Pennsylvania Statutes Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations § 8844. Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution

(a) General rule.--Any distribution made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up shall be in equal shares among members and persons dissociated as members, except as provided in section 8852(b) (relating to transfer of transferable interest) or to the extent necessary to comply with a charging order in effect under section 8853 (relating to charging order).

(b) No entitlement to distribution.--Except as provided under subsection (e), a person has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company only if the company decides to make an interim distribution.

(c) Distribution in kind.--A person does not have a right to demand or receive a distribution from a limited liability company in any form other than money. Except as provided in section 8877(d) (relating to disposition of assets in winding up), a limited liability company may distribute an asset in kind only if each part of the asset is fungible with each other part and each person receives a percentage of the asset equal in value to the person's share of distributions.

(d) Status as creditor.--If a member or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the member or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited liability company with respect to the distribution, except that the company's obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the company by the member or transferee on whose account the distribution is made.

(e) Distribution upon event of dissociation.--Upon the effectiveness of a transaction under Chapter 3 (relating to entity transactions) or an amendment of the certificate of organization or operating agreement that results in either case in an event of dissociation but does not result in the dissolution of the limited liability company, the dissociating member may elect in record form to receive in lieu of the property that the person would be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of the transaction or amendment: