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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-32-301

Agency power of members and managers

Known as the Small Business Entity Tax Pass Through Act

The act spans §§ 4–4 (91 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McGraw v. Collier (In re Collier) (2013)

Most recently applied in McGraw v. Collier (In re Collier) (September 2013)

Acts 1993, No. 1003, § 301.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every member is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business or affairs, and the act of any member, including, but not limited to, the execution in the name of the limited liability company of any instrument, for apparently carrying on in the usual way the business or affairs of the limited liability company of which he or she is a member, binds the limited liability company, unless the member so acting has, in fact, no authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter, and the person with whom the member is dealing has knowledge of the fact that the member has no such authority.

(2) If the articles of organization provide that management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers: No member solely by reason of being a member is an agent of the limited liability company; and

(3) Every manager is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business or affairs, and the act of any manager, including, but not limited to, the execution in the name of the limited liability company of any instrument, for apparently carrying on in the usual way the business or affairs of the limited liability company of which he or she is a manager binds the limited liability company, unless the manager so acting has, in fact, no authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter, and the person with whom the manager is dealing has knowledge of the fact that the manager has no such authority.

(4) An act of a manager or a member which is not apparently for the carrying on in the usual way the business or affairs of the limited liability company does not bind the limited liability company unless authorized in accordance with an operating agreement, at the time of the transaction or at any other time.

(5) No act of a manager or member in contravention of a restriction on authority shall bind the limited liability company to persons having knowledge of the restriction.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.