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Utah Code § 16-18-802

Power to bind and liability of person dissociated as partner

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session; Effective 10/1/2026

(1) After a person is dissociated as a partner without the dissociation resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership's activities and affairs and before the partnership is merged out of existence, converted, or domesticated under Chapter 1a, Part 7, Merger, Chapter 1a, Part 8, Interest Exchange, Chapter 1a, Part 9, Conversion, or Chapter 1a, Part 10, Domestication, or dissolved, the partnership is bound by an act of the person only if:

(a) the act would have bound the partnership under Section 16-18-301 before dissociation; and

(b) at the time the other party enters into the transaction:

(i) less than two years has passed since the dissociation; and

(ii) the other party does not know or have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a partner.

(2) If a partnership is bound under Subsection (1), the person dissociated as a partner which caused the partnership to be bound is liable:

(a) to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from the obligation incurred under Subsection (1); and

(b) if a partner or another person dissociated as a partner is liable for the obligation, to the partner or other person for any damage caused to the partner or other person arising from the liability.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.