Pennsylvania § 8643 Limited partnership liable for general partner's actionable conduct

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 8643 — Limited partnership liable for general partner's actionable conduct

Pennsylvania § 8643

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 15CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

PartPART III

Ch. 86LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

Subch.GENERAL PARTNERS

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Bluebook

15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8643 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--A limited partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person or for a penalty incurred as a result of a wrongful act, or other actionable conduct, of a general partner acting in the ordinary course of activities and affairs of the partnership or with the actual or apparent authority of the partnership.

(b)Misapplication of property.--If, in the course of a limited partnership's activities and affairs or while acting with actual or apparent authority of the partnership, a general partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a general partner, the partnership is liable for the loss.

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(a) General rule.--A limited partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person or for a penalty incurred as a result of a wrongful act, or other actionable conduct, of a general partner acting in the ordinary course of activities and affairs of the partnership or with the actual or apparent authority of the partnership.

(b) Misapplication of property.--If, in the course of a limited partnership's activities and affairs or while acting with actual or apparent authority of the partnership, a general partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a general partner, the partnership is liable for the loss.