED PARTNER TO
INFORMATION.
(a) On ten (10) 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 limited
partnership’s designated office. The limited partner need not have
any particular purpose for seeking the information.
(b) During regular business hours and at a reasonable location
specified by the limited partnership, a limited partner may obtain
from the limited partnership and inspect and copy true and full
information regarding the state of the activities and financial
condition of the limited partnership and other information regarding
the activities of the limited partnership as is just and reasonable
if:
(1) the limited partner seeks the information for a purpose
reasonably related to the partner’s interest as a limited partner;
(2) the limited partner makes a demand in a record received by
the limited partnership, describing with reasonable particularity
the information sought and the purpose for seeking the information;
and
(3) the information sought is directly connected to the limited
partner’s purpose.
(c) Within ten (10) days after receiving a demand pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section, the limited partnership in a record
shall inform the limited partner that made the demand:
(1) what information the limited partnership will provide in
response to the demand;
(2) when and where the limited partnership will provide the
information; and
(3) if the limited partnership declines to provide any demanded
information, the limited partnership’s reasons for declining.
(d) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, a person
dissociated as a limited partner may inspect and copy required
information during regular business hours in the limited
partnership’s designated office if:
(1) the information pertains to the period during which the
person was a limited partner;
(2) the person seeks the information in good faith; and
(3) the person meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this
section.
(e) The limited partnership shall respond to a demand made
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section in the same manner as
provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(f) If a limited partner dies, Section 62 of this act applies.
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(g) The limited partnership may impose reasonable restrictions
on the use of information obtained under this section. In a dispute
concerning the reasonableness of a restriction under this
subsection, the limited partnership has the burden of proving
reasonableness.
(h) A limited partnership may charge a person that makes a
demand under this section reasonable costs of copying, limited to
the costs of labor and material.
(i) Whenever the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or a
partnership agreement provides for a limited partner to give or
withhold consent to a matter, before the consent is given or
withheld, the limited partnership shall, without demand, provide the
limited partner with all information material to the limited
partner’s decision that the limited partnership knows.
(j) A limited partner or person dissociated as a limited
partner may exercise the rights under this section through an
attorney or other agent. Any restriction imposed under subsection
(g) of this section or by the partnership agreement applies both to
the attorney or other agent and to the limited partner or person
dissociated as a limited partner.
(k) The rights stated in this section do not extend to a person
as transferee, but may be exercised by the legal representative of
an individual under legal disability who is a limited partner or
person dissociated as a limited partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 32, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-305. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-305A. Limited duties of limited partners.
LIMITED DUTIES OF LIMITED PARTNERS.
(a) 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.
(b) A limited partner shall discharge the duties to the
partnership and the other partners under the Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of 2010 or under the partnership agreement and
exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith
and fair dealing.
(c) A limited partner does not violate a duty or obligation
under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or under the
partnership agreement merely because the limited partner’s conduct
furthers the limited partner’s own interest.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-306. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-306A. Person erroneously believing self to be limited
partner.
PERSON ERRONEOUSLY BELIEVING SELF TO BE LIMITED PARTNER.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, 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
enterprise’s obligations by reason of making the investment,
receiving distributions from the enterprise, or exercising any
rights of or appropriate to a limited partner, if, on ascertaining
the mistake, the person:
(1) causes an appropriate certificate of limited partnership,
amendment, or statement of correction to be signed and delivered to
the Secretary of State for filing; or
(2) withdraws from future participation as an owner in the
enterprise by delivering written notice to the enterprise.
(b) A person that makes an investment described in subsection
(a) of this section is liable to the same extent as a general
partner to any third party that enters into a transaction with the
enterprise, believing in good faith that the person is a general
partner, before the Secretary of State files a certificate of
limited partnership, amendment, or statement of correction to show
that the person is not a general partner or the person delivers
written notice of the person’s withdrawal.
(c) If a person makes a diligent effort in good faith to comply
with paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section and is unable
to cause the appropriate certificate of limited partnership,
amendment, or statement of correction to be signed and delivered to
the Secretary of State for filing, the person has the right to
withdraw from the enterprise pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection
(a) of this section even if the withdrawal would otherwise breach an
agreement with others that are or have agreed to become co-owners of
the enterprise.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-401. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
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§54-500-401A. Becoming general partner.
BECOMING GENERAL PARTNER.
A person becomes a general partner:
(1) as provided in the partnership agreement:
(2) under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of Section 63 of
this act following the dissociation of a limited partnership’s last
general partner;
(3) as the result of a conversion or merger under Article 11 of
this act; or
(4) with the consent of all the partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 35, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-402. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-402A. General partner agent of limited partnership.
GENERAL PARTNER AGENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) 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 partnership’s name, for
apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the limited
partnership’s activities or activities of the kind carried on by the
limited partnership binds the limited partnership, unless the
general partner did not have authority to act for the limited
partnership in the particular matter and the person with which the
general partner was dealing knew, had received a notification, or
had notice under subsection (d) of Section 3 of this act that the
general partner lacked authority.
(b) An act of a general partner which is not apparently for
carrying on in the ordinary course the limited partnership’s
activities or activities of the kind carried on by the limited
partnership binds the limited partnership only if the act was
actually authorized by all the other partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 36, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-403. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-403A. Limited partnership liable for general partner's
actionable conduct.
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LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LIABLE FOR GENERAL PARTNER’S ACTIONABLE
CONDUCT.
(a) 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 authority of the limited partnership.
(b) If, in the course of the limited partnership’s activities
or while acting with authority of the limited partnership, a general
partner receives or causes the limited partnership to receive money
or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is
misapplied by a general partner, the limited partnership is liable
for the loss.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 37, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-404. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-404A. General partner's liability.
GENERAL PARTNER’S LIABILITY.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
this section, 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.
(b) A person that becomes a general partner of an existing
limited partnership is not personally liable for an obligation of a
limited partnership incurred before the person became a general
partner.
(c) An obligation of a limited partnership incurred while the
limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership,
whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the
obligation of the limited partnership. A general partner is not
personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or
otherwise, for such an obligation solely by reason of being or
acting as a general partner. This subsection applies despite
anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed
immediately before the consent required to become a limited
liability limited partnership under paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
of Section 40 of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 38, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-405.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-405A. Actions by and against partnership and partners.
ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST PARTNERSHIP AND PARTNERS.
(a) To the extent not inconsistent with Section 38 of this act,
a general partner may be joined in an action against the limited
partnership or named in a separate action.
(b) A judgment against a limited partnership is not by itself a
judgment against a general partner. A judgment against a limited
partnership may not be satisfied from a general partner’s assets
unless there is also a judgment against the general partner.
(c) A judgment creditor of a general partner may not levy
execution against the assets of the general partner to satisfy a
judgment based on a claim against the limited partnership, unless
the partner is personally liable for the claim under Section 38 of
this act and:
(1) a judgment based on the same claim has been obtained
against the limited partnership and a writ of execution on the
judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part;
(2) the limited partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy;
(3) the general partner has agreed that the creditor need not
exhaust limited partnership assets;
(4) a court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy
execution against the assets of a general partner based on a finding
that limited partnership assets subject to execution are clearly
insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of limited
partnership assets is excessively burdensome, or that the grant of
permission is an appropriate exercise of the court’s equitable
powers; or
(5) liability is imposed on the general partner by law or
contract independent of the existence of the limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 39, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-406. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-406A. Management rights of general partner.
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) Each general partner has equal rights in the management and
conduct of the limited partnership’s activities. Except as
expressly provided in the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010,
any matter relating to the activities of the limited partnership may
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be exclusively decided by the general partner or, if there is more
than one general partner, by a majority of the general partners.
(b) The consent of each partner is necessary to:
(1) amend the partnership agreement;
(2) amend the certificate of limited partnership to add or,
subject to Section 97 of this act, delete a statement that the
limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership; and
(3) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or
substantially all, of the limited partnership’s property, with or
without the good will, other than in the usual and regular course of
the limited partnership’s activities.
(c) A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for
payments made and indemnify a general partner for liabilities
incurred by the general partner in the ordinary course of the
activities of the partnership or for the preservation of its
activities or property.
(d) A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for
an advance to the limited partnership beyond the amount of capital
the general partner agreed to contribute.
(e) A payment or advance made by a general partner which gives
rise to an obligation of the limited partnership under subsection
(c) or (d) of this section constitutes a loan to the limited
partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment or
advance.
(f) A general partner is not entitled to remuneration for
services performed for the partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-407. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-407A. Right of general partner and former general partner
to information.
RIGHT OF GENERAL PARTNER AND FORMER GENERAL PARTNER TO
INFORMATION.
(a) A general partner, without having any particular purpose
for seeking the information, may inspect and copy during regular
business hours:
(1) in the limited partnership’s designated office, required
information; and
(2) at a reasonable location specified by the limited
partnership, any other records maintained by the limited partnership
regarding the limited partnership’s activities and financial
condition.
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(b) Each general partner and the limited partnership shall
furnish to a general partner:
(1) without demand, any information concerning the limited
partnership’s activities and activities reasonably required for the
proper exercise of the general partner’s rights and duties under the
partnership agreement or the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of
2010; and
(2) on demand, any other information concerning the limited
partnership’s activities, except to the extent the demand or the
information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the
circumstances.
(c) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, on ten (10)
days’ demand made in a record received by the limited partnership, a
person dissociated as a general partner may have access to the
information and records described in subsection (a) of this section
at the location specified in subsection (a) of this section if:
(1) the information or record pertains to the period during
which the person was a general partner;
(2) the person seeks the information or record in good faith;
and
(3) the person satisfies the requirements imposed on a limited
partner by subsection (b) of Section 32 of this act.
(d) The limited partnership shall respond to a demand made
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section in the same manner as
provided in subsection (c) of Section 32 of this act.
(e) If a general partner dies, Section 62 of this act applies.
(f) The limited partnership may impose reasonable restrictions
on the use of information under this section. In any dispute
concerning the reasonableness of a restriction under this
subsection, the limited partnership has the burden of proving
reasonableness.
(g) A limited partnership may charge a person dissociated as a
general partner that makes a demand under this section reasonable
costs of copying, limited to the costs of labor and material.
(h) A general partner or person dissociated as a general
partner may exercise the rights under this section through an
attorney or other agent. Any restriction imposed under subsection
(f) of this section or by the partnership agreement applies both to
the attorney or other agent and to the general partner or person
dissociated as a general partner.
(i) The rights under this section do not extend to a person as
transferee, but the rights under subsection (c) of this section of a
person dissociated as a general partner may be exercised by the
legal representative of an individual who dissociated as a general
partner under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (7) of Section 54
of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 41, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-408. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-408A. General standards of general partner's conduct.
GENERAL STANDARDS OF GENERAL PARTNER’S CONDUCT.
(a) 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 (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) A general partner’s duty of loyalty to the limited
partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:
(1) to account to the limited partnership and hold as trustee
for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the general
partner in the conduct and winding up of the limited partnership’s
activities or derived from a use by the general partner of limited
partnership property, including the appropriation of a limited
partnership opportunity;
(2) to refrain from dealing with the limited partnership in the
conduct or winding up of the limited partnership’s activities as or
on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the limited
partnership; and
(3) to refrain from competing with the limited partnership in
the conduct or winding up of the limited partnership’s activities.
(c) A general partner’s duty of care to the limited partnership
and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the limited
partnership’s activities is limited to refraining from engaging in
grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a
knowing violation of law.
(d) A general partner shall discharge the duties to the
partnership and the other partners under the Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of 2010 or under the partnership agreement and
exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith
and fair dealing.
(e) A general partner does not violate a duty or obligation
under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or under the
partnership agreement merely because the general partner’s conduct
furthers the general partner’s own interest.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 42, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-501. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
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§54-500-501A. Form of contribution.
FORM OF CONTRIBUTION.
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.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 43, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-502. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-502A. Liability for contribution.
LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTION.
(a) A partner’s obligation to contribute money or other
property or other benefit to, or to perform services for, a limited
partnership is not excused by the partner’s death, disability, or
other inability to perform personally.
(b) If a partner does not make a promised nonmonetary
contribution, the partner is obligated at the option of the limited
partnership to contribute money equal to that portion of the value,
as stated in the required information, of the stated contribution
which has not been made.
(c) The obligation of a partner to make a contribution or
return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 may be compromised only
by consent of all partners. A creditor of a limited partnership
which extends credit or otherwise acts in reliance on an obligation
described in subsection (a) of this section, without notice of any
compromise under this subsection, may enforce the original
obligation.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 44, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-503. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-503A. Sharing of distributions.
SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
A distribution by a limited partnership must be shared among the
partners on the basis of the value, as stated in the required
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records when the limited partnership decides to make the
distribution, of the contributions the limited partnership has
received from each partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 45, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-504. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-504A. Interim distributions.
INTERIM DISTRIBUTIONS.
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.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 46, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-505. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-505A. No distribution on account of dissociation.
NO DISTRIBUTION ON ACCOUNT OF DISSOCIATION.
A person does not have a right to receive a distribution on
account of dissociation.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 47, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-506. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-506A. Distribution in kind.
DISTRIBUTION IN KIND.
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 (b) of Section 74 of this act, a limited
partnership may distribute an asset in kind to the extent each
partner receives a percentage of the asset equal to the partner’s
share of distributions.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 48, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-507. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-507A. Right to distribution.
RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTION.
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 limited
partnership’s obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset
for any amount owed to the limited partnership by the partner or
dissociated partner on whose account the distribution is made.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 49, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-508. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-508A. Limitations on distribution.
LIMITATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION.
(a) A limited partnership may not make a distribution in
violation of the partnership agreement.
(b) A limited partnership may not make a distribution if after
the distribution:
(1) the limited partnership would not be able to pay its debts
as they become due in the ordinary course of the limited
partnership’s activities; or
(2) the limited partnership’s total assets would be less than
the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be
needed, if the limited partnership were to be dissolved, wound up,
and terminated at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights upon dissolution, winding up, and termination of
partners whose preferential rights are superior to those of persons
receiving the distribution.
(c) A limited partnership may base a determination that a
distribution is not prohibited under subsection (b) of this section
on financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting
practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances or
on a fair valuation or other method that is reasonable in the
circumstances.
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(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this
section, the effect of a distribution under subsection (b) of this
section is measured:
(1) in the case of distribution by purchase, redemption, or
other acquisition of a transferable interest in the limited
partnership, as of the date money or other property is transferred
or debt incurred by the limited partnership; and
(2) in all other cases, as of the date:
(A) the distribution is authorized, if the payment occurs
within one hundred twenty (120) days after that date;
or
(B) the payment is made, if payment occurs more than one
hundred twenty (120) days after the distribution is
authorized.
(e) A limited partnership’s indebtedness to a partner incurred
by reason of a distribution made in accordance with this section is
at parity with the limited partnership’s indebtedness to its
general, unsecured creditors.
(f) A limited partnership’s indebtedness, including
indebtedness issued in connection with or as part of a distribution,
is not considered a liability for purposes of subsection (b) of this
section if the terms of the indebtedness provide that payment of
principal and interest are made only to the extent that a
distribution could then be made to partners under this section.
(g) If indebtedness is issued as a distribution, each payment
of principal or interest on the indebtedness is treated as a
distribution, the effect of which is measured on the date the
payment is made.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 50, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-509. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-509A. Liability for improper distributions.
LIABILITY FOR IMPROPER DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) A general partner that consents to a distribution made in
violation of Section 50 of this act 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 that in consenting to the distribution the general
partner failed to comply with Section 42 of this act.
(b) A partner or transferee that received a distribution
knowing that the distribution to that partner or transferee was made
in violation of Section 50 of this act is personally liable to the
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limited partnership but only to the extent that the distribution
received by the partner or transferee exceeded the amount that could
have been properly paid under Section 50 of this act.
(c) A general partner against which an action is commenced
under subsection (a) of this section may:
(1) implead in the action any other person that is liable under
subsection (a) of this section and compel contribution from the
person; and
(2) implead in the action any person that received a
distribution in violation of subsection (b) of this section and
compel contribution from the person in the amount the person
received in violation of subsection (b) of this section.
(d) An action under this section is barred if it is not
commenced within two (2) years after the distribution.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-601. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-601A. Dissociation as limited partner.
DISSOCIATION AS LIMITED PARTNER.
(a) A person does not have a right to dissociate as a limited
partner before the cessation of the limited partnership.
(b) A person is dissociated from a limited partnership as a
limited partner upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) the limited partnership’s having notice of the person’s
express will to withdraw as a limited partner or on a later date
specified by the person;
(2) an event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing
the person’s dissociation as a limited partner;
(3) the person’s expulsion as a limited partner pursuant to the
partnership agreement;
(4) the person’s expulsion as a limited partner by the
unanimous consent of the other partners if:
(A) it is unlawful to carry on the limited partnership’s
activities with the person as a limited partner;
(B) there has been a transfer of all of the person’s
transferable interest in the limited partnership,
other than a transfer for security purposes, or a
court order charging the person’s interest, which has
not been foreclosed;
(C) the person is a corporation and, within ninety (90)
days after the limited partnership notifies the person
that it will be expelled as a limited partner because
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it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the
equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right
to conduct business has been suspended by the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no
revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no
reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct
business; or
(D) the person is a limited liability company or
partnership that has been dissolved and whose business
is being wound up;
(5) on application by the limited partnership, the person’s
expulsion as a limited partner by judicial order because:
(A) the person engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely
and materially affected the limited partnership’s
activities;
(B) the person willfully or persistently committed a
material breach of the partnership agreement or of the
obligation of good faith and fair dealing under
subsection (b) of Section 33 of this act; or
(C) the person engaged in conduct relating to the limited
partnership’s activities which makes it not reasonably
practicable to carry on the activities with the person
as limited partner;
(6) in the case of a person who is an individual, the person’s
death;
(7) in the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a
limited partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust,
distribution of the trust’s entire transferable interest in the
limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of
a successor trustee;
(8) in the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a
limited partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an
estate, distribution of the estate’s entire transferable interest in
the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the
substitution of a successor personal representative;
(9) termination of a limited partner that is not an individual,
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or
estate;
(10) the limited partnership’s participation in a conversion or
merger under Article 11 of this act, if the limited partnership:
(A) is not the converted or surviving entity; or
(B) is the converted or surviving entity but, as a result
of the conversion or merger, the person ceases to be a
limited partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 52, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-602. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-602A. Effect of dissociation as limited partner.
EFFECT OF DISSOCIATION AS LIMITED PARTNER.
(a) Upon a person’s dissociation as a limited partner:
(1) subject to Section 62 of this act, the person does not have
further rights as a limited partner;
(2) the person’s obligation of good faith and fair dealing as a
limited partner under subsection (b) of Section 33 of this act
continues only as to matters arising and events occurring before the
dissociation; and
(3) subject to Section 62 of this act and Article 11 of this
act, any transferable interest owned by the person in the person’s
capacity as a limited partner immediately before dissociation is
owned by the person as a mere transferee.
(b) A person’s dissociation as a limited partner does not of
itself discharge the person from any obligation to the limited
partnership or the other partners which the person incurred while a
limited partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-603. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-603A. Dissociation as general partner.
DISSOCIATION AS GENERAL PARTNER.
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’s having notice of the person’s
express will to withdraw as a general partner or on a later date
specified by the person;
(2) an event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing
the person’s dissociation as a general partner;
(3) the person’s expulsion as a general partner pursuant to the
partnership agreement;
(4) the person’s expulsion as a general partner by the
unanimous consent of the other partners if:
(A) it is unlawful to carry on the limited partnership’s
activities with the person as a general partner;
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(B)
there has been a transfer of all or substantially all
of the person’s transferable interest in the limited
partnership, other than a transfer for security
purposes, or a court order charging the person’s
interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(C) the person is a corporation and, within ninety (90)
days after the limited partnership notifies the person
that it will be expelled as a general partner because
it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the
equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right
to conduct business has been suspended by the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no
revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no
reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct
business; or
(D) the person is a limited liability company or
partnership that has been dissolved and whose business
is being wound up;
(5) on application by the limited partnership, the person’s
expulsion as a general partner by judicial determination because:
(A) the person engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely
and materially affected the limited partnership
activities;
(B) the person willfully or persistently committed a
material breach of the partnership agreement or of a
duty owed to the partnership or the other partners
under Section 42 of this act; or
(C) the person engaged in conduct relating to the limited
partnership’s activities which makes it not reasonably
practicable to carry on the activities of the limited
partnership with the person as a general partner;
(6) the person’s:
(A) becoming a debtor in bankruptcy;
(B) execution of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors;
(C) seeking, consenting to, or acquiescing in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of
the person or of all or substantially all of the
person’s property; or
(D) failure, within ninety (90) days after the
appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment
of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general
partner or of all or substantially all of the person’s
property obtained without the person’s consent or
acquiescence, or failing within ninety (90) days after
the expiration of a stay to have the appointment
vacated;
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(7)
in the case of a person who is an individual:
(A) the person’s death;
(B) the appointment of a guardian or general conservator
for the person; or
(C) a judicial determination that the person has otherwise
become incapable of performing the person’s duties as
a general partner under the partnership agreement;
(8) in the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a
general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust,
distribution of the trust’s entire transferable interest in the
limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of
a successor trustee;
(9) in the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a
general partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an
estate, distribution of the estate’s entire transferable interest in
the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the
substitution of a successor personal representative;
(10) termination of a general partner that is not an
individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
trust, or estate; or
(11) the limited partnership’s participation in a conversion or
merger under Article 11 of this act, if the limited partnership:
(A) is not the converted or surviving entity; or
(B) is the converted or surviving entity but, as a result
of the conversion or merger, the person ceases to be a
general partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 54, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-604. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-604A. Person's power to dissociate as general partner Wrongful dissociation.
PERSON’S POWER TO DISSOCIATE AS GENERAL PARTNER; WRONGFUL
DISSOCIATION.
(a) A person has the power to dissociate as a general partner
at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to
paragraph (1) of Section 54 of this act.
(b) A person’s dissociation as a general partner is wrongful
only if:
(1) it is in breach of an express provision of the partnership
agreement; or
(2) it occurs before the cessation of the limited partnership,
and:
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(A)
the person withdraws as a general partner by express
will;
(B) the person is expelled as a general partner by
judicial determination under paragraph (5) of Section
54 of this act;
(C) the person is dissociated as a general partner by
becoming a debtor in bankruptcy; or
(D) in the case of a person that is not an individual,
trust other than a business trust, or estate, the
person is expelled or otherwise dissociated as a
general partner because it willfully dissolved or
terminated.
(c) A person that wrongfully dissociates as a general partner
is liable to the limited partnership and, subject to Section 83 of
this act, to the other partners for damages caused by the
dissociation. The liability is in addition to any other obligation
of the general partner to the limited partnership or to the other
partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 55, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-605. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-605A. Effect of dissociation as general partner.
EFFECT OF DISSOCIATION AS GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) Upon a person’s dissociation as a general partner:
(1) the person’s right to participate as a general partner in
the management and conduct of the partnership’s activities
terminates;
(2) the person’s duty of loyalty as a general partner under
paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 42 of this act
terminates;
(3) the person’s duty of loyalty as a general partner under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of Section 42 of this act
and duty of care under subsection (c) of Section 42 of this act
continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring
before the person’s dissociation as a general partner;
(4) the person may sign and deliver to the Secretary of State
for filing a statement of dissociation pertaining to the person and,
at the request of the limited partnership, shall sign an amendment
to the certificate of limited partnership which states that the
person has dissociated; and
(5) subject to Section 62 of this act and Article 11 of this
act, any transferable interest owned by the person immediately
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before dissociation in the person’s capacity as a general partner is
owned by the person as a mere transferee.
(b) A person’s dissociation as a general partner does not of
itself discharge the person from any obligation to the limited
partnership or the other partners which the person incurred while a
general partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 56, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-606. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-606A. Power to bind and liability to limited partnership
before dissolution of partnership of person dissociated as general
partner.
POWER TO BIND AND LIABILITY TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BEFORE
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP OF PERSON DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) After a person is dissociated as a general partner and
before the limited partnership is dissolved, converted under Article
11 of this act, or merged out of existence under Article 11 of this
act, the limited partnership is bound by an act of the person only
if:
(1) the act would have bound the limited partnership under
Section 36 of this act before the dissociation; and
(2) at the time the other party enters into the transaction:
(A) less than two (2) years has passed since the
dissociation; and
(B) the other party does not have notice of the
dissociation and reasonably believes that the person
is a general partner.
(b) If a limited partnership is bound under subsection (a) of
this section, the person dissociated as a general partner which
caused the limited partnership to be bound is liable:
(1) to the limited partnership for any damage caused to the
limited partnership arising from the obligation incurred under
subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) if a general partner or another person dissociated as a
general partner is liable for the obligation, to the general partner
or other person for any damage caused to the general partner or
other person arising from the liability.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 57, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-607.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-607A. Liability to other persons of person dissociated as
general partner.
LIABILITY TO OTHER PERSONS OF PERSON DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL
PARTNER.
(a) A person’s dissociation as a general partner does not of
itself discharge the person’s liability as a general partner for an
obligation of the limited partnership incurred before dissociation.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this
section, the person is not liable for a limited partnership’s
obligation incurred after dissociation.
(b) A person whose dissociation as a general partner resulted
in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s
activities is liable to the same extent as a general partner under
Section 38 of this act on an obligation incurred by the limited
partnership under Section 66 of this act.
(c) A person that has dissociated as a general partner but
whose dissociation did not result in a dissolution and winding up of
the limited partnership’s activities is liable on a transaction
entered into by the limited partnership after the dissociation only
if:
(1) a general partner would be liable on the transaction; and
(2) at the time the other party enters into the transaction:
(A) less than two (2) years has passed since the
dissociation; and
(B) the other party does not have notice of the
dissociation and reasonably believes that the person
is a general partner.
(d) By agreement with a creditor of a limited partnership and
the limited partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner
may be released from liability for an obligation of the limited
partnership.
(e) A person dissociated as a general partner is released from
liability for an obligation of the limited partnership if the
limited partnership’s creditor, with notice of the person’s
dissociation as a general partner but without the person’s consent,
agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of
the obligation.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 58, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-701.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-701A. Partner's transferable interest.
PARTNER’S TRANSFERABLE INTEREST.
The only interest of a partner which is transferable is the
partner’s transferable interest. A transferable interest is
personal property.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 59, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-702. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-702A. Transfer of partner's transferable interest.
TRANSFER OF PARTNER’S TRANSFERABLE INTEREST.
(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s
transferable interest:
(1) is permissible;
(2) does not by itself cause the partner’s dissociation or a
dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities;
and
(3) does not, as against the other partners or the limited
partnership, entitle the transferee to participate in the management
or conduct of the limited partnership’s activities, to require
access to information concerning the limited partnership’s
transactions except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
section, or to inspect or copy the required information or the
limited partnership’s other records.
(b) A transferee has a right to receive, in accordance with the
transfer:
(1) distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be
entitled; and
(2) upon the dissolution and winding up of the limited
partnership’s activities the net amount otherwise distributable to
the transferor.
(c) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee is entitled
to an account of the limited partnership’s transactions only from
the date of dissolution.
(d) Upon transfer, the transferor retains the rights of a
partner other than the interest in distributions transferred and
retains all duties and obligations of a partner.
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(e) A limited partnership need not give effect to a
transferee’s rights under this section until the limited partnership
has notice of the transfer.
(f) A transfer of a partner’s transferable interest in the
limited partnership in violation of a restriction on transfer
contained in the partnership agreement is ineffective as to a person
having notice of the restriction at the time of transfer.
(g) A transferee that becomes a partner with respect to a
transferable interest is liable for the transferor’s obligations
under Sections 44 and 51 of this act. However, the transferee is
not obligated for liabilities unknown to the transferee at the time
the transferee became a partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 60, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-703. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-703A. Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.
RIGHTS OF CREDITOR OF PARTNER OR TRANSFEREE.
(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any
judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge
the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the
unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so
charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of a transferee.
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 which the
circumstances of the case may require to give effect to the charging
order.
(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment
debtor’s transferable interest. The court may order a foreclosure
upon the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The
purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.
(c) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be
redeemed:
(1) by the judgment debtor;
(2) with property other than limited partnership property, by
one or more of the other partners; or
(3) with limited partnership property, by the limited
partnership with the consent of all partners whose interests are not
so charged.
(d) The Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 does not
deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption
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laws applicable to the partner’s or transferee’s transferable
interest.
(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a
judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment
out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 61, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-704. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-704A. Power of estate of deceased partner.
POWER OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PARTNER.
If a partner dies, the deceased partner’s personal
representative or other legal representative may exercise the rights
of a transferee as provided in Section 60 of this act and, for the
purposes of settling the estate, may exercise the rights of a
current limited partner under Section 32 of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 62, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-801. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-801A. Nonjudicial dissolution.
NONJUDICIAL DISSOLUTION.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 64 of this act, 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 partners and of limited partners
owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited
partners at the time the consent is to be effective;
(3) after the dissociation of a person as a general partner:
(A) if the limited partnership has at least one remaining
general partner, the consent to dissolve the limited
partnership given within ninety (90) days after the
dissociation by partners owning a majority of the
rights to receive distributions as partners at the
time the consent is to be effective; or
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(B)
if the limited partnership does not have a remaining
general partner, the passage of ninety (90) days after
the dissociation, unless before the end of the period:
(i) consent to continue the activities of the limited
partnership and admit at least one general
partner is given by limited partners owning a
majority of the rights to receive distributions
as limited partners at the time the consent is to
be effective; and
(ii) at least one person is admitted as a general
partner in accordance with the consent; or
(4) the passage of ninety (90) days after the dissociation of
the limited partnership’s last limited partner, unless before the
end of the period the limited partnership admits at least one
limited partner.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 63, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-802. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-802A. Judicial dissolution.
JUDICIAL DISSOLUTION.
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.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 64, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-803. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-803A. Winding up.
WINDING UP.
(a) A limited partnership continues after dissolution only for
the purpose of winding up its activities.
(b) In winding up its activities, the limited partnership:
(1) may amend its certificate of limited partnership to state
that the limited partnership is dissolved, preserve the limited
partnership business or property as a going concern for a reasonable
time, prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil,
criminal, or administrative, transfer the limited partnership’s
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property, settle disputes by mediation or arbitration, file a
statement of cessation as provided in Section 21 of this act, and
perform other necessary acts; and
(2) shall discharge the limited partnership’s liabilities,
settle and close the limited partnership’s activities, and marshal
and distribute the assets of the partnership.
(c) If a dissolved limited partnership does not have a general
partner, a person to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s
activities may be appointed by the consent of limited partners
owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited
partners at the time the consent is to be effective. A person
appointed under this subsection:
(1) has the powers of a general partner under Section 66 of
this act; and
(2) shall promptly amend the certificate of limited partnership
to state:
(A) that the limited partnership does not have a general
partner;
(B) the name of the person that has been appointed to wind
up the limited partnership; and
(C) the street and mailing address of the person.
(d) On the application of any partner, the district court may
order judicial supervision of the winding up, including the
appointment of a person to wind up the dissolved limited
partnership’s activities, if:
(1) a limited partnership does not have a general partner and
within a reasonable time following the dissolution no person has
been appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; or
(2) the applicant establishes other good cause.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 65, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-804. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-804A. Power of general partner and person dissociated as
general partner to bind partnership after dissolution.
POWER OF GENERAL PARTNER AND PERSON DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL
PARTNER TO BIND PARTNERSHIP AFTER DISSOLUTION.
(a) A limited partnership is bound by a general partner’s act
after dissolution which:
(1) is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s
activities; or
(2) would have bound the limited partnership under Section 36
of this act before dissolution, if, at the time the other party
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enters into the transaction, the other party does not 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:
(A) less than two (2) years has passed since the
dissociation; and
(B) the other party does not have notice of the
dissociation and reasonably believes that the person
is a general partner; and
(2) the act:
(A) is appropriate for winding up the limited
partnership’s activities; or
(B) would have bound the limited partnership under Section
36 of this act before dissolution and at the time the
other party enters into the transaction the other
party does not have notice of the dissolution.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 66, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-805. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-805A. Liability after dissolution of general partner and
person dissociated as general partner to limited partnership - Other
general partners - Persons dissociated as general partner.
LIABILITY AFTER DISSOLUTION OF GENERAL PARTNER AND PERSON
DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL PARTNER TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, OTHER GENERAL
PARTNERS, AND PERSONS DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) If a general partner having knowledge of the dissolution
causes a limited partnership to incur an obligation under subsection
(a) of Section 66 of this act by an act that is not appropriate for
winding up the partnership’s activities, the general partner is
liable:
(1) to the limited partnership for any damage caused to the
limited partnership arising from the obligation; and
(2) if another general partner or a person dissociated as a
general partner is liable for the obligation, to that other general
partner or person for any damage caused to that other general
partner or person arising from the liability.
(b) If a person dissociated as a general partner causes a
limited partnership to incur an obligation under subsection (b) of
Section 66 of this act, the person is liable:
(1) to the limited partnership for any damage caused to the
limited partnership arising from the obligation; and
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(2) if a general partner or another person dissociated as a
general partner is liable for the obligation, to the general partner
or other person for any damage caused to the general partner or
other person arising from the liability.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 67, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-806. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-806A. Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.
KNOWN CLAIMS AGAINST DISSOLVED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the known
claims against it by following the procedure described in subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) A dissolved limited partnership may notify its known
claimants of the dissolution in a record. The notice must:
(1) specify the information required to be included in a claim;
(2) provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent;
(3) state the deadline for receipt of the claim, which may not
be less than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date the notice
is received by the claimant;
(4) state that the claim will be barred if not received by the
deadline; and
(5) unless the limited partnership has been throughout its
existence a limited liability limited partnership, state that the
barring of a claim against the limited partnership will also bar any
corresponding claim against any general partner or person
dissociated as a general partner which is based on Section 38 of
this act.
(c) A claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred
if the requirements of subsection (b) are met and:
(1) the claim is not received by the specified deadline; or
(2) in the case of a claim that is timely received but rejected
by the dissolved limited partnership, the claimant does not commence
an action to enforce the claim against the limited partnership
within ninety (90) days after the receipt of the notice of the
rejection.
(d) This section does not apply to a claim based on an event
occurring after the effective date of dissolution or a liability
that is contingent on that date.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 68, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-807.
2011.
Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
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NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-807A. Other claims against dissolved limited partnership.
OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST DISSOLVED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) 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.
(b) The notice must:
(1) be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county in which the dissolved limited
partnership’s principal office is located or, if it has none in this
state, in the county in which the limited partnership’s designated
office is or was last located;
(2) describe the information required to be contained in a
claim and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be
sent;
(3) state that a claim against the limited partnership is
barred unless an action to enforce the claim is commenced within
five (5) years after publication of the notice; and
(4) unless the limited partnership has been throughout its
existence a limited liability limited partnership, state that the
barring of a claim against the limited partnership will also bar any
corresponding claim against any general partner or person
dissociated as a general partner which is based on Section 38 of
this act.
(c) If a dissolved limited partnership publishes a notice in
accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the claim of each of
the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences an
action to enforce the claim against the dissolved limited
partnership within five (5) years after the publication date of the
notice:
(1) a claimant that did not receive notice in a record under
Section 68 of this act;
(2) a claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved
limited partnership but not acted on; and
(3) a claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event
occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
(d) A claim not barred under this section may be enforced:
(1) against the dissolved limited partnership, to the extent of
its undistributed assets;
(2) if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against
a partner or transferee to the extent of that person’s proportionate
share of the claim or the limited partnership’s assets distributed
to the partner or transferee in liquidation, whichever is less, but
a person’s total liability for all claims under this paragraph does
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not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the person as
part of the winding up of the dissolved limited partnership; or
(3) against any person liable on the claim under Section 38 of
this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 69, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-808. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-808A. Liability of general partner and person dissociated
as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred.
LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER AND PERSON DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL
PARTNER WHEN CLAIM AGAINST LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BARRED.
If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred
under Section 68 or 69 of this act, any corresponding claim under
Section 38 of this act is also barred.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 70, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-809. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-809A. Cessation of good standing.
CESSATION OF GOOD STANDING.
(a) A limited partnership ceases to be in good standing if it
does not, within sixty (60) days after the due date:
(1) pay any fee, tax, or penalty due to the Secretary of State
under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 or other law; or
(2) deliver its annual certificate to the Secretary of State.
(b) Except for accepting a certificate of resignation of a
registered agent when a successor registered agent is not being
appointed or an application for reinstatement, the Secretary of
State shall not accept for filing any certificate or articles, or
issue any certificate of good standing, in respect to any limited
partnership that has ceased to be in good standing, unless or until
the limited partnership has been reinstated as a limited partnership
in good standing.
(c) A limited partnership that has ceased to be in good
standing may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any
court of this state until the limited partnership has been
reinstated as a limited partnership in good standing. Any successor
or assignee of the limited partnership may not maintain an action,
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suit or proceeding in any court of this state on any right, claim or
demand arising out of the transaction of business by the limited
partnership after it has ceased to be in good standing until the
limited partnership, or any person that has acquired all or
substantially all of its assets, has caused the limited partnership
to be reinstated as a limited partnership in good standing.
(d) The failure of a limited partnership to file an annual
certificate and pay a required fee to the Secretary of State shall
not impair the validity on any contract, deed, mortgage, security
interest, lien or act of the limited partnership or prevent the
limited partnership from defending any action, suit or proceeding
with any court of this state.
(e) A limited partner of a limited partnership is not liable as
a general partner of the limited partnership solely by reason of the
failure of the limited partnership to file an annual certificate or
pay a required fee to the Secretary of State or by reason of the
limited partnership ceasing to be in good standing.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 71, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-810. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-810A. Reinstatement after cessation of good standing.
REINSTATEMENT AFTER CESSATION OF GOOD STANDING.
(a) A limited partnership that has ceased to be in good
standing may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement after
the date it ceased to be in good standing. The application must be
delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and state:
(1) the name of the limited partnership and the date it ceased
to be in good standing;
(2) that the grounds for cessation of good standing either did
not exist or have been eliminated; and
(3) that the limited partnership’s name satisfies the
requirements of Section 8 of this act.
If the limited partnership ceased to be in good standing because
it failed to file an annual certificate or pay a required fee, the
application shall be accompanied with the submission of all
delinquent annual certificates and payment of all delinquent fees.
(b) If the Secretary of State determines that an application
contains the information required by subsection (a) of this section,
the application is accompanied by all required certificates and
fees, the name satisfies the requirements of Section 8 of this act,
and that the information is correct, the Secretary of State shall
accept the application for reinstatement and issue a certificate of
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reinstatement. The application for reinstatement may be accompanied
by an amendment to the limited partnership’s certificate of limited
partnership. If the limited partnership is required to change its
name because its name at the time it ceased to be in good standing
is no longer available, the application for reinstatement must be
accompanied by an amendment to the limited partnership’s certificate
of limited partnership changing its name. Any amendment is subject
to the payment of the additional fee required in Section 24 of this
act for amendments.
(c) When reinstatement becomes effective, it relates back to
and takes effect as of the date the limited partnership ceased to be
in good standing and the limited partnership may resume its
activities as if the cessation of good standing had never occurred.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 72, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-811. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-811A. Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF REINSTATEMENT.
(a) Within thirty (30) days after denial of its application for
reinstatement, the limited partnership may appeal from the denial of
reinstatement by petitioning the district court to restore its good
standing. The petition must be served on the Secretary of State and
contain a copy of the limited partnership’s application for
reinstatement.
(b) The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to
restore the good standing of the limited partnership or may take
other action the court considers appropriate.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 73, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-812. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-812A. Disposition of assets - When contributions required.
DISPOSITION OF ASSETS; WHEN CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED.
(a) In winding up a limited partnership’s activities, the
assets of the limited partnership, including the contributions
required by this section, must be applied to satisfy the limited
partnership’s obligations to creditors, including, to the extent
permitted by law, partners that are creditors.
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(b) Any surplus remaining after the limited partnership
complies with subsection (a) of this section must be paid in cash as
a distribution.
(c) If a limited partnership’s assets are insufficient to
satisfy all of its obligations under subsection (a) of this section,
with respect to each unsatisfied obligation incurred when the
limited partnership was not a limited liability limited partnership,
the following rules apply:
(1) Each person that was a general partner when the obligation
was incurred and that has not been released from the obligation
under Section 58 of this act shall contribute to the limited
partnership for the purpose of enabling the limited partnership to
satisfy the obligation. The contribution due from each of those
persons is in proportion to the right to receive distributions in
the capacity of general partner in effect for each of those persons
when the obligation was incurred.
(2) If a person does not contribute the full amount required
under paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to an
unsatisfied obligation of the limited partnership, the other persons
required to contribute by paragraph (1) of this subsection on
account of the obligation shall contribute the additional amount
necessary to discharge the obligation. The additional contribution
due from each of those other persons is in proportion to the right
to receive distributions in the capacity of general partner in
effect for each of those other persons when the obligation was
incurred.
(3) If a person does not make the additional contribution
required by paragraph (2) of this subsection, further additional
contributions are determined and due in the same manner as provided
in that paragraph.
(d) A person that makes an additional contribution under
paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) of this section may recover
from any person whose failure to contribute under paragraph (1) or
(2) of subsection (c) of this section necessitated the additional
contribution. A person may not recover under this subsection more
than the amount additionally contributed. A person’s liability
under this subsection may not exceed the amount the person failed to
contribute.
(e) The estate of a deceased individual is liable for the
person’s obligations under this section.
(f) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a limited
partnership or a partner, or a person appointed by a court to
represent creditors of a limited partnership or a partner, may
enforce a person’s obligation to contribute under subsection (c) of
this section.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 74, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-901. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-901A. Governing law.
GOVERNING LAW.
(a) 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 an obligation of the foreign limited partnership.
(b) A foreign limited partnership may not be denied a
certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the
laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership
is organized and the laws of this state.
(c) A certificate of authority does not authorize a foreign
limited partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power
that a limited partnership may not engage in or exercise in this
state.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 75, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-902. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-902A. Application for certificate of authority.
APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
(a) A foreign limited partnership may apply for a certificate
of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an
application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application
must state:
(1) the name of the foreign limited partnership and, if the
name does not comply with Section 8 of this act, a fictitious name
adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 79 of this act.
(2) the name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law
the foreign limited partnership is organized;
(3) the street and mailing address of the foreign limited
partnership’s principal office and, if the laws of the jurisdiction
under which the foreign limited partnership is organized require the
foreign limited partnership to maintain an office in that
jurisdiction, the street and mailing address of the required office;
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(4) the name and street and mailing address of the foreign
limited partnership’s initial agent for service of process in this
state;
(5) a statement that the Secretary of State is appointed the
agent of the foreign limited partnership for service of process if
no agent has been appointed pursuant to paragraph (4) of this
subsection or, if appointed, the agent’s authority has been revoked
or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of
reasonable diligence;
(6) the name and street and mailing address of each of the
foreign limited partnership’s general partners; and
(7) whether the foreign limited partnership is a foreign
limited liability limited partnership.
(b) A foreign limited partnership shall deliver with the
completed application a certificate of good standing or existence or
a record of similar import signed by the Secretary of State or other
official having custody of the foreign limited partnership’s
publicly filed records in the state or other jurisdiction under
whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 76, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-903. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-903A. Activities not constituting transacting business.
ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING TRANSACTING BUSINESS.
(a) Activities of a foreign limited partnership which do not
constitute transacting business in this state within the meaning of
this article include:
(1) maintaining, defending, and settling an action or
proceeding;
(2) holding meetings of its partners or carrying on any other
activity concerning its internal affairs;
(3) maintaining accounts in financial institutions;
(4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange,
and registration of the foreign limited partnership’s own securities
or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those
securities;
(5) selling through independent contractors;
(6) soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or
electronic means or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the
orders require acceptance outside this state before they become
contracts;
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(7) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security
interests in real or personal property;
(8) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or
other security interests in property securing the debts, and
holding, protecting, and maintaining property so acquired;
(9) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within
thirty (30) days and is not one in the course of similar
transactions of a like manner; and
(10) transacting business in interstate commerce.
(b) For purposes of this article, the ownership in this state
of income-producing real property or tangible personal property,
other than property excluded under subsection (a) of this section,
constitutes transacting business in this state.
(c) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or
activities that may subject a foreign limited partnership to service
of process, taxation, or regulation under any other law of this
state.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 77, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-904. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-904A. Filing of certificate of authority.
FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Unless the Secretary of State determines that an application for
a certificate of authority does not comply with the filing
requirements of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, the
Secretary of State, upon payment of all filing fees, shall file the
application and return a file stamped copy of the filed certificate
to the person filing the record or the person’s representative.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 78, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-905. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-905A. Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.
NONCOMPLYING NAME OF FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) A foreign limited partnership whose name does not comply
with Section 8 of this act may not obtain a certificate of authority
until it adopts, for the purpose of transacting business in this
state, a fictitious name that complies with Section 8 of this act.
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After obtaining a certificate of authority with a fictitious name, a
foreign limited partnership shall transact business in this state
under that name.
(b) If a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact
business in this state changes its name to one that does not comply
with Section 8 of this act, it may not thereafter transact business
in this state until it complies with subsection (a) of this section
and obtains an amended certificate of authority.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 79, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-906. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-906A. Revocation of certificate of authority.
REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
The Secretary of State shall revoke a certificate of authority
of a foreign limited partnership to transact business in this state
if the foreign limited partnership does not:
(1) pay, within sixty (60) days after the due date, any fee due
to the Secretary of State under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act
of 2010 or other law;
(2) deliver, within sixty (60) days after the due date, its
annual certificate required under Section 28 of this act;
(3) appoint and maintain an agent for service of process as
required by subsection (b) of Section 14 of this act; or
(4) deliver for filing a statement of a change under Section 15
of this act within thirty (30) days after a change has occurred in
the name or address of the agent.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 80, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-907. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-907A. Cancellation of certificate of authority - Effect of
failure to have certificate.
CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO
HAVE CERTIFICATE.
(a) In order to cancel its certificate of authority to transact
business in this state, a foreign limited partnership must deliver
to the Secretary of State for filing a notice of cancellation
stating its name, jurisdiction of formation, and address for service
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of process. The certificate is canceled when the notice becomes
effective under Section 24 of this act.
(b) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this
state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless
it has a certificate of authority to transact business in this
state.
(c) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to have a
certificate of authority to transact business in this state does not
impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited
partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from
defending an action or proceeding in this state.
(d) A partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable
for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership solely by
reason of the foreign limited partnership’s having transacted
business in this state without a certificate of authority.
(e) If a foreign limited partnership transacts business in this
state without a certificate of authority or cancels its certificate
of authority, it appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for
service of process for rights of action arising out of the
transaction of business in this state.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 81, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-908. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-908A. Action by Attorney General.
ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The Attorney General may maintain an action to restrain a
foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this state
in violation of this article.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 82, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1001. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1001A. Direct action by partner.
DIRECT ACTION BY PARTNER.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a partner may
maintain a direct action against the limited partnership or another
partner for legal or equitable relief, with or without an accounting
as to the partnership’s activities, to enforce the rights and
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otherwise protect the interests of the partner, including rights and
interests under the partnership agreement or the Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of 2010 or arising independently of the partnership
relationship.
(b) A partner commencing a direct action under this section is
required to plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is
not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be
suffered by the limited partnership.
(c) The accrual of, and any time limitation on, a right of
action for a remedy under this section is governed by other law. A
right to an accounting upon a dissolution and winding up does not
revive a claim barred by law.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 83, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1002. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1002A. Derivative action.
DERIVATIVE ACTION.
A partner may maintain a derivative action to enforce a right of
a limited partnership if:
(1) the partner first makes a demand on the general partners,
requesting that they cause the limited partnership to bring an
action to enforce the right, and the general partners do not bring
the action within a reasonable time; or
(2) a demand would be futile.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 84, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1003. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1003A. Proper plaintiff.
PROPER PLAINTIFF.
A derivative action may be maintained only by a person that is a
partner at the time the action is commenced and:
(1) that was a partner when the conduct giving rise to the
action occurred; or
(2) whose status as a partner devolved upon the person by
operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership
agreement from a person that was a partner at the time of the
conduct.
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Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 85, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1004. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1004A. Pleading.
PLEADING.
In a derivative action, the complaint must state with
particularity:
(1) the date and content of plaintiff’s demand and the general
partners’ response to the demand; or
(2) why demand should be excused as futile.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 86, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1005. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1005A. Proceeds and expenses.
PROCEEDS AND EXPENSES.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section:
(1) any proceeds or other benefits of a derivative action,
whether by judgment, compromise, or settlement, belong to the
limited partnership and not to the derivative plaintiff;
(2) if the derivative plaintiff receives any proceeds, the
derivative plaintiff shall immediately remit them to the limited
partnership.
(b) If a derivative action is successful in whole or in part,
the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including
reasonable attorney fees, from the recovery of the limited
partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 87, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1101. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1101A. Definitions.
DEFINITIONS.
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In this article:
(1) “Constituent limited partnership” means a constituent
organization that is a limited partnership;
(2) “Constituent organization” means an organization that is
party to a merger;
(3) “Converted organization” means the organization into which
a converting organization converts pursuant to Sections 89 through
92 of this act;
(4) “Converting limited partnership” means a converting
organization that is a limited partnership;
(5) “Converting organization” means an organization that
converts into another organization pursuant to Section 89 of this
act;
(6) “General partner” means a general partner of a limited
partnership;
(7) “Governing statute” of an organization means the statute
that governs the organization’s internal affairs;
(8) “Merger” includes a reorganization structured as a
consolidation;
(9) “Organization” means a general partnership, including a
limited liability partnership; limited partnership, including a
limited liability limited partnership; limited liability company;
business trust; corporation; or any other person having a governing
statute. The term includes domestic and foreign organizations
whether or not organized for profit;
(10) “Organizational documents” means:
(A) for a domestic or foreign general partnership, its
partnership agreement;
(B) for a limited partnership or foreign limited
partnership, its certificate of limited partnership
and partnership agreement;
(C) for a domestic or foreign limited liability company,
its articles of organization and operating agreement,
or comparable records as provided in its governing
statute;
(D) for a business trust, its agreement of trust and
declaration of trust;
(E) for a domestic or foreign corporation for profit, its
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and other
agreements among its shareholders which are authorized
by its governing statute, or comparable records as
provided in its governing statute; and
(F) for any other organization, the basic records that
create the organization and determine its internal
governance and the relations among the persons that
own it, have an interest in it, or are members of it;
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(11) “Personal liability” means personal liability for a debt,
liability, or other obligation of an organization which is imposed
on a person that co-owns, has an interest in, or is a member of the
organization:
(A) by the organization’s governing statute solely by
reason of the person co-owning, having an interest in,
or being a member of the organization; or
(B) by the organization’s organizational documents under a
provision of the organization’s governing statute
authorizing those documents to make one or more
specified persons liable for all or specified debts,
liabilities, and other obligations of the organization
solely by reason of the person or persons co-owning,
having an interest in, or being a member of the
organization; and
(12) “Surviving organization” means an organization into which
one or more other organizations are merged. A surviving
organization may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 88, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1102. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1102A. Conversion.
CONVERSION.
(a) An organization other than a limited partnership may
convert to a limited partnership, and a limited partnership may
convert to another organization pursuant to this section and
Sections 90 through 92 of this act and a plan of conversion, if:
(1) the other organization’s governing statute authorizes the
conversion;
(2) the conversion is not prohibited by the law of the
jurisdiction that enacted the governing statute; and
(3) the other organization complies with its governing statute
in effecting the conversion.
(b) A plan of conversion must be in a record and must include:
(1) the name and form of the organization before conversion;
(2) the name and form of the organization after conversion; and
(3) the terms and conditions of the conversion, including the
manner and basis for converting interests in the converting
organization into any combination of money, interests in the
converted organization, and other consideration; and
(4) the organizational documents of the converted organization.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 89, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-1103. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1103A. Action on plan of conversion by converting limited
partnership.
ACTION ON PLAN OF CONVERSION BY CONVERTING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Subject to Section 97 of this act and unless the limited
partnership’s partnership agreement otherwise provides, a plan of
conversion must be consented to by all the partners of a converting
limited partnership.
(b) Subject to Section 97 of this act and any contractual
rights, after a conversion is approved, and at any time before a
filing is made under Section 91 of this act, a converting limited
partnership may amend the plan or abandon the planned conversion:
(1) as provided in the plan; and
(2) except as prohibited by the plan, by the same consent as
was required to approve the plan.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 90, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1104. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1104A. Filings required for conversion - Effective date.
FILINGS REQUIRED FOR CONVERSION; EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) After a plan of conversion is approved:
(1) a converting limited partnership shall deliver to the
Secretary of State for filing articles of conversion, which must
include:
(A) a statement that the limited partnership has been
converted into another organization;
(B) the name and form of the organization and the
jurisdiction of its governing statute;
(C) the date the conversion is effective under the
governing statute of the converted organization;
(D) a statement that the conversion was approved as
required by the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of
2010;
(E) a statement that the conversion was approved as
required by the governing statute of the converted
organization; and
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(F)
if the converted organization is a foreign
organization not authorized to transact business in
this state, the street and mailing address of an
office which the Secretary of State may use for the
purposes of subsection (c) of Section 92 of this act;
and
(2) if the converting organization is not a converting limited
partnership, the converting organization shall deliver to the
Secretary of State for filing a certificate of limited partnership,
which must include, in addition to the information required by
Section 19 of this act:
(A) a statement that the limited partnership was converted
from another organization;
(B) the name and form of the organization and the
jurisdiction of its governing statute; and
(C) a statement that the conversion was approved in a
manner that complied with the organization’s governing
statute.
(b) A conversion becomes effective:
(1) if the converted organization is a limited partnership,
when the certificate of limited partnership takes effect; and
(2) if the converted organization is not a limited partnership,
as provided by the governing statute of the converted organization.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 91, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1105. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1105A. Effect of conversion.
EFFECT OF CONVERSION.
(a) An organization that has been converted pursuant to this
article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the
conversion.
(b) When a conversion takes effect:
(1) all property owned by the converting organization remains
vested in the converted organization;
(2) all debts, liabilities, and other obligations of the
converting organization continue as obligations of the converted
organization;
(3) an action or proceeding pending by or against the
converting organization may be continued as if the conversion had
not occurred;
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(4) except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights,
privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the converting
organization remain vested in the converted organization;
(5) except as otherwise provided in the plan of conversion, the
terms and conditions of the plan of conversion take effect;
(6) except as otherwise agreed, the conversion does not
dissolve a converting limited partnership for the purposes of
Article 8 of this act; and
(7) the conversion does not authorize a converted organization
that is a foreign organization to transact business in this state.
(c) A converted organization that is a foreign organization
consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce
any obligation owed by the converting limited partnership, if before
the conversion the converting limited partnership was subject to
suit in this state on the obligation. A converted organization that
is a foreign organization and not authorized to transact business in
this state appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service
of process for purposes of enforcing an obligation under this
subsection. Service on the Secretary of State under this subsection
is made in the same manner and with the same consequences as in
Section 17 of this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 92, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1106. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1106A. Merger.
MERGER.
(a) A limited partnership may merge with one or more other
constituent organizations pursuant to this section and Sections 94
through 96 of this act and a plan of merger, if:
(1) the governing statute of each of the other organizations
authorizes the merger;
(2) the merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction
that enacted any of those governing statutes; and
(3) each of the other organizations complies with its governing
statute in effecting the merger.
(b) A plan of merger must be in a record and must include:
(1) the name and form of each constituent organization;
(2) the name and form of the surviving organization and, if the
surviving organization is to be created by the merger, a statement
to that effect;
(3) the terms and conditions of the merger, including the
manner and basis for converting the interests in each constituent
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organization into any combination of money, interests in the
surviving organization, and other consideration;
(4) if the surviving organization is to be created by the
merger, the surviving organization’s organizational documents; and
(5) if the surviving organization is not to be created by the
merger, any amendments to be made by the merger to the surviving
organization’s organizational documents.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 93, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1107. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1107A. Action on plan of merger by constituent limited
partnership.
ACTION ON PLAN OF MERGER BY CONSTITUENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Subject to Section 97 of this act and unless a limited
partnership’s partnership agreement otherwise provides, a plan of
merger must be consented to by all the partners of a constituent
limited partnership.
(b) Subject to Section 97 of this act and unless a limited
partnership’s partnership agreement otherwise provides, any
contractual rights, after a merger is approved, and at any time
before a filing is made under Section 95 of this act, a constituent
limited partnership may amend the plan or abandon the planned
merger:
(1) as provided in the plan; and
(2) except as prohibited by the plan, with the same consent as
was required to approve the plan.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 94, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1108. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1108A. Filings required for merger - Effective date.
FILINGS REQUIRED FOR MERGER; EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) After each constituent organization has approved a merger,
articles of merger must be signed on behalf of:
(1) each preexisting constituent limited partnership, by each
general partner listed in the certificate of limited partnership;
and
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(2) each other preexisting constituent organization, by an
authorized representative.
(b) The articles of merger must include:
(1) the name and form of each constituent organization and the
jurisdiction of its governing statute;
(2) the name and form of the surviving organization, the
jurisdiction of its governing statute, and, if the surviving
organization is created by the merger, a statement to that effect;
(3) the date the merger is effective under the governing
statute of the surviving organization;
(4) if the surviving organization is to be created by the
merger:
(A) if it will be a limited partnership, the limited
partnership’s certificate of limited partnership; or
(B) if it will be an organization other than a limited
partnership, the organizational document that creates
the organization;
(5) if the surviving organization preexists the merger, any
amendments provided for in the plan of merger for the organizational
document that created the organization;
(6) a statement as to each constituent organization that the
merger was approved as required by the organization’s governing
statute;
(7) if the surviving organization is a foreign organization not
authorized to transact business in this state, the street and
mailing address of an office which the Secretary of State may use
for the purposes of subsection (b) of Section 96 of this act; and
(8) any additional information required by the governing
statute of any constituent organization.
(c) The articles of merger shall be signed and delivered by
each constituent limited partnership for filing in the Office of the
Secretary of State.
(d) A merger becomes effective under this article:
(1) if the surviving organization is a limited partnership,
upon the later of:
(A) compliance with subsection (c) of this section; or
(B) subject to subsection (c) of Section 24 of this act,
as specified in the articles of merger; or
(2) if the surviving organization is not a limited partnership,
as provided by the governing statute of the surviving organization.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 95, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1109. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
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§54-500-1109A. Effect of merger.
EFFECT OF MERGER.
(a) When a merger becomes effective:
(1) the surviving organization continues or comes into
existence;
(2) each constituent organization that merges into the
surviving organization ceases to exist as a separate entity;
(3) all property owned by each constituent organization that
ceases to exist vests in the surviving organization;
(4) all debts, liabilities, and other obligations of each
constituent organization that ceases to exist continue as
obligations of the surviving organization;
(5) an action or proceeding pending by or against any
constituent organization that ceases to exist may be continued as if
the merger had not occurred;
(6) except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights,
privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of each constituent
organization that ceases to exist vest in the surviving
organization;
(7) except as otherwise provided in the plan of merger, the
terms and conditions of the plan of merger take effect;
(8) except as otherwise agreed, if a constituent limited
partnership ceases to exist, the merger does not dissolve the
limited partnership for the purposes of Article 8 of this act;
(9) if the surviving organization is created by the merger:
(A) if it is a limited partnership, the certificate of
limited partnership becomes effective; or
(B) if it is an organization other than a limited
partnership, the organizational document that creates
the organization becomes effective; and
(10) if the surviving organization preexists the merger, any
amendments provided for in the articles of merger for the
organizational document that created the organization become
effective.
(b) A surviving organization that is a foreign organization
consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce
any obligation owed by a constituent organization, if before the
merger the constituent organization was subject to suit in this
state on the obligation. A surviving organization that is a foreign
organization and not authorized to transact business in this state
appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process
for the purposes of enforcing an obligation under this subsection.
Service on the Secretary of State under this subsection is made in
the same manner and with the same consequences as in Section 17 of
this act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 96, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-1110. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1110A. Restrictions on approval of conversions and mergers
and on relinquishing LLP Status.
RESTRICTIONS ON APPROVAL OF CONVERSIONS AND MERGERS AND ON
RELINQUISHING LLLP STATUS.
(a) If a partner of a converting or constituent limited
partnership will have personal liability with respect to a converted
or surviving organization, approval and amendment of a plan of
conversion or merger are ineffective without the consent of the
partner, unless:
(1) the limited partnership’s partnership agreement provides
for the approval of the conversion or merger with the consent of
fewer than all the partners; and
(2) the partner has consented to the provision of the
partnership agreement.
(b) An amendment to a certificate of limited partnership which
deletes a statement that the limited partnership is a limited
liability limited partnership is ineffective without the consent of
each general partner unless:
(1) the limited partnership’s partnership agreement provides
for the amendment with the consent of less than all the general
partners; and
(2) each general partner that does not consent to the amendment
has consented to the provision of the partnership agreement.
(c) A partner does not give the consent required by subsection
(a) or (b) of this section merely by consenting to a provision of
the partnership agreement which permits the partnership agreement to
be amended with the consent of fewer than all the partners.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 97, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1111. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1111A. Liability of general partner after conversion or
merger.
LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER AFTER CONVERSION OR MERGER.
(a) A conversion or merger under this article does not
discharge any liability under Sections 38 and 58 of this act of a
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person that was a general partner in or dissociated as a general
partner from a converting or constituent limited partnership, but:
(1) the provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of
2010 pertaining to the collection or discharge of the liability
continue to apply to the liability;
(2) for the purposes of applying those provisions, the
converted or surviving organization is deemed to be the converting
or constituent limited partnership; and
(3) if a person is required to pay any amount under this
subsection:
(A) the person has a right of contribution from each other
person that was liable as a general partner under
Section 38 of this act when the obligation was
incurred and has not been released from the obligation
under Section 58 of this act; and
(B) the contribution due from each of those persons is in
proportion to the right to receive distributions in
the capacity of general partner in effect for each of
those persons when the obligation was incurred.
(b) In addition to any other liability provided by law:
(1) a person that immediately before a conversion or merger
became effective was a general partner in a converting or
constituent limited partnership that was not a limited liability
limited partnership is personally liable for each obligation of the
converted or surviving organization arising from a transaction with
a third party after the conversion or merger becomes effective, if,
at the time the third party enters into the transaction, the third
party:
(A) does not have notice of the conversion or merger; and
(B) reasonably believes that:
(i) the converted or surviving business is the
converting or constituent limited partnership;
(ii) the converting or constituent limited partnership
is not a limited liability limited partnership;
and
(iii) the person is a general partner in the converting
or constituent limited partnership; and
(2) a person that was dissociated as a general partner from a
converting or constituent limited partnership before the conversion
or merger became effective is personally liable for each obligation
of the converted or surviving organization arising from a
transaction with a third party after the conversion or merger
becomes effective, if:
(A) immediately before the conversion or merger became
effective the converting or surviving limited
partnership was not a limited liability limited
partnership; and
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(B)
at the time the third party enters into the
transaction less than two (2) years have passed since
the person dissociated as a general partner and the
third party:
(i) does not have notice of the dissociation;
(ii) does not have notice of the conversion or merger;
and
(iii) reasonably believes that the converted or
surviving organization is the converting or
constituent limited partnership, the converting
or constituent limited partnership is not a
limited liability limited partnership, and the
person is a general partner in the converting or
constituent limited partnership.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 98, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1112. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1112A. Power of general partners and persons dissociated as
general partners to bind organization after conversion or merger.
POWER OF GENERAL PARTNERS AND PERSONS DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL
PARTNERS TO BIND ORGANIZATION AFTER CONVERSION OR MERGER.
(a) An act of a person that immediately before a conversion or
merger became effective was a general partner in a converting or
constituent limited partnership binds the converted or surviving
organization after the conversion or merger becomes effective, if:
(1) before the conversion or merger became effective, the act
would have bound the converting or constituent limited partnership
under Section 36 of this act; and
(2) at the time the third party enters into the transaction,
the third party:
(A) does not have notice of the conversion or merger; and
(B) reasonably believes that the converted or surviving
business is the converting or constituent limited
partnership and that the person is a general partner
in the converting or constituent limited partnership.
(b) An act of a person that before a conversion or merger
became effective was dissociated as a general partner from a
converting or constituent limited partnership binds the converted or
surviving organization after the conversion or merger becomes
effective, if:
(1) before the conversion or merger became effective, the act
would have bound the converting or constituent limited partnership
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under Section 36 of this act if the person had been a general
partner; and
(2) at the time the third party enters into the transaction,
less than two (2) years have passed since the person dissociated as
a general partner and the third party:
(A) does not have notice of the dissociation;
(B) does not have notice of the conversion or merger; and
(C) reasonably believes that the converted or surviving
organization is the converting or constituent limited
partnership and that the person is a general partner
in the converting or constituent limited partnership.
(c) If a person having knowledge of the conversion or merger
causes a converted or surviving organization to incur an obligation
under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the person is liable:
(1) to the converted or surviving organization for any damage
caused to the organization arising from the obligation; and
(2) if another person is liable for the obligation, to that
other person for any damage caused to that other person arising from
the liability.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 99, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1113. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1113A. Article not exclusive.
ARTICLE NOT EXCLUSIVE.
This article does not preclude an entity from being converted or
merged under other law.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 100, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1201. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1201A. Uniformity of application and construction.
UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
In applying and construing the Uniform Limited Partnership Act
of 2010, consideration must be given to the need to promote
uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among
states that enact it.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 101, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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§54-500-1202. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1202A. Relation to electronic signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act.
RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL
COMMERCE ACT.
The Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 modifies, limits, or
supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C., Section 7001 et seq., but the Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 2010 does not modify, limit, or supersede
Section 101(c) of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act or authorize electronic delivery of any of the
notices described in Section 103(b) of that act.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 102, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1203. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1203A. Application to existing relationships.
APPLICATION TO EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS.
(a) Before July 1, 2011, the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of
2010 governs only:
(1) a limited partnership formed on or after January 1, 2011;
and
(2) except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of
this section, a limited partnership formed before January 1, 2011,
which elects, in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or
by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be subject to the
Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
section, on and after July 1, 2011, the Uniform Limited Partnership
Act of 2010 governs all limited partnerships.
(c) With respect to a limited partnership formed before January
1, 2011, the following rules apply except as the partners otherwise
elect in the manner provided in the partnership agreement or by law
for amending the partnership agreement:
(1) Subsection (c) of Section 4 of this act does not apply and
the limited partnership has whatever duration it had under the law
applicable immediately before January 1, 2011.
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(2) The limited partnership is not required to amend its
certificate of limited partnership to comply with paragraph (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 19 of this act.
(3) Sections 52 and 53 of this act do not apply and a limited
partner has the same right and power to dissociate from the limited
partnership, with the same consequences, as existed immediately
before January 1, 2011.
(4) Paragraph (4) of Section 54 of this act does not apply.
(5) Paragraph (5) of Section 54 of this act does not apply and
a court has the same power to expel a general partner as the court
had immediately before January 1, 2011.
(6) Paragraph (3) of Section 63 of this act does not apply and
the connection between a person’s dissociation as a general partner
and the dissolution of the limited partnership is the same as
existed immediately before January 1, 2011.
(d) With respect to a limited partnership that elects pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section to be subject to
the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010, after the election
takes effect the provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act
of 2010 relating to the liability of the limited partnership’s
general partners to third parties apply:
(1) before July 1, 2011, to:
(A) a third party that had not done business with the
limited partnership in the year before the election
took effect; and
(B) a third party that had done business with the limited
partnership in the year before the election took
effect only if the third party knows or has received a
notification of the election; and
(2) on and after July 1, 2011, to all third parties, but those
provisions remain inapplicable to any obligation incurred while
those provisions were inapplicable under subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 103, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
§54-500-1204. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1205. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
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§54-500-1206. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1207. Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 107, eff. Jan. 1,
2011.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§54-500-1207A. Savings clause.
SAVINGS CLAUSE.
The Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 does not affect an
action commenced, proceeding brought, or right accrued before the
Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 takes effect.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 384, § 104, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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