R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12.1-503 (2026)
Transfer of transferable interest
Effective Jan 1, 2023History of Section. P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.
(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a transferable interest:
- (1) Is permissible;
- (2) Does not by itself cause a person’s dissociation as a partner or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business; and
(3) Subject to § 7-12.1-505, does not entitle the transferee to:
- (i) Participate in the management or conduct of the partnership’s business; or
- (ii) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, have access to records or other information concerning the partnership’s business.
(b) A transferee has the right to:
- (1) Receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled; and
- (2) Seek under § 7-12.1-801(5) a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business.
- (c) In a dissolution and winding up of a partnership, a transferee is entitled to an account of the partnership’s transactions only from the date of dissolution.
- (d) A partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until the partnership knows or has notice of the transfer.
- (e) A transfer of a transferable interest in violation of a restriction on transfer contained in the partnership agreement is ineffective if the intended transferee has knowledge or notice of the restriction at the time of transfer.
- (f) Except as otherwise provided in § 7-12.1-601(4)(ii), if a partner transfers a transferable interest, the transferor retains the rights of a partner other than the transferable interest transferred and retains all the duties and obligations of a partner.
- (g) If a partner transfers a transferable interest to a person that becomes a partner with respect to the transferred interest, the transferee is liable for the partner’s obligations under §§ 7-12.1-404 and 7-12.1-407 known to the transferee when the transferee becomes a partner.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.