§ 17 — Limited partners

Massachusetts § 17

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part I: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Title XV: REGULATION OF TRADE
• Ch. 109: LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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Section 17. (a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:(1) the date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or(2) the date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.(b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:(1) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and(2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in section forty-two, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.