(a) A dissolved partnership may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved partnership present them in accordance with the notice.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-8A-8.07

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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.
  • 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: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
(b) The notice authorized by subsection (a) must:

(1) be published at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the dissolved partnership’s principal office in this state is located, and if none, was last located;
(2) describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent;
(3) state that if not sooner barred, a claim against the dissolved partnership will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within two years after the publication of the notice; and
(4) unless the partnership has been throughout its existence a limited liability partnership, state that the barring of a claim against the partnership will also bar any corresponding claim against any partner or person dissociated as a partner which is based on Section 10A-8A-3.06.
(c) If a dissolved partnership publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved partnership within two years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:

(1) a claimant who was not given notice under Section 10A-8A-8.06;
(2) a claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved partnership but not acted on by the dissolved partnership; and
(3) a claimant whose claim is contingent at the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership, or is based on an event occurring after the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership.
(d) A claim that is not barred under this section, any other statute limiting actions, or Section 10A-8A-8.06 may be enforced:

(1) against a partnership, to the extent of its undistributed assets;
(2) except as provided in subsection (h), if the assets of a dissolved partnership have been distributed after dissolution, against the person or persons owning the transferable interests to the extent of that person’s proportionate share of the claim or of the assets distributed to that person after dissolution, whichever is less, but a person’s total liability for all claims under subsection (d) may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to that person after dissolution of the partnership; or
(3) against any person liable on the claim under Sections 10A-8A-3.06, 10A-8A-7.03, and 10A-8A-8.05.
(e) A dissolved partnership that published a notice under this section may file an application with a court of competent jurisdiction for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved partnership or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved partnership, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under subsection (c).
(f) Within 10 days after the filing of the application provided for in subsection (e), notice of the proceeding shall be given by the dissolved partnership to each potential claimant as described in subsection (e).
(g) The court under subsection (e) may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent all claimants whose identities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The reasonable fees and expenses of the guardian, including all reasonable expert witness fees, shall be paid by the dissolved partnership.
(h) Provision by the dissolved partnership for security in the amount and the form ordered by the court under subsection (e) shall satisfy the dissolved partnership’s obligation with respect to claims that are contingent, have not been made known to the dissolved partnership, or are based on an event occurring after the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership, and those claims may not be enforced against a person owning a transferable interest to whom assets have been distributed by the dissolved partnership after the effective date of the dissolution of the partnership.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend any otherwise applicable statute of limitations.
(j) If a claim has been satisfied, disposed of, or barred under Section 10A-8A-8.06, this section, or other law, the person or persons designated to wind up the business or not for profit activity of a partnership, and the owners of the transferable interests receiving assets from the partnership, shall not be liable for that claim.
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