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DC Code § 29-604.05 (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|§ 29-604.05. Distributions in kind; sharing of and right to distribution before dissolution

(a) Any distributions made by a partnership before its dissolution and winding up must be in equal shares among partners, except to the extent necessary to comply with a transfer effective under § 29-605.03 or charging order in effect under § 29-605.04. (b) A person has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a partnership only if the partnership decides to make an interim distribution. (c) A person does not have a right to demand or receive a distribution from a partnership in any form other than money. Except as otherwise provided in § 29-608.09, a partnership may distribute an asset in kind only if each part of the asset is fungible with each other part and each person receives a percentage of the asset equal in value to the person’s share of distributions. (d) If a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the partnership’s obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the partnership by the partner or a person dissociated as partner on whose account the distribution is made.  (Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-607.01. Editor's Notes Section 2(f)(4)(C) of D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.05 as § 29-604.08. 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 § 29-604.06 (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|§ 29-604.06. Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information

(a) A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at its principal 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: (1) Without demand, any information concerning the partnership’s business [activities] 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 [activities] and affairs, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, §§ 2(f)(4)(C), (D), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-154.3. 2001 Ed., § 33-104.03. 2001 Ed., § 29-604.03. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-605.05. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.03 as § 29-604.06; and apparently intended to substitute “activities” for “business” twice in (c). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 403 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act). Section 2(f)(4)(C) of D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.06 as § 29-604.09. 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 § 29-604.08 (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|§ 29-604.08. Actions by partnership and partners

(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 enforce the: (1) Partner’s rights under the partnership agreement; (2) Partner’s rights under this chapter, including: (A) The partner’s rights under § 29-604.01, § 29-604.03, or § 29-604.04; (B) The partner’s right on dissociation to have the partner’s interest in the partnership purchased pursuant to § 29-607.01 or enforce any other right under subchapter VI or VII of this chapter; or (C) The partner’s right to compel a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under § 29-608.01 or enforce any other right under subchapter VIII of this chapter; or (3) 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 shall be governed by other law. A right to an accounting upon a dissolution and winding up shall not revive a claim barred by law.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(C), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-154.5. 2001 Ed., § 33-104.05. 2001 Ed., § 29-604.05. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.05 as § 29-604.08. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 405 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 § 29-604.09 (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|§ 29-604.09. Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking

(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 shall 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 shall be presumed to have agreed that the partnership will continue.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(4)(C), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-154.6. 2001 Ed., § 33-104.06. 2001 Ed., § 29-604.06. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 redesignated former § 20-604.06 as § 29-604.09. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 406 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 § 29-605.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter V - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|§ 29-605.01. Partner not co-owner of partnership property

A partner shall not be a co-owner of partnership property and has no interest in partnership property which can be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-155.1. 2001 Ed., § 33-105.01. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 501 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-605.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter V - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|§ 29-605.02. Partner’s transferable interest in partnership

Except as otherwise provided in subchapter IX of this chapter or Chapter 2 of this title, 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 of a partner, whether or not transferable, shall be personal property.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(5)(A), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-155.2. 2001 Ed., § 33-105.02. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “is” for the first occurrence of “shall be.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 502 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 § 29-605.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter V - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|§ 29-605.03. Transfer of partner’s transferable interest

(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s transferable interest in the partnership: (1) Is permissible; (2) Shall not by itself cause the partner’s dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business; and (3) Shall not, 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 shall have a right to: (1) Receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled; (2) Receive upon the dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, in accordance with the transfer, the net amount otherwise distributable to the transferor; and (3) Seek under § 29-608.01(6) a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business. (c) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee shall be 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 shall retain 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 shall be ineffective as to a person having notice of the restriction at the time of transfer. (g) If a partner transfers a transferable interest to a person that becomes a partner with respect to the transferred interest, the transferee is liable for the partner’s obligations under §§ 29-604.04 and 29-610.03 known to the transferee when the transferee becomes a partner.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(5)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-155.3. 2001 Ed., § 33-105.03. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-604.05 and § 29-605.05. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 added (g). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 503 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 § 29-605.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter V - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|§ 29-605.04. Partner’s transferable interest subject to charging order

(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 which the circumstances of the case may require. (b) A charging order shall constitute 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 shall have the rights of a transferee. (c) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be redeemed: (1) By the judgment debtor; (2) With property other than partnership property, by one or more of the other partners; or (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 shall 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.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-155.4. 2001 Ed., § 33-105.04. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.09 and § 29-604.05. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 504 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-605.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter V - Transferees and Creditors of Partner|§ 29-605.05. Power of legal representative of deceased partner

If a partner dies, the deceased partner’s legal representative may exercise: (1) The rights of a transferee provided in § 29-605.03(c); and (2) For purposes of settling the estate, the rights the deceased partner had under § 29-604.06.  (Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(5)(C), 59 DCR 13171.)  Editor's Notes 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 § 29-606.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter VI - Partner’s Dissociation|§ 29-606.02. Partner’s power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation

(a) A partner may dissociate at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to § 29-606.01(1). (b) A partner’s dissociation shall be wrongful only if: (1) It is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement; or (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: (A) The partner withdraws by express will, unless the withdrawal follows within 90 days after another partner’s dissociation by death or otherwise under § 29-606.01(6) through (10) or wrongful dissociation under this subsection; (B) The partner is expelled by judicial determination under § 29-606.01(5); (C) The partner is dissociated by becoming a debtor in bankruptcy; or (D) In the case of a partner that 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 that wrongfully dissociates shall be liable to the partnership and to the other partners for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability shall be in addition to any other obligation of the partner to the partnership or to the other partners.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-156.2. 2001 Ed., § 33-106.02. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.04, § 29-607.01, and § 29-608.01. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 602 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).
DC Code § 29-606.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter VI - Partner’s Dissociation|§ 29-606.03. Effect of partner’s dissociation

(a) If a partner’s dissociation results in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, subchapter VIII of this chapter shall apply; otherwise, subchapter VII of this chapter applies. (b) Upon a partner’s dissociation: (1) The partner’s right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business terminates, except as otherwise provided in § 29-608.03; (2) The partner’s duty of loyalty under § 29-604.04(b)(3) terminates; and (3) The partner’s duty of loyalty under § 29-604.04(b)(1) and (2) and duty of care under § 29-604.04(c) continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the partner’s dissociation, unless the partner participates in winding up the partnership’s business pursuant to § 29-608.03. (c) A person’s dissociation alone does not discharge the person from a debt, obligation, or other liability to the partnership or to the other partners which the person incurred while a partner.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(6)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-156.3. 2001 Ed., § 33-106.03. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.04. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 added (c). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 603 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 § 29-607.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter VII - Partner’s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|§ 29-607.02. Dissociated partner’s power to bind and liability to partnership

(a) For 2 years after a partner dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, the partnership, including a surviving partnership under subchapter IX of this chapter, shall be bound by an act of the dissociated partner which would have bound the partnership under § 29-603.01 before dissociation only if at the time of entering into the transaction the other party: (1) Reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner; (2) Did not have notice of the partner’s dissociation; and (3) Is not deemed to have had knowledge under § 29-603.03(e) or notice under § 29-607.04(c). (b) A dissociated partner shall be liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from a debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by the dissociated partner after dissociation for which the partnership is liable under subsection (a) of this section.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(7)(A), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-157.2. 2001 Ed., § 33-107.02. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-607.01, § 29-607.04, and § 29-609.03. Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “’a debt, obligation, or other liability” for “an obligation” in (b). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 702 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 § 29-607.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter VII - Partner’s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|§ 29-607.03. Dissociated partner’s liability to other persons

(a) A partner’s dissociation shall not of itself discharge the partner’s liability for a partnership debt, obligation, or other liability incurred before dissociation. A dissociated partner shall not be liable for a partnership debt, obligation, or other liability incurred after dissociation, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) A partner that dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business shall be liable as a partner to the other party in a transaction entered into by the partnership, or a surviving partnership under subchapter IX of this chapter, within 2 years after the partner’s dissociation, only if the partner is liable for the obligation under § 29-603.06 and at the time of entering into the transaction the other party: (1) Reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner; (2) Did not have notice of the partner’s dissociation; and (3) Is not deemed to have had knowledge under § 29-603.03(e) or notice under § 29-607.04(c). (c) By agreement with the partnership creditor and the partners continuing the business, a dissociated partner may be released from liability for a partnership debt, obligation, or other liability. (d) A dissociated partner shall be released from liability for a partnership debt, obligation, or other liability 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 debt, obligation, or other liability.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(f)(7)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-157.3. 2001 Ed., § 33-107.03. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-607.04, § 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” for “obligation” in (a), (c) and (d). Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 703 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 § 29-607.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 6 - General Partnerships|Subchapter VII - Partner’s Dissociation When Business Not Wound Up|§ 29-607.04. Statement of dissociation

(a) A dissociated partner or the partnership may file a statement of dissociation stating the name of the partnership and that the partner is dissociated from the partnership. (b) A statement of dissociation shall be a limitation on the authority of a dissociated partner for the purposes of § 29-603.03(d) and (e). (c) For the purposes of §§ 29-607.02(a)(3) and 29-607.03(b)(3), a person not a partner shall be deemed to have notice of the dissociation 90 days after the statement of dissociation is filed.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 41-157.4. 2001 Ed., § 33-107.04. Section References This section is referenced in § 29-601.03, § 29-603.03, § 29-607.02, and § 29-607.03. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 704 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997 Act).