Code of Alabama - Title 10A: Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code - Section 10A-9A-1.03 - Knowledge and notice

Section 10A-9A-1.03 - Knowledge and notice.

(a) A person knows a fact when the person:

(1) has actual knowledge of it; or

(2) is deemed to know it under law other than this chapter.

(b) A person has notice of a fact when the person:

(1) knows of it;

(2) receives notification of it;

(3) has reason to know the fact from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question; or

(4) is deemed to have notice of the fact under subsection (d).

(c) A person notifies or gives a notification to another person by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person knows the fact.

(d) A person is deemed to have notice of a limited partnership's:

(1) matters included in the certificate of formation under Sections 10A-9A-2.01(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), if applicable, (a)(5), and (a)(6) upon filing;

(2) general partner dissociating as a general partner, 90 days after the effective date of an amendment to the certificate of formation which states that the general partner has dissociated or 90 days after the effective date of a statement of dissociation pertaining to the general partner, whichever occurs first;

(3) dissolution, 90 days after a statement of dissolution under Section 10A-9A-8.02 or Section 10A-9A-8.03 becomes effective;

(4) merger or conversion under Article 10 of this chapter or under Article 8 of Chapter 1, 90 days after the statement of merger or conversion becomes effective; or

(5) reinstatement, 90 days after a certificate of reinstatement under Section 10A-9A-8.11 becomes effective.

(e) A general partner's knowledge, notice, or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the limited partnership is effective immediately as knowledge of, notice to, or receipt of a notification by the limited partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the limited partnership committed by or with the consent of the general partner. A limited partner's knowledge, notice, or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the limited partnership is not effective as knowledge of, notice to, or receipt of a notification by the limited partnership solely by reason of the partner's capacity as a limited partner.

(Act 2016-379, §1.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021