Alabama § 10A-8A-3.06 Partner’s Liability

Alabama Statutes

§ 10A-8A-3.06 — Partner’s Liability

Alabama § 10A-8A-3.06

Title 10AAlabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code

Ch. 8AAlabama Partnership Law

Art. 3Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership

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Ala. Code § 10A-8A-3.06 (2026).

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c), all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.

(b)A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred before the person’s admission as a partner.

(c)Except as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 10A-8A-10.02, a debt, obligation, or other liability of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability partnership. Except as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 10A-8A-10.02, a partner in a limited liability partnership is not personally liable o

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c), all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.
(b) A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred before the person’s admission as a partner.
(c) Except as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 10A-8A-10.02, a debt, obligation, or other liability of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability partnership. Except as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 10A-8A-10.02, a partner in a limited liability partnership is not personally liable or accountable, directly or indirectly, including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment, or otherwise, for debts, obligations, and liabilities of, or chargeable to, the limited liability partnership, or another partner or partners, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise, solely by reason of being such a partner or acting, or omitting to act, in such capacity, which such debts, obligations and liabilities occur, are incurred or are assumed while the partnership is a limited liability partnership. This subsection applies (1) despite anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the partnership becomes a limited liability partnership, and (2) regardless of the dissolution of the limited liability partnership.
(d) Subsection (c) of this section shall not affect the liability of a limited liability partnership to the extent of partnership assets for partnership debts, obligations and liabilities.
(e) A partner in a limited liability partnership is not a necessary or proper party to a proceeding by or against a limited liability partnership, the object of which is to recover any debts, obligations, or liabilities of, or chargeable to, the limited liability partnership, unless the partner is personally liable therefor under subsection (b) of Section 10A-8A-10.02.