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AB566,105,17 15179.0401 Becoming general partner. (1) Upon formation of a limited
16partnership, a person becomes a general partner as agreed among the persons that
17are to be the initial partners.
AB566,105,19 18(2) After formation of a limited partnership, a person becomes a general
19partner in any of the following ways:
AB566,105,2020 (a) As provided in the partnership agreement.
AB566,105,2121 (b) As a result of a transaction effective under subch. XI.
AB566,105,2222 (c) With the affirmative vote or consent of all the partners.
AB566,105,2323 (d) As provided in s. 179.0801 (1) (c) 2.
AB566,105,24 24(3) A person may become a general partner without doing any of the following:
AB566,105,2525 (a) Acquiring a transferable interest.
AB566,106,1
1(b) Making or being obligated to make a contribution to the partnership.
AB566,106,4 2179.0402 General partner agent of limited partnership. Subject to the
3effect of a statement of partnership authority under s. 179.04023, the following rules
4apply:
AB566,106,12 5(1) Each general partner is an agent of the limited partnership for the purposes
6of its activities and affairs. An act of a general partner, including the signing of a
7record in the partnership's name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course
8the partnership's activities and affairs or activities and affairs of the kind carried on
9by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the general partner did not have
10authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with
11which the general partner was dealing knew or had notice that the general partner
12lacked authority.
AB566,106,16 13(2) An act of a general partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the
14ordinary course the limited partnership's activities and affairs or activities and
15affairs of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership only if the act
16was actually authorized by all the other partners.
AB566,106,19 17179.04023 Statement of partnership authority. (1) (a) A limited
18partnership may deliver to the department for filing a statement of partnership
19authority.
AB566,106,2020 (b) The statement of authority must include all of the following:
AB566,106,2121 1. The name of the partnership.
AB566,106,2322 2. The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the
23name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.
AB566,107,3
1(c) With respect to any position that exists in or with respect to the partnership,
2the statement of authority may state the authority, or limitations on the authority,
3of all persons holding the position to do any of the following:
AB566,107,54 1. Sign an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the
5partnership.
AB566,107,76 2. Enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the
7partnership.
AB566,107,98 (d) The statement of authority may state the authority, or limitations on the
9authority, of a specific person to do any of the following:
AB566,107,1110 1. Sign an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the
11partnership.
AB566,107,1312 2. Enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the
13partnership.
AB566,107,16 14(2) To amend or cancel a statement of authority filed by the department, a
15limited partnership must deliver to the department for filing an amendment or
16cancellation stating all of the following:
AB566,107,1717 (a) The name of the partnership.
AB566,107,1918 (b) The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the
19name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.
AB566,107,2020 (c) The date the statement being affected became effective.
AB566,107,2221 (d) The contents of the amendment or a declaration that the statement is
22canceled.
AB566,108,2 23(2m) (a) A statement of authority is renewable for successive 5-year periods.
24To renew a statement of authority filed by the department, a partnership must

1deliver to the department for filing, during the 3 months before the cancellation
2would occur under sub. (10), a statement of renewal that includes all of the following:
AB566,108,33 1. The name of the partnership.
AB566,108,54 2. The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the
5name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.
AB566,108,66 3. The statement of authority being affected.
AB566,108,77 4. A declaration that the statement of authority is being renewed.
AB566,108,108 (b) When filed, a statement of renewal that complies with par. (a) renews the
9statement of authority for a 5-year period commencing with the date of filing of the
10statement of renewal.
AB566,108,12 11(3) A statement of authority affects only the power of a person to bind a
12partnership to persons that are not partners.
AB566,108,16 13(4) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 179.0103 (4) (cr), and except as otherwise provided
14in subs. (6) to (8), a limitation on the authority of a person or a position contained in
15an effective statement of authority is not by itself evidence of any person's knowledge
16or notice of the limitation.
AB566,108,20 17(5) Subject to sub. (3), a grant of authority not pertaining to transfers of real
18property and contained in an effective statement of authority is conclusive in favor
19of a person that gives value in reliance on the grant, except to the extent that when
20the person gives value any of the following applies:
AB566,108,2121 (a) The person has knowledge to the contrary.
AB566,108,2222 (b) The statement has been canceled or restrictively amended under sub. (2).
AB566,108,2423 (c) A limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that
24became effective after the statement containing the grant became effective.
AB566,109,6
1(6) Subject to sub. (3), an effective statement of authority that grants authority
2to transfer real property held in the name of the partnership, a certified copy of which
3statement is recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the
4property is located, is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value in reliance on
5the grant without knowledge to the contrary, except to the extent that when the
6person gives value any of the following applies:
AB566,109,97 (a) The statement has been canceled or restrictively amended under sub. (2),
8and a certified copy of the cancellation or restrictive amendment has been recorded
9in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the property is located.
AB566,109,1310 (b) A limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that
11became effective after the statement containing the grant became effective, and a
12certified copy of the later-effective statement is recorded in the office of the register
13of deeds for the county in which the property is located.
AB566,109,17 14(7) Subject to sub. (3), if a certified copy of an effective statement containing
15a limitation on the authority to transfer real property held in the name of a
16partnership is recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which
17the property is located, all persons are deemed to know of the limitation.
AB566,109,20 18(8) Subject to sub. (9), an effective statement of dissolution is a cancellation of
19any filed statement of authority for the purposes of sub. (6) and is a limitation on
20authority for purposes of sub. (7).
AB566,109,24 21(9) After a statement of dissolution becomes effective, a limited partnership
22may deliver to the department for filing and, if appropriate, may record a statement
23of authority that is designated as a postdissolution statement of authority. The
24statement operates as provided in subs. (6) and (7).
AB566,110,4
1(10) Unless canceled earlier, an effective statement of authority is canceled by
2operation of law 5 years after the date on which the statement, or its most recent
3amendment or renewal, was filed. The cancellation is effective without recording
4under sub. (6) or (7).
AB566,110,6 5(11) An effective statement of denial operates as a restrictive amendment
6under this section and may be recorded by certified copy for purposes of sub. (6) (a).
AB566,110,10 7(11m) Certified copies to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds are
8to be sent by the person desiring the copies to be recorded and the department is not
9obligated to send the copies to the office of the register of deeds unless it chooses to
10undertake this responsibility.
AB566,110,13 11179.04025 Statement of denial. A person named in a filed statement of
12authority granting that person authority may deliver to the department for filing a
13statement of denial that does all of the following:
AB566,110,15 14(1) Provides the name of the limited partnership and the caption of the
15statement of authority to which the statement of denial pertains.
AB566,110,16 16(2) Denies the grant of authority.
AB566,110,21 17179.0403 Limited partnership liable for general partner's actionable
18conduct.
(1) A limited partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person,
19or for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission, or other actionable
20conduct, of a general partner acting in the ordinary course of partnership activities
21and affairs or with the actual or apparent authority of the partnership.
AB566,111,2 22(2) If, in the course of the limited partnership's activities and affairs or while
23acting with actual or apparent authority of the partnership, a general partner
24receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a

1partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a general partner, the
2partnership is liable for the loss.
AB566,111,6 3179.0404 General partner's liability. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
4subs. (2) and (3), all general partners are liable jointly and severally for all debts,
5obligations, and other liabilities of the limited partnership unless otherwise agreed
6by the claimant or provided by law.
AB566,111,9 7(2) A person that becomes a general partner is not personally liable for a debt,
8obligation, or other liability of the limited partnership incurred before the person
9became a general partner.
AB566,111,15 10(3) (a) A debt, obligation, or other liability of a limited partnership incurred
11while the partnership is a limited liability limited partnership is solely the debt,
12obligation, or other liability of the limited liability limited partnership. A general
13partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or
14otherwise, for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability limited
15partnership solely by reason of being or acting as a general partner.
AB566,111,1816 (b) This subsection applies despite anything inconsistent in the partnership
17agreement that existed immediately before the vote or consent required to become
18a limited liability limited partnership under s. 179.0406 (2) (b).
AB566,111,1919 (c) This subsection applies regardless of the dissolution of the partnership.
AB566,111,23 20(4) The failure of a limited liability limited partnership to observe formalities
21relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its activities and affairs is not
22a ground for imposing liability on a general partner for a debt, obligation, or other
23liability of the partnership.
AB566,112,3 24(5) An amendment of a certificate of limited partnership which deletes a
25statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership does

1not affect the limitation in this section on the liability of a general partner for a debt,
2obligation, or other liability of the limited partnership incurred before the
3amendment became effective.
AB566,112,6 4179.0405 Actions against partnership and partners. (1) To the extent not
5inconsistent with s. 179.0404, a general partner may be joined in an action against
6the limited partnership or named in a separate action.
AB566,112,9 7(2) A judgment against a limited partnership is not by itself a judgment against
8a general partner. A judgment against a partnership may not be satisfied from a
9general partner's assets unless there is also a judgment against the general partner.
AB566,112,13 10(3) A judgment creditor of a general partner may not levy execution against the
11assets of the general partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the
12limited partnership unless the partner is personally liable for the claim under s.
13179.0404 and any of the following is true:
AB566,112,1614 (a) A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained against the limited
15partnership and a writ of execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied
16in whole or in part.
AB566,112,1717 (b) The partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy.
AB566,112,1918 (c) The general partner has agreed that the creditor need not exhaust
19partnership assets.
AB566,112,2420 (d) A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy execution against
21the assets of a general partner based on a finding that partnership assets subject to
22execution are clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of
23partnership assets is excessively burdensome, or that the grant of permission is an
24appropriate exercise of the court's equitable powers.
AB566,113,2
1(e) Liability is imposed on the general partner by law or contract independent
2of the existence of the partnership.
AB566,113,8 3179.0406 Management rights of general partner. (1) Each general
4partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited partnership's
5activities and affairs. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any matter
6relating to the activities and affairs of the partnership is decided exclusively by the
7general partner or, if there is more than one general partner, by a majority of the
8general partners.
AB566,113,10 9(2) The affirmative vote or consent of all the partners is required to do any of
10the following:
AB566,113,1111 (a) Amend the partnership agreement.
AB566,113,1312 (b) Amend the certificate of limited partnership to add or delete a statement
13that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.
AB566,113,1614 (c) Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the
15limited partnership's property, with or without the good will, other than in the usual
16and regular course of the limited partnership's activities and affairs.
AB566,114,4 17(2m) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, any action that
18is to be voted on or consented to by some or all of the general partners may be taken
19without a meeting of the general partners entitled to vote or consent if all of such
20partners consent to the action. The consent shall be evidenced by one or more written
21consents describing the action, signed by each of such partners, and delivered to the
22partnership for inclusion in the partnership records. Unless otherwise provided in
23the partnership agreement, if a person, whether or not then a general partner, so
24consenting directs, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such
25consent will be effective at a future time, including a time determined upon the

1happening of an event, then the person shall be deemed to have consented as a
2partner at this future time so long as the person is then a general partner and did
3not revoke the consent prior to that time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior
4to its becoming effective.
AB566,114,7 5(3) A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for an advance to
6the partnership beyond the amount of capital the general partner agreed to
7contribute.
AB566,114,11 8(4) A payment or advance made by a general partner which gives rise to an
9obligation of the limited partnership under sub. (3) or s. 179.0408 (1) constitutes a
10loan to the limited partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment
11or advance.
AB566,114,14 12(5) Unless authorized by the partnership agreement or otherwise in
13accordance with this chapter, a general partner is not entitled to remuneration for
14services performed for the partnership.
AB566,114,18 15179.0407 Rights to information of general partner and person
16dissociated as general partner.
(1) A general partner may inspect and copy
17required information during regular business hours in the limited partnership's
18principal office, without having any particular purpose for seeking the information.
AB566,114,24 19(2) On reasonable notice, a general partner may inspect and copy during
20regular business hours, at a reasonable location specified by the limited partnership,
21any record maintained by the partnership regarding the partnership's activities,
22affairs, financial condition, and other circumstances, to the extent the information
23is material to the general partner's rights and duties under the partnership
24agreement or this chapter.
AB566,115,2
1(3) A limited partnership shall furnish to each general partner all of the
2following:
AB566,115,83 (a) Without demand, any information concerning the partnership's activities,
4affairs, financial condition, and other circumstances which the partnership knows
5and is material to the proper exercise of the general partner's rights and duties under
6the partnership agreement or this chapter, except to the extent the partnership can
7establish that it reasonably believes the general partner already knows the
8information.
AB566,115,129 (b) On demand, any other information concerning the partnership's activities,
10affairs, financial condition, and other circumstances, except to the extent the
11demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under
12the circumstances.
AB566,115,15 13(4) The duty to furnish information under sub. (3) also applies to each general
14partner on whom a demand is made to the extent the general partner knows any of
15the information described in sub. (2).
AB566,115,19 16(5) On 10 days' demand made in a record received by a limited partnership, a
17person dissociated as a general partner may have access to the information and
18records described in subs. (1) and (2) at the locations specified in those subsections
19if all of the following apply:
AB566,115,2120 (a) The information or record pertains to the period during which the person
21was a general partner.
AB566,115,2222 (b) The person seeks the information or record in good faith.
AB566,115,2423 (c) The person satisfies the requirements imposed on a limited partner by s.
24179.0304 (2).
AB566,116,2
1(6) A limited partnership shall respond to a demand made pursuant to sub. (5)
2in the manner provided in s. 179.0304 (3).
AB566,116,4 3(7) A limited partnership may charge a person that makes a demand under this
4section the reasonable costs of copying, limited to the costs of labor and material.
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