Ohio § 1776.31 Partner agent of partnership

Ohio Statutes

§ 1776.31 — Partner agent of partnership

Ohio § 1776.31

Title 17Corporations-Partnerships

Ch. 1776Ohio Uniform Partnership Act

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1776.31 (2026).

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Both of the following govern the acts of a partner, subject to any statement of partnership authority under section1776.33of the Revised Code:

(A)Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority.

(B)An act of a partner that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or bu

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Both of the following govern the acts of a partner, subject to any statement of partnership authority under section1776.33of the Revised Code:

(A) Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority.

(B) An act of a partner that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind the partnership carries on binds the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other partners.