Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 25 Partnerships - Section 25.10.370 Limitations on distributions

§ 25.10.370. Limitations on distributions

(1) A limited partnership shall not make a distribution to a partner to the extent that at the time of the distribution, after giving effect to the distribution, (a) the limited partnership would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business, or (b) all liabilities of the limited partnership, other than liabilities to partners on account of their partnership interests and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specified property of the limited partnership, exceed the fair value of the assets of the limited partnership, except that the fair value of property that is subject to a liability for which the recourse of creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of the limited partnership only to the extent that the fair value of that property exceeds that liability.

(2)(a) A limited partner who receives a distribution in violation of subsection (1) of this section, and who knew at the time of the distribution that the distribution violated subsection (1) of this section, shall be liable to the limited partnership for the amount of the distribution.

(b) A limited partner who receives a distribution in violation of subsection (1) of this section, and who did not know at the time of the distribution that the distribution violated subsection (1) of this section, shall not be liable for the amount of the distribution. This subsection (2)(b) shall not affect any obligation or liability of a limited partner under a partnership agreement or other applicable law for the amount of a distribution.

(3) A limited partner who receives a distribution from a limited partnership shall have no liability under this chapter for the amount of the distribution after the expiration of three years from the date of the distribution, except to the extent such limited partner shall have agreed in writing to extend liability beyond the expiration of the three-year period.

[1991 c 269 § 29; 1987 c 55 § 28; 1981 c 51 § 37.]

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