Cal. Corp. Code § 16301

Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Partnership

Known as the Uniform Partnership Act

The act spans §§ 16100–16962 (85 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 77 Cal. App. 4th 171 - Freeman v. SAN DIEGO ASSN. OF REALTORS (1999)

Most recently applied in David B. Greenberg v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (August 2021)

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2

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Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under Section 16303 both of the following apply:

(1) Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority.

(2) An act of a partner that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other partners.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.