(1) An organization that has been converted pursuant to this article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 25.10.771

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
(2) When a conversion takes effect:
(a) The title to all real estate and other property owned by the converting organization remains vested in the converted organization without reversion or impairment;
(b) All debts, liabilities, and other obligations of the converting organization continue as obligations of the converted organization;
(c) An action or proceeding pending by or against the converting organization may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred;
(d) Except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the converting organization remain vested in the converted organization;
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the plan of conversion, the terms and conditions of the plan of conversion take effect; and
(f) Except as otherwise agreed, the conversion does not dissolve a converting limited partnership for the purposes of article 8 of this chapter.
(3) A converted organization that is a foreign organization consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce any obligation owed by the converting limited partnership, if before the conversion the converting limited partnership was subject to suit in this state on the obligation. A converted organization that is a foreign organization and not registered to transact business in this state may be served with process pursuant to RCW 23.95.450 for purposes of enforcing an obligation under this subsection.

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Effective dateContingent effective date2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.