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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 56-1a,201

  • Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate referred to in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,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.
  • Partnership agreement: means any valid written or oral agreement of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Partnership interest: means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, domestic or foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101

(a) A person becomes a limited partner:

(1) At the time the limited partnership is formed; or

(2) at any later time specified in the records of the limited partnership for becoming a limited partner.

(b) After the filing of a limited partnership’s initial certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:

(1) In the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and

(2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 56-1a404 and amendments thereto, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.