(a) If a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter and filed by the secretary of state contains materially false information, a person that suffers loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss from a general partner if:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-205

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • General partner: means a person that:
    (A) Has become a general partner under §. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Record: when used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
(1)

(A) The record was delivered for filing on behalf of the partnership; and
(B) The general partner knew or had notice of the materially false statement for a reasonably sufficient time before the information was relied upon so that, before the reliance, the general partner reasonably could have:

(i) Effected an amendment under § 61-3-202;
(ii) Filed a petition under § 61-3-204; or
(iii) Delivered to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under § 61-3-116 or a statement of correction under § 61-3-208; or
(2) After filing, that general partner knew that any arrangement or other fact described in the certificate is materially false in any respect or has changed making the statement materially false, if that general partner had reasonably sufficient time before the information was relied upon to have:

(A) Effected an amendment under § 61-3-202;
(B) Filed a petition under § 61-3-204; or
(C) Delivered to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under § 61-3-116 or a statement of correction under § 61-3-208.
(b) No general partner has any liability for failing to cause the amendment, correction, or cancellation of a certificate to be filed or failing to file a petition for its amendment, correction, or cancellation pursuant to subsection (a) if the certificate of amendment, certificate of cancellation, or petition is filed within ninety (90) days of when the general partner knew or should have known that the statement in the certificate was false in any material respect.
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