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CA Corp Code § 16310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 3 - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership|Section 16310.

16310.  (a) If a partnership has designated an agent for service of process, process may be served on the partnership as provided in this section and in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(b) Personal service of a copy of any process against the partnership by delivery to an individual designated by it as agent, or if the designated agent is a corporation, to a person named in the latest certificate of the corporate agent filed pursuant to Section 1505 at the office of the corporate agent, shall constitute valid service on the partnership.(c) No change in the address of the agent for service of process or appointment of a new agent for service of process shall be effective until an amendment to the statement of partnership authority is filed.(d) (1) If an agent for service of process has resigned and has not been replaced, or if the designated agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the address designated for personal delivery of the process, and it is shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court that process against a partnership cannot be served with reasonable diligence upon the designated agent by hand in the manner provided in Section 415.10, subdivision (a) of Section 415.20, or subdivision (a) of Section 415.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court may make an order that the service shall be made on a partnership by delivering by hand to the Secretary of State, or to any person employed in the Secretary of State’s office in the capacity of assistant or deputy, one copy of the process for each defendant to be served, together with a copy of the order authorizing the service. Service in this manner shall be deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the Secretary of State.(2) Upon receipt of the copy of process and the fee for service, the Secretary of State shall give notice of the service of the process to the partnership, at its principal executive office, by forwarding to that office, by registered mail with request for return receipt, the copy of the process.(3) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all process served on the Secretary of State under this section and shall record therein the time of service and the action taken by the Secretary of State. A certificate under the Secretary of State’s official seal, certifying to the receipt of process, the giving of notice to the partnership, and the forwarding of the process pursuant to this section, shall be competent and prima facie evidence of the service of process.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 178, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Corp Code § 16401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16401.

16401.  (a) Each partner is deemed to have an account that is subject to both of the following:(1) Credited with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, the partner contributes to the partnership and the partner’s share of the partnership profits.(2) Subject to Sections 16306 and 16957, charged with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, distributed by the partnership to the partner and the partner’s share of the partnership losses.(b) Each partner is entitled to an equal share of the partnership profits and, subject to Sections 16306 and 16957, is chargeable with a share of the partnership losses in proportion to the partner’s share of the profits.(c) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for payments made and indemnify a partner for liabilities incurred by the partner in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or for the preservation of its business or property.(d) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for an advance to the partnership beyond the amount of capital the partner agreed to contribute.(e) A payment or advance made by a partner that gives rise to a partnership obligation under subdivision (c) or (d) constitutes a loan to the partnership that accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.(f) Each partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the partnership business.(g) A partner may use or possess partnership property only on behalf of the partnership.(h) A partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the business of the partnership.(i) A person may become a partner only with the consent of all of the partners.(j) A difference arising as to a matter in the ordinary course of business of a partnership may be decided by a majority of the partners. An act outside the ordinary course of business of a partnership and an amendment to the partnership agreement may be undertaken only with the consent of all of the partners.(k) This section does not affect the obligations of a partnership to other persons under Section 16301.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16402.

16402.  A partner has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16403.

16403.  (a) A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, in writing or in any other form capable of being converted into clearly legible tangible form, at its chief executive office.(b) A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to its books and records. It shall provide former partners and their agents and attorneys access to books and records pertaining to the period during which they were partners. The right of access provides the opportunity to inspect and copy books and records during ordinary business hours. A partnership may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of documents furnished.(c) Each partner and the partnership shall furnish to a partner, and to the legal representative of a deceased partner or partner under legal disability, both of the following, which may be transmitted by electronic transmission by the partnership (subdivision (4) of Section 16101):(1) Without demand, any information concerning the partnership’s business and affairs reasonably required for the proper exercise of the partner’s rights and duties under the partnership agreement or this chapter; and(2) On demand, any other information concerning the partnership’s business and affairs, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 254, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Corp Code § 16404 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16404.

16404.  (a) The fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c).(b) A partner’s duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners includes all of the following:(1) To account to the partnership and hold as trustee for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the partner in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business or derived from a use by the partner of partnership property or information, including the appropriation of a partnership opportunity.(2) To refrain from dealing with the partnership in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business as or on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the partnership.(3) To refrain from competing with the partnership in the conduct of the partnership business before the dissolution of the partnership.(c) A partner’s duty of care to the partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business is limited to refraining from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.(d) A partner shall discharge the duties to the partnership and the other partners under this chapter or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.(e) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this chapter or under the partnership agreement merely because the partner’s conduct furthers the partner’s own interest.(f) A partner may lend money to and transact other business with the partnership, and as to each loan or transaction, the rights and obligations of the partner regarding performance or enforcement are the same as those of a person who is not a partner, subject to other applicable law.(g) This section applies to a person winding up the partnership business as the personal or legal representative of the last surviving partner as if the person were a partner.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16405.

16405.  (a) A partnership may maintain an action against a partner for a breach of the partnership agreement, or for the violation of a duty to the partnership, causing harm to the partnership.(b) A partner may maintain an action against the partnership or another partner for legal or equitable relief, with or without an accounting as to partnership business, to do any of the following:(1) Enforce the partner’s rights under the partnership agreement.(2) Enforce the partner’s rights under this chapter, including all of the following:(A) The partner’s rights under Section 16401, 16403, or 16404.(B) The partner’s right on dissociation to have the partner’s interest in the partnership purchased pursuant to Section 16701 or 16701.5, or to enforce any other right under Article 6 (commencing with Section 16601) or 7 (commencing with Section 16701).(C) The partner’s right to compel a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under Section 16801 or enforce any other right under Article 8 (commencing with Section 16801).(3) Enforce the rights and otherwise protect the interests of the partner, including rights and interests arising independently of the partnership relationship.(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 Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 4 - Relations of Partners to Each Other and to Partnership|Section 16406.

16406.  (a) If a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking is continued, without an express agreement, after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration or completion, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.(b) If the partners, or those of them who habitually acted in the business during the term or undertaking, continue the business without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership, they are presumed to have agreed that the partnership will continue.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 5 - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|Section 16501.

16501.  A partner is not a coowner of partnership property and has no interest in partnership property that can be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 5 - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|Section 16502.

16502.  The only transferable interest of a partner in the partnership is the partner’s share of the profits and losses of the partnership and the partner’s right to receive distributions. The interest is personal property.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 5 - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|Section 16503.

16503.  (a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s transferable interest in the partnership is permissible. However, a transfer does not do either of the following:(1) By itself cause the partner’s dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business.(2) As against the other partners or the partnership, entitle the transferee, during the continuance of the partnership, to participate in the management or conduct of the partnership business, to require access to information concerning partnership transactions, or to inspect or copy the partnership books or records.(b) A transferee of a partner’s transferable interest in the partnership has a right to all of the following:(1) To receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled.(2) To receive upon the dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, in accordance with the transfer, the net amount otherwise distributable to the transferor.(3) To seek under paragraph (6) of Section 16801 a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business.(c) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee is entitled to an account of partnership transactions only from the date of the latest account agreed to by all of the partners.(d) Upon transfer, the transferor retains the rights and duties of a partner other than the interest in distributions transferred.(e) A partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until it has notice of the transfer.(f) A transfer of a partner’s transferable interest in the 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.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 5 - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|Section 16504.

16504.  (a) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner’s transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. 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 that the circumstances of the case may require.(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s transferable interest in the partnership. The court may order a foreclosure of 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 in any of the following manners:(1) By the judgment debtor.(2) With property other than partnership property, by one or more of the other partners.(3) With partnership property, by one or more of the other partners with the consent of all of the partners whose interests are not so charged.(d) This chapter does not deprive a partner of a right under exemption laws with respect to the partner’s interest in the partnership.(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or partner’s transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest in the partnership.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 6 - Partner s Dissociation|Section 16602.

16602.  (a) A partner has the power to dissociate at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to paragraph (1) of Section 16601.(b) A partner’s dissociation is wrongful only if any of the following apply:(1) It is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement.(2) In the case of a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking, before the expiration of the term or the completion of the undertaking if any of the following apply:(A) The partner withdraws by express will, unless the withdrawal follows within 90 days after another partner’s dissociation by death or otherwise under paragraphs (6) to (10), inclusive, of Section 16601 or wrongful dissociation under this subdivision.(B) The partner is expelled by judicial determination under paragraph (5) of Section 16601.(C) The partner is dissociated by becoming a debtor in bankruptcy.(D) In the case of a partner who is not an individual, trust other than a business trust, or estate, the partner is expelled or otherwise dissociated because it willfully dissolved or terminated.(c) A partner who wrongfully dissociates is liable to the partnership and to the other partners for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability is in addition to any other obligation of the partner to the partnership or to the other partners.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 6 - Partner s Dissociation|Section 16603.

16603.  Upon a partner’s dissociation, all of the following apply:(1) The partner’s right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business terminates.(2) The partner’s duty of loyalty under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 16404 terminates.(3) The partner’s duty of loyalty under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16404 and duty of care under subdivision (c) of Section 16404 continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the partner’s dissociation.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16701.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 7 - Partner s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|Section 16701.5.

16701.5.  (a) Section 16701 shall not apply to any dissociation that occurs within 90 days prior to a dissolution under Section 16801.(b) For dissociations occurring within 90 days prior to the dissolution, both of the following shall apply:(1) All partners who dissociated within 90 days prior to the dissolution shall be treated as partners under Section 16807.(2) Any damages for wrongful dissociation under Section 16602 and all other amounts owed by the dissociated partner to the partnership, whether or not presently due, shall be taken into account in determining the amount distributable to the dissociated partner under Section 16807.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 263, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Corp Code § 16702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 7 - Partner s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|Section 16702.

16702.  (a) For two years after a partner dissociates, the partnership, including a surviving partnership under Article 9 (commencing with Section 16901), is bound by an act of the dissociated partner that would have bound the partnership under Section 16301 before dissociation only if at the time of entering into the transaction all of the following apply to the other party:(1) The other party reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner.(2) The other party did not have notice of the partner’s dissociation.(3) The other party is not deemed to have had knowledge under subdivision (e) of Section 16303 or notice under subdivision (c) of Section 16704.(b) A dissociated partner is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from an obligation incurred by the dissociated partner after dissociation for which the partnership is liable under subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 7 - Partner s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|Section 16703.

16703.  (a) A partner’s dissociation does not of itself discharge the partner’s liability for a partnership obligation incurred before dissociation. A dissociated partner is not liable for a partnership obligation incurred after dissociation, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b).(b) Except for registered limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships, a partner who dissociates is liable as a partner to the other party in a transaction entered into by the partnership, or a surviving partnership under Article 9 (commencing with Section 16901), within two years after the partner’s dissociation, only if at the time of entering into the transaction all of the following apply to the other party:(1) The other party reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner.(2) The other party did not have notice of the partner’s dissociation.(3) The other party is not deemed to have had knowledge under subdivision (e) of Section 16303 or notice under subdivision (c) of Section 16704.(c) By agreement with the partnership creditor and the partners continuing the business, a dissociated partner may be released from liability for a partnership obligation.(d) A dissociated partner is released from liability for a partnership obligation if a partnership creditor, with notice of the partner’s dissociation but without the partner’s consent, agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of a partnership obligation.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Corp Code § 16704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 5 - Uniform Partnership Act of 1994|ARTICLE 7 - Partner s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|Section 16704.

16704.  (a) A dissociated partner or the partnership may file a statement of dissociation stating the name of the partnership as filed with the Secretary of State, any identification number issued by the Secretary of State, and that the partner is dissociated from the partnership.(b) A statement of dissociation is a limitation on the authority of a dissociated partner for the purposes of subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 16303.(c) For the purposes of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 16702 and paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 16703, a person not a partner is deemed to have notice of the dissociation 90 days after the statement of dissociation is filed.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)