(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b)-(g), all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-1-306

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
  • 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.
  • Partnership: means an association of two (2) or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business or other undertaking for profit formed under §. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
  • Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership (whether general or limited), association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(b) A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred before the person’s admission as a partner.
(c) An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a registered limited liability partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the obligation of the partnership. A partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for such an obligation solely by reason of being or acting as a partner. This subsection (c) applies notwithstanding anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the vote required to become a registered limited liability partnership under § 61-1-1001(b).
(d) Subsection (c) does not affect the liability of a partner in a registered limited liability partnership for the partner’s own omissions, negligence, wrongful acts, misconduct or malpractice, or that of any person under the partner’s direct supervision and control.
(e) A partner in a registered limited liability partnership is not a proper party to a proceeding by or against a registered limited liability partnership, the object of which is to recover damages or enforce the obligations arising out of the acts, omissions, malpractice or misconduct of the type described in subsection (c), unless the partner is personally liable under subsection (d).
(f) Unless otherwise agreed, a partner who receives a distribution from a registered limited liability partnership or a partner who votes for or assents to the distribution shall have no liability for the distribution under this section or any other applicable law for the amount of the distribution after the expiration of three (3) years from the date of the distribution.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, each person, partner, or employee required to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over to the department of revenue any tax collected from the customers of a registered limited liability partnership shall be personally liable for such taxes in the same manner as responsible persons of a corporation under the same provisions of § 67-1-1443.
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