South Carolina § 33-42-1080 - Liability upon return of contribution.
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§ 33-42-1080. Liability upon return of contribution.
(a) If a partner has received the return of any part of his contribution without violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of one year thereafter for the amount of the returned contribution, but only to the extent necessary to discharge the limited partnership's liabilities to creditors who extended credit to the limited partnership during the period the contribution was held by the partnership.
(b) If a partner has received the return of any part of his contribution in violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of six years thereafter for the amount of the contribution wrongfully returned.
(c) A partner receives a return of his contribution to the extent that a distribution to him reduces his shares of the fair value of the net assets of the limited partnership below the value (as set forth in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to SECTION 33-42-60) of his contribution which has not been distributed to him.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 491, SECTION 1; 1985 Act No. 11, SECTIONS 3, 4; 1986 Act No. 533, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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