District of Columbia § 29-704.07 Right of general partner and former general partner to information.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 29-704.07 — Right of general partner and former general partner to information.

District of Columbia § 29-704.07

Title 29Business Organizations. [Enacted title]

Ch. 7Limited Partnerships.

Subch. IVGeneral Partners.

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D.C. Code § 29-704.07 (2026).

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(a)A general partner, without having any particular purpose for seeking the information, may inspect and copy during regular business hours:

(1)In the limited partnership’s principal office, required information; and

(2)At a reasonable location specified by the limited partnership, any other records maintained by the limited partnership regarding the limited partnership’s activities and financial condition.

(b)Each general partner and the limited partnership shall furnish to a general partner:

(1)Without demand, any information concerning the limited partnership’s activities and activities reasonably required for the proper exercise of the general partner’s rights and duties under the partnership agreement or this chapter; and

(2)On demand, any other information concerni

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(a) A general partner, without having any particular purpose for seeking the information, may inspect and copy during regular business hours:

(1) In the limited partnership’s principal office, required information; and

(2) At a reasonable location specified by the limited partnership, any other records maintained by the limited partnership regarding the limited partnership’s activities and financial condition.

(b) Each general partner and the limited partnership shall furnish to a general partner:

(1) Without demand, any information concerning the limited partnership’s activities and activities reasonably required for the proper exercise of the general partner’s rights and duties under the partnership agreement or this chapter; and

(2) On demand, any other information concerning the limited partnership’s activities, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances.

(c) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, on 10 days’ demand made in a record received by the limited partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner may have access to the information and records described in subsection (a) of this section at the location specified in subsection (a) of this section if:

(1) The information or record pertains to the period during which the person was a general partner;

(2) The person seeks the information or record in good faith; and

(3) The person satisfies the requirements imposed on a limited partner by § 29-703.04(b) .

(d) The limited partnership shall respond to a demand made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section in the same manner as provided in § 29-703.04(c) .

(e) If a general partner dies, § 29-707.04 shall apply.

(f) The limited partnership may impose reasonable restrictions on the use of information under this section. In any dispute concerning the reasonableness of a restriction under this subsection, the limited partnership shall have the burden of proving reasonableness.

(g) A limited partnership may charge a person dissociated as a general partner that makes a demand under this section reasonable costs of copying, limited to the costs of labor and material.

(h) A general partner or person dissociated as a general partner may exercise the rights under this section through an attorney or other agent. Any restriction imposed under subsection (f) or by the partnership agreement shall apply both to the attorney or other agent and to the general partner or person dissociated as a general partner.

(i) The rights under this section shall not extend to a person as transferee, but the rights under subsection (c) of this section of a person dissociated as a general may be exercised by the legal representative of an individual who dissociated as a general partner under § 29-706.03(7)(B) or (C).