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DC Code § 29-602.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter II - Nature of Partnership|§ 29-602.02. Formation of partnership

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the association of 2 or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business for profit shall form a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership. (b) An association formed under a statute other than this chapter, a predecessor statute, or a comparable statute of another jurisdiction shall not be a partnership under this chapter. (c) In determining whether a partnership is formed, the following rules shall apply: (1) Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property, common property, or part ownership shall not by itself establish a partnership, even if the co-owners share profits made by the use of the property. (2) The sharing of gross returns shall not by itself establish a partnership, even if the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in property from which the returns are derived. (3) A person that receives a share of the profits of a business shall be presumed to be a partner in the business, unless the profits were received in payment: (A) Of a debt by installments or otherwise; (B) For services as an independent contractor or of wages or other compensation to an employee; (C) Of rent; (D) Of an annuity or other retirement or health benefit to a beneficiary, representative, or designee of a deceased or retired partner; (E) Of interest or other charge on a loan, even if the amount of payment varies with the profits of the business, including a direct or indirect present or future ownership of the collateral, or rights to income, proceeds, or increase in value derived from the collateral; or (F) For the sale of the goodwill of a business or other property by installments or otherwise.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-102.02. 1981 Ed., § 41-152.2. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-101.02, § 29-601.02, § 29-604.02, and § 47-2855.01. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 202 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-602.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter II - Nature of Partnership|§ 29-602.03. Partnership property

Property acquired by a partnership shall be property of the partnership and not of the partners individually.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-102.03. 1981 Ed., § 41-152.3. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 203 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-602.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter II - Nature of Partnership|§ 29-602.04. When property is partnership property

(a) Property shall be partnership property if acquired in the name of: (1) The partnership; or (2) One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indication of the name of the partnership. (b) Property shall be acquired in the name of the partnership by a transfer to: (1) The partnership in its name; or (2) One or more partners in their capacity as partners in the partnership, if the name of the partnership is indicated in the instrument transferring title to the property. (c) Property shall be presumed to be partnership property if purchased with partnership assets, even if not acquired in the name of the partnership or of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership. (d) Property acquired in the name of one or more of the partners, without an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership and without use of partnership assets, shall be presumed to be separate property, even if used for partnership purposes.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-102.04. 1981 Ed., § 41-152.4. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 204 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-603.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.01. Partner agent of partnership

Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 29-603.03: (1) Each partner shall be an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. (2) An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership shall bind the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority. (3) An act of a partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership shall bind the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other partners.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.01. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.1. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-603.02, § 29-604.01, § 29-607.02, § 29-608.04, and § 29-608.05. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 301 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-603.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.02. Transfer of partnership property

(a) Partnership property may be transferred as follows: (1) Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 29-603.03, partnership property held in the name of the partnership may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partnership name. (2) Partnership property held in the name of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them in their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, but without an indication of the name of the partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held. (3) Partnership property held in the name of one or more persons other than the partnership, without an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them in their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held. (b) A partnership may recover partnership property from a transferee only if it proves that execution of the instrument of initial transfer did not bind the partnership under § 29-603.01 and: (1) As to a subsequent transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section, proves that the subsequent transferee knew or had received a notification that the person that executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership; or (2) As to a transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(3) of this section, proves that the transferee knew or had received a notification that the property was partnership property and that the person that executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership. (c) A partnership shall not recover partnership property from a subsequent transferee if the partnership would not have been entitled to recover the property, under subsection (b) of this section, from any earlier transferee of the property. (d) If a person holds all of the partners’ interests in the partnership, all of the partnership property shall vest in that person. The person may execute a document in the name of the partnership to evidence vesting of the property in that person and may file or record the document.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.02. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.2. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-609.04. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 302 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-603.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.04. Statement of denial

A partner or other person named as a partner in a filed statement of partnership authority or in a list maintained by an agent pursuant to § 29-603.03(b) may deliver to the Mayor for filing a statement of denial stating the name of the partnership and the fact that is being denied, which may include denial of a person’s authority or status as a partner. A statement of denial shall be a limitation on authority as provided in § 29-603.03(d) and (e).  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(3)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.04. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.4. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “deliver to the Mayor for filing” for “file.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 304 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act). Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-603.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.05. Partnership liable for partner’s actionable conduct

(a) A partnership shall be 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 partner acting in the ordinary course of business of the partnership or with authority of the partnership. (b) If, in the course of the partnership’s business or while acting with authority of the partnership, a partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a partner, the partnership shall be liable for the loss.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.05. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.5. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 305 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-603.06 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.06. Partner’s liability

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all partners shall be liable jointly and severally for all debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law. (b) A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership shall not be personally liable for any partnership debt, obligation, or other liability incurred before the person’s admission as a partner. (c) An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall be solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership. A partner shall not be personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for such a debt, obligation, or other liability solely by reason of being or so acting as a partner. This subsection shall apply notwithstanding anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the vote required to become a limited liability partnership under § 29-610.01(b). (d) The failure of a limited liability partnership to observe any formalities relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business is not a ground for imposing liability on any partner of the partnership for any debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership. (e) The cancellation or administrative revocation of a limited liability partnership’s statement of qualification does not affect this section’s limitation on the liability of a partner for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership incurred while the statement was in effect.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(3)(C), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.06. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.6. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.02, § 29-603.07, § 29-607.03, § 29-608.06, § 29-608.07, § 29-608.08, § 29-608.09, § 29-608.11, and § 29-609.03. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “debt, obligation, or other liability” or a variant thereof for “obligation” or a variant thereof in (a), (b), and (c); and added (d) and (e). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 306 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act). Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-603.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.07. Actions by and against partnership and partners

(a) A partnership may sue and be sued in the name of the partnership. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, action may be brought against the partnership and, to the extent not inconsistent with § 29-603.06, any or all of the partners in the same action or in separate actions. (c) A judgment against a partnership shall not by itself be a judgment against a partner. A judgment against a partnership shall not be satisfied from a partner’s assets unless there is also a judgment against the partner. (d) A judgment creditor of a partner may not levy execution against the assets of the partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the partnership unless the partner is personally liable for the claim under § 29-603.06 and: (1) A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained against the partnership and a writ of execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part; (2) The partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy; (3) The partner has agreed that the creditor need not exhaust partnership assets; (4) A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy execution against the assets of a partner based on a finding that partnership assets subject to execution are clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of 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 partner by law or contract independent of the existence of the partnership. (e) This section shall apply to any partnership debt, obligation, or other liability resulting from a representation by a partner or purported partner under § 29-603.08. (f) A partner is not a proper party to an action against a partnership if that partner is not personally liable for the claim under § 29-603.06.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(3)(D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.07. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.7. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.04. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “debt, obligation, or other liability” for “liability or obligation” in (e); and substituted “is not” for “shall not be” in (f). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 307 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act). Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-603.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter III - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|§ 29-603.08. Liability of purported partner

(a) If a person, by words or conduct, purports to be a partner, or consents to being represented by another as a partner, in a partnership or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner shall be liable to a person to whom the representation is made, if that person, relying on the representation, enters into a transaction with the actual or purported partnership. If the representation, either by the purported partner or by a person with the purported partner’s consent, is made in a public manner, the purported partner shall be liable to a person that relies upon the purported partnership even if the purported partner is not aware of being held out as a partner to the claimant. If partnership liability results, the purported partner shall be liable with respect to that liability as if the purported partner were a partner. If no partnership liability results, the purported partner shall be liable with respect to that liability jointly and severally with any other person consenting to the representation. (b) If a person is thus represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner shall be an agent of persons consenting to the representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as if the purported partner were a partner, with respect to persons that enter into transactions in reliance upon the representation. If all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation shall result. If fewer than all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, the person acting and the partners consenting to the representation shall be jointly and severally liable. (c) A person shall not be liable as a partner merely because the person is named by another in a statement of partnership authority. (d) A person shall not continue to be liable as a partner merely because of a failure to file a statement of dissociation or to amend a statement of partnership authority to indicate the partner’s dissociation from the partnership. (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, persons that are not partners as to each other shall not be liable as partners to other persons.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 2001 Ed., § 33-103.08. 1981 Ed., § 41-153.8. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-603.07. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 308 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-604.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter IV - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|§ 29-604.02. Becoming partner

(a) Upon formation of a partnership under § 29-602.02(a), a person becomes a partner. (b) After formation of a partnership, a person becomes a partner: (1) As provided in the partnership agreement; (2) As a result of a transaction effective under Subchapter [subchapter] IX of this chapter or Chapter 2 of this title; or (3) With the consent of all the partners. (c) A person may become a partner without: (1) Acquiring a transferable interest; or (2) Making or being obligated to make a contribution to the partnership.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(B), (D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-154.2. 2001 Ed., § 33-104.02. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.02. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 rewrote the section, which formerly read: “Distributions in kind. A partner shall have no right to receive, and shall not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 402 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act). See Vol. 6, Part I , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-604.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter IV - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|§ 29-604.03. Form of contribution

A contribution may consist of property transferred, services performed, or other benefit provided to the partnership or an agreement to transfer property, perform services, or provide another benefit.  (Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.02, § 29-601.04, and § 29-604.08. Editor's Notes Section 2(f)(4)(C) of D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.03 as § 29-604.06. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-604.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter IV - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|§ 29-604.04. Liability for contributions

(a) A person’s obligation to make a contribution to a partnership is not excused by the person’s death, disability, or other inability to perform personally. (b) If a person does not fulfill an obligation to make a contribution other than money, the person is obligated at the option of the partnership to contribute money equal to the value of the part of the contribution which has not been made. (c) The obligation of a person to make a contribution may be compromised only by consent of all partners. If a creditor of a limited liability partnership extends credit or otherwise acts in reliance on an obligation described in subsection (a) of this section, without notice of a compromise under this subsection, the creditor may enforce the obligation.  (Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.04, § 29-604.08, § 29-605.03, § 29-606.01, and § 29-606.03. Editor's Notes Section 2(f)(4)(C) of D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.04 as § 29-604.07. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.