Iowa Code 488.406 – Management rights of general partner
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1. Each general partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited partnership‘s activities. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities of the limited partnership may be exclusively decided by the general partner or, if there is more than one general partner, by a majority of the general partners.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 488.406
- Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by section 488. See Iowa Code 488.102
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- General partner: means :a. See Iowa Code 488.102
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Iowa Code 488.102
- 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.
- Partnership agreement: means the partners' agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination, concerning the limited partnership. See Iowa Code 488.102
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The consent of each partner is necessary to do any or all of the following:a. Amend the partnership agreement.b. Amend the certificate of limited partnership to add or, subject to section 488.1110, delete a statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.c. Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the limited partnership’s property, with or without the goodwill, other than in the usual and regular course of the limited partnership’s activities.3. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for payments made and indemnify a general partner for liabilities incurred by the general partner in the ordinary course of the activities of the partnership or for the preservation of its activities or property.4. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for an advance to the limited partnership beyond the amount of capital the general partner agreed to contribute.5. A payment or advance made by a general partner which gives rise to an obligation of the limited partnership under subsection 3 or 4 constitutes a loan to the limited partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.6. A general partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership.