R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-13.1-702 (2026)
Transfer of transferable interest
Effective Jan 1, 2023History of Section. P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 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 limited partnership’s activities and affairs; and
(3) Subject to § 7-13.1-704, does not entitle the transferee to:
- (i) Participate in the management or conduct of the partnership’s activities and affairs; or
- (ii) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, have access to required information, records, or other information concerning the partnership’s activities and affairs.
- (b) A transferee has the right to receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled.
- (c) In a dissolution and winding up of a limited partnership, a transferee is entitled to an account of the partnership’s transactions only from the date of dissolution.
- (d) A transferable interest may be evidenced by a certificate of the interest issued by a limited partnership in a record, and, subject to this section, the interest represented by the certificate may be transferred by a transfer of the certificate.
- (e) A limited partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until the partnership knows or has notice of the transfer.
- (f) 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.
- (g) Except as otherwise provided in §§ 7-13.1-601(b)(4)(ii) and 7-13.1-603(4)(ii), if a general or limited partner transfers a transferable interest, the transferor retains the rights of a general or limited partner other than the transferable interest transferred and retains all the duties and obligations of a general or limited partner.
- (h) If a general or limited partner transfers a transferable interest to a person that becomes a general or limited partner with respect to the transferred interest, the transferee is liable for the transferor’s obligations under §§ 7-13.1-502 and 7-13.1-505 known to the transferee when the transferee becomes a partner.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.