35-12-701. Admission of limited partners.


     35-12-701. Admission of limited partners. (1) A person becomes a limited partner:
     (a) at the time the limited partnership is formed; or
     (b) at any later time specified in the partnership agreement for becoming a limited partner.
     (2) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:
     (a) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and
     (b) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in 35-12-1104, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.

     History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 522, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 268, L. 1997.