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RI Gen L § 7-12-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-21 - Conveyance of real property of the partnership.

§ 7-12-21. Conveyance of real property of the partnership.(a) Where title to real property is in the partnership name, any partner may convey title to the property by a conveyance executed in the partnership name; but the partnership may recover the property unless the partner's act binds the partnership under the provisions of § 7-12-20(a), or unless the property has been conveyed by the grantee or a person claiming through the grantee to a holder for value without knowledge that the partner, in making the conveyance, has exceeded his or her authority.(b) Where title to real property is in the name of the partnership, a conveyance executed by a partner, in his or her own name, passes the equitable interest of the partnership, provided the act is one within the authority of the partner under the provisions of § 7-12-20(a).(c) Where title to real property is in the name of one or more but not all the partners, and the record does not disclose the right of the partnership, the partners in whose name the title stands may convey title to the property, but the partnership may recover the property if the partners' act does not bind the partnership under the provisions of § 7-12-20(a) unless the purchaser or his or her assignee, is a holder for value, without knowledge.(d) Where the title to real property is in the name of one or more or all of the partners, or in a third person in trust for the partnership, a conveyance executed by a partner in the partnership name, or in his or her own name, passes the equitable interest of the partnership, provided the act is one within the authority of the partner under the provision of § 7-12-20(a).(e) Where the title to real property is in the names of all the partners a conveyance executed by all the partners passes all their rights in the property.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 10.
RI Gen L § 7-12-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-22 - Partnership bound by admission of partner.

§ 7-12-22. Partnership bound by admission of partner.An admission or representation made by any partner concerning partnership affairs within the scope of his or her authority as conferred by §§ 7-12-12 — 7-12-55 is evidence against the partnership.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 11.
RI Gen L § 7-12-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-23 - Partnership charged with knowledge of or notice to partner.

§ 7-12-23. Partnership charged with knowledge of or notice to partner.Notice to any partner of any matter relating to partnership affairs, and the knowledge of the partners acting in the particular matter, acquired while a partner or then present to his or her mind, and the knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated it to the acting partner, operate as notice to or knowledge of the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 12.
RI Gen L § 7-12-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-24 - Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act.

§ 7-12-24. Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act.Where, by any wrongful act or omission of any partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or with the authority of his or her copartners, loss or injury is caused to any person, not being a partner in the partnership, or any penalty is incurred, the partnership is liable for the loss, injury, or penalty to the same extent as the partner acting or omitting to act.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 13.
RI Gen L § 7-12-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-25 - Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust.

§ 7-12-25. Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust.The partnership is bound to make good the loss:(1) Where one partner acting within the scope of his or her apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and(2) Where the partnership in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of the partnership.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 14.
RI Gen L § 7-12-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-26 - Nature of partner's liability.

§ 7-12-26. Nature of partner's liability.(a) All partners are liable, except as provided in subsection (b):(1) Jointly and severally for everything chargeable to the partnership under §§ 7-12-24 and 7-12-25.(2) Jointly for all other debts and obligations of the partnership; but any partner may enter into a separate obligation to perform a partnership contract.(b) Subject to subsection (c), a partner in a registered limited-liability partnership is not liable, directly or indirectly (including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise), for debts, obligations, and liabilities of, or chargeable to, the partnership whether in tort, contract, or otherwise, arising while the partnership is a registered limited-liability partnership.(c) Subsection (b) does not affect the individual liability of a partner in a registered limited-liability partnership for his or her own negligence, wrongful acts or misconduct, or that of any person under that partner's direct supervision and control other than in an administrative capacity.(d) A partner in a registered limited-liability partnership is not a proper party in his or her individual capacity to a proceeding by or against a registered limited-liability partnership, the object of which is to recover damages or enforce the obligations of the registered limited-liability partnership, unless the partner is personally liable under subsection (c).(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the personal liability of a partner in a limited-liability partnership engaged in the rendering of professional services is not less than or greater than the personal liability of a shareholder of a professional corporation organized under chapter 5.1 of this title engaged in the rendering of the same professional services.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 15; P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 235, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-12-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-27 - Partner by estoppel.

§ 7-12-27. Partner by estoppel.(a) When a person, by words spoken or written or by conduct, represents himself or herself, or consents to another representing him or her to any one, as a partner in an existing partnership or with one or more persons not actual partners, he or she is liable to any person to whom the representation has been made, who has, on the faith of the representation, given credit to the actual or apparent partnership, and if he or she has made a representation or consented to its being made in a public manner, he or she is liable to the person, whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to the person giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or consenting to its being made.(1) When a partnership liability results, he or she is liable as though he or she were an actual member of the partnership.(2) When no partnership liability results, he or she is liable jointly with the other persons, if any, so consenting to the contract or representation as to incur liability, otherwise separately.(b) When a person is represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with one or more persons not actual partners, he or she is an agent of the persons consenting to the representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as though he or she were a partner in fact, with respect to persons who rely on the representation. Where all the members of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation results; but in all other cases it is the joint act or obligation of the person acting and the persons consenting to the representation.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 16.
RI Gen L § 7-12-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-28 - Liability of incoming partner.

§ 7-12-28. Liability of incoming partner.A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his or her admission as though he or she had been a partner when the obligations were incurred, except that this liability is satisfied only out of partnership property.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 17.
RI Gen L § 7-12-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-29 - Rules determining rights and duties of partners.

§ 7-12-29. Rules determining rights and duties of partners.The rights and duties of the partners in relation to the partnership are determined, subject to any agreement between them, by the following rules:(1) Each partner is repaid his or her contributions, whether by way of capital or advances to the partnership property, and shares equally in the profits and surplus remaining after all liabilities, including those to partners, are satisfied; and except as provided in § 7-12-26(b), each partner must contribute toward the losses, whether of capital or otherwise, sustained by the partnership according to his or her share in the profits.(2) The partnership must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities reasonably incurred by him or her in the ordinary and proper conduct of its business, or for the preservation of its business or property.(3) A partner, who in aid of the partnership makes any payment or advance beyond the amount of capital that he or she agreed to contribute, is paid interest from the date of the payment or advance.(4) A partner receives interest on the capital contributed by him or her only from the date when repayment should be made.(5) All partners have equal rights in the management and conduct of the partnership business.(6) No partner is entitled to remuneration for acting in the partnership business, except that a surviving partner is entitled to reasonable compensation for his or her services in winding up the partnership affairs.(7) No person can become a member of a partnership without the consent of all the partners.(8) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners; but no act in contravention of any agreement between the partners may be done rightfully without the consent of all the partners.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 18; P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-12-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-30 - Partnership books.

§ 7-12-30. Partnership books.The partnership books are kept, subject to any agreement between the partners, at the principal place of business of the partnership, and every partner shall at all times have access to and may inspect and copy any of them.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 19.
RI Gen L § 7-12-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-31 - Duty of partners to render information.

§ 7-12-31. Duty of partners to render information.Partners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 20.
RI Gen L § 7-12-31.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-31.1 - Nature of business.

§ 7-12-31.1. Nature of business.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a registered limited-liability partnership or a foreign registered limited-liability partnership may conduct any lawful business in this state.(b) A registered limited-liability partnership or a foreign registered limited-liability partnership may render professional services, as defined in § 7-5.1-2(2), as and to the extent permitted under law or rules and regulations of the applicable regulatory agency or agencies, as defined in § 7-5.1-2(3). Each regulatory agency as so defined is authorized to adopt, subject to applicable law, rules and regulations regarding a domestic and foreign limited-liability partnership rendering professional services. The rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with law or rules or regulations regarding the rendering of professional services through a professional corporation.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 284, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 205, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-12-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-32 - Partner accountable as a fiduciary.

§ 7-12-32. Partner accountable as a fiduciary.(a) Every partner must account to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it any profits derived by him or her without the consent of the other partners from any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or liquidation of the partnership or from any use by him or her of its property.(b) This section applies also to the representatives of a deceased partner engaged in the liquidation of the affairs of the partnership as the personal representatives of the last surviving partner.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 21.
RI Gen L § 7-12-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-33 - Right to an account.

§ 7-12-33. Right to an account.Any partner has the right to a formal account as to partnership affairs:(1) If he or she is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his or her copartners.(2) If the right exists under the terms of any agreement.(3) As provided by § 7-12-32.(4) Whenever other circumstances render it just and reasonable.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 22.
RI Gen L § 7-12-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-34 - Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term.

§ 7-12-34. Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term.(a) When a partnership for a fixed term or particular undertaking is continued after the termination of the term or particular undertaking without any express agreement, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the termination, insofar as is consistent with a partnership at will.(b) A continuation of the business by the partners or those of them who habitually acted in the partnership during the term, without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs, is prima facie evidence of a continuation of the partnership.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 23.
RI Gen L § 7-12-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-35 - Extent of property rights of a partner.

§ 7-12-35. Extent of property rights of a partner.The property rights of a partner are:(1) His or her rights in specific partnership property;(2) His or her interest in the partnership; and(3) His or her rights to participate in the management.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 24.
RI Gen L § 7-12-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-36 - Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property.

§ 7-12-36. Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property.(a) A partner is co-owner with his or her partners of specific partnership property holding as a tenant in partnership.(b) The incidents of this tenancy are such that:(1) A partner, subject to the provisions of §§ 7-12-12 — 7-12-55 and to any agreement between the partners, has an equal right with his or her partners to possess specific partnership property for partnership purposes; but he or she has no right to possess the property for any other purpose without the consent of his or her partners.(2) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not assignable, except in connection with the assignment of rights of all the partners in the same property.(3) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to attachment or execution, except on a claim against the partnership. When partnership property is attached for a partnership debt, the partners, or any of them, or the representatives of a deceased partner, cannot claim any right under the exemption laws.(4) On the death of a partner, his or her right in specific partnership property vests in the surviving partner or partners, except where the deceased was the last surviving partner, when his or her right in the property vests in his or her legal representative. The surviving partner, or partners, or the legal representative of the last surviving partner, has no right to possess the partnership property for any but a partnership purpose.(5) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to dower, curtesy, or allowances to widows, heirs, or next of kin.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 25.
RI Gen L § 7-12-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-37 - Nature of partner's interest in the partnership.

§ 7-12-37. Nature of partner's interest in the partnership.A partner's interest in the partnership is his or her share of the profits and surplus, and his or her share of the profits and surplus is personal property.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 26.
RI Gen L § 7-12-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-38 - Assignment of partner's interest.

§ 7-12-38. Assignment of partner's interest.(a) A conveyance by a partner of his or her interest in the partnership does not of itself dissolve the partnership, nor, as against the other partners in the absence of agreement, entitle the assignee, during the continuance of the partnership, to interfere in the management or administration of the partnership business or affairs, to require any information or account of partnership transactions, or to inspect the partnership book. It merely entitles the assignee to receive, in accordance with his or her contract, the profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled.(b) In case of a dissolution of the partnership, the assignee is entitled to receive his or her assignor's interest and may require an account from the date only of the last account agreed to by all the partners.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 27.
RI Gen L § 7-12-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-39 - Partner's interest subject to charging order.

§ 7-12-39. Partner's interest subject to charging order.(a) On due application to the superior court by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court may charge the interest of the debtor partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment debt with interest on it; and may then or later appoint a receiver of his or her share of the profits, and of any other money due, or to fall due, to him or her in respect of the partnership, and make all other orders, directions, accounts, and inquiries that the debtor partner might have made, or that the circumstances of the case require.(b) The interest charged may be redeemed at any time before foreclosure, or in case of a sale being directed by the court, may be purchased without causing a dissolution:(1) With separate property, by any one or more of the partners; or(2) With partnership property, by any one or more of the partners with the consent of all the partners whose interests are not so charged or sold.(c) Nothing in §§ 7-12-12 — 7-12-55 deprives a partner of his or her right, if any, under the exemption laws, regarding his interest in the partnership.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 28.
RI Gen L § 7-12-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-40 - Dissolution defined.

§ 7-12-40. Dissolution defined.The dissolution of a partnership is the change in the relation of the partners caused by any partner ceasing to be associated in the carrying on as distinguished from the winding up of the business.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 29.
RI Gen L § 7-12-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-41 - Partnership not terminated by dissolution.

§ 7-12-41. Partnership not terminated by dissolution.On dissolution the partnership is not terminated, but continues until the winding up of partnership affairs is completed.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 30.
RI Gen L § 7-12-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-12 - Partnerships|Section 7-12-42 - Causes of dissolution.

§ 7-12-42. Causes of dissolution.Dissolution is caused:(1) Without violation of the agreement between the partners:(i) By the termination of the definite term or particular undertaking specified in the agreement;(ii) By the express will of any partner when no definite term or particular undertaking is specified;(iii) By the express will of all the partners who have not assigned their interests or suffered them to be charged for their separate debts, either before or after the termination of any specified term or particular undertaking;(iv) By the expulsion of any partner from the business bona fide in accordance with the power conferred by the agreement between the partners;(2) In contravention of the agreement between the partners, where the circumstances do not permit a dissolution under any other provision of this section, by the express will of any partner at any time;(3) By any event that makes it unlawful for the business of the partnership to be carried on or for the members to carry it on in partnership;(4) By the death of any partner;(5) By the bankruptcy of any partner or the partnership;(6) By decree of court under § 7-12-43.History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 31.