A partnership is an entity distinct from its partners.
Cal. Corp. Code § 16201
Nature of Partnership
Known as the Uniform Partnership Act
The act spans §§ 16100–16962 (85 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 83 Cal. App. 4th 1068 - Victor Valley Transit Authority v. Wcab (2000)
Most recently applied in 237 Cal. App. 4th 921 - In re Marriage of Lafkas (June 2015)
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.