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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Unless otherwise agreed:
(1) Only an economic interest in a limited liability company may be assigned; and
(2) An economic interest is wholly or partly assignable.
(b) An assignment of an economic interest in a limited liability company does not:
(1) Dissolve the limited liability company; or
(2) Entitle the assignee to:
(i) Become a member; or
(ii) Exercise any rights of a member, including the noneconomic interest of the assignor.
(c) If an assignee of an economic interest in a limited liability company becomes a member of the limited liability company, the assignor is not released from the assignor's liability under § 4A-502 of this title to the limited liability company.
(d) Unless otherwise agreed, on assignment of all of a member's economic interest in a limited liability company, the member ceases to be a member of the limited liability company and forfeits the member's noneconomic interest in the limited liability company.
(e) The pledge or grant of a security interest, lien, or other encumbrance in or against all or a part of the economic interest of a member does not cause the member to cease to be a member or affect the member's noneconomic interest in the limited liability company.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Corporations and Associations § 4A-603 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/corporations-and-associations/md-code-corp-and-assns-sect-4a-603/
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