South Carolina § 33-42-270 - Liability for false statement in certificate.
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§ 33-42-270. Liability for false statement in certificate.
If any certificate of limited partnership or certificate of amendment or cancellation contains a false statement, one who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from:
(1) any person who executes the certificate, or causes another to execute it on his behalf, and knew, and any general partner who knew or should have known, the statement to be false at the time the certificate was executed; and
(2) any general partner who thereafter knows or should have known that any arrangement or other fact described in the certificate has changed, making the statement inaccurate in any respect within a sufficient time before the statement was relied upon reasonably to have enabled that general partner to cancel or amend the certificate, or to file a petition for its cancellation or amendment under SECTION 33-42-250.
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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Section 33-42-270 ("Liability for false statement in certificate.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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