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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) Deleted by Laws 2003, Ch. 352, § 130, eff. July 1, 2004.
(2)(a) For the purposes of this subsection (2), the definitions in section 7-62-101 shall apply; except that:
(I) “General partner” includes a partner who is identified or otherwise classified as a general partner by or in accordance with the agreement of the partners, notwithstanding any delay or failure to file an original certificate of limited partnership naming the general partner as such.
(II) “Limited partner” includes a partner who is identified or otherwise classified as a limited partner by or in accordance with the agreement of the partners, notwithstanding any delay or failure to file an original certificate of limited partnership.
(III) “Limited partnership” includes a partnership before the filing of the original certificate of limited partnership with the secretary of state and in which there is at least one general partner and one limited partner.
(IV) “Partner” includes a person who enters into the agreement contemplated in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) as a co-owner with the rights of a general partner or a limited partner or who acquires an interest in a limited partnership as a co-owner with such rights.
(b) The presumptions set forth in this subsection (2) shall apply to each limited partnership whose partners enter into an agreement on or after October 31, 1981, to form such limited partnership, and to which a contribution is made by or on behalf of one or more of such partners before the filing of an original certificate of limited partnership for such partnership.
(c) It shall be presumed that the partners of such limited partnership shall have agreed that:
(I) The relationship of the partners with respect to any contributions made to the partnership and relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership shall be the same as if a certificate of limited partnership had been filed pursuant to section 7-62-201 at the time the partners entered into the agreement contemplated in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2); and
(II) The general partners of such limited partnership shall approve such certificate and that the same shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to part 3 of article 90 of this title.
(III) Deleted by Laws 2003, Ch. 352, § 130, eff. July 1, 2004.
(c.5) The failure or refusal of the general partners to approve such certificate or to deliver such certificate to the secretary of state, for filing pursuant to part 3 of article 90 of this title, shall entitle any partner to obtain a court order pursuant to section 7-90-313 approving an appropriate certificate and ordering the secretary of state to file the approved certificate.
(d) The presumptions set forth in this subsection (2) shall apply to such a limited partnership, notwithstanding any one or more provisions of any agreement of the partners of such limited partnership that:
(I) The term of such partnership shall commence upon the filing of such certificate;
(II) An agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties; or
(III) The agreement of the parties shall be in writing.
(e) The presumption set forth in subparagraph (II) of paragraph (c) of this subsection (2) shall not apply in an action for damages against a general partner by the other partners based on any delay or failure in the filing of a certificate of limited partnership.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 7. Corporations and Associations § 7-62-205. Presumptions - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-7-corporations-and-associations/co-rev-st-sect-7-62-205/
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