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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A domestic partnership, other than a limited partnership, may convert to a registered limited liability partnership by the vote of the partners possessing a majority of the interests of its partners in the current profits of the partnership or by a different vote as may be required in its partnership agreement.
(b) When such a conversion takes effect, all of the following apply:
(1) All property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of the converting partnership remains vested in the converted registered limited liability partnership.
(2) All debts, obligations, liabilities, and penalties of the converting partnership continue as debts, obligations, liabilities, and penalties of the converted registered limited liability partnership.
(3) Any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, then pending by or against the converting partnership may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred.
(4) To the extent provided in the agreement of conversion and in this chapter, the partners of a partnership shall continue as partners in the converted registered limited liability partnership.
(5) A partnership that has been converted to a registered limited liability partnership pursuant to this chapter is the same person that existed prior to the conversion.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Corporations Code - CORP § 16955 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/corporations-code/corp-sect-16955/
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