Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 54-500-508A
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Limitations on distribution
Official statutory text
LIMITATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION.
(a) A limited partnership may not make a distribution in
violation of the partnership agreement.
(b) A limited partnership may not make a distribution if after
the distribution:
(1) the limited partnership would not be able to pay its debts
as they become due in the ordinary course of the limited
partnership’s activities; or
(2) the limited partnership’s total assets would be less than
the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be
needed, if the limited partnership were to be dissolved, wound up,
and terminated at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights upon dissolution, winding up, and termination of
partners whose preferential rights are superior to those of persons
receiving the distribution.
(c) A limited partnership may base a determination that a
distribution is not prohibited under subsection (b) of this section
on financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting
practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances or
on a fair valuation or other method that is reasonable in the
circumstances.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 54. Partnership Page 113
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this
section, the effect of a distribution under subsection (b) of this
section is measured:
(1) in the case of distribution by purchase, redemption, or
other acquisition of a transferable interest in the limited
partnership, as of the date money or other property is transferred
or debt incurred by the limited partnership; and
(2) in all other cases, as of the date:
(A) the distribution is authorized, if the payment occurs
within one hundred twenty (120) days after that date;
or
(B) the payment is made, if payment occurs more than one
hundred twenty (120) days after the distribution is
authorized.
(e) A limited partnership’s indebtedness to a partner incurred
by reason of a distribution made in accordance with this section is
at parity with the limited partnership’s indebtedness to its
general, unsecured creditors.
(f) A limited partnership’s indebtedness, including
indebtedness issued in connection with or as part of a distribution,
is not considered a liability for purposes of subsection (b) of this
section if the terms of the indebtedness provide that payment of
principal and interest are made only to the extent that a
distribution could then be made to partners under this section.
(g) If indebtedness is issued as a distribution, each payment
of principal or interest on the indebtedness is treated as a
distribution, the effect of which is measured on the date the
payment is made.
(a) A limited partnership may not make a distribution in
violation of the partnership agreement.
(b) A limited partnership may not make a distribution if after
the distribution:
(1) the limited partnership would not be able to pay its debts
as they become due in the ordinary course of the limited
partnership’s activities; or
(2) the limited partnership’s total assets would be less than
the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be
needed, if the limited partnership were to be dissolved, wound up,
and terminated at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the
preferential rights upon dissolution, winding up, and termination of
partners whose preferential rights are superior to those of persons
receiving the distribution.
(c) A limited partnership may base a determination that a
distribution is not prohibited under subsection (b) of this section
on financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting
practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances or
on a fair valuation or other method that is reasonable in the
circumstances.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 54. Partnership Page 113
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this
section, the effect of a distribution under subsection (b) of this
section is measured:
(1) in the case of distribution by purchase, redemption, or
other acquisition of a transferable interest in the limited
partnership, as of the date money or other property is transferred
or debt incurred by the limited partnership; and
(2) in all other cases, as of the date:
(A) the distribution is authorized, if the payment occurs
within one hundred twenty (120) days after that date;
or
(B) the payment is made, if payment occurs more than one
hundred twenty (120) days after the distribution is
authorized.
(e) A limited partnership’s indebtedness to a partner incurred
by reason of a distribution made in accordance with this section is
at parity with the limited partnership’s indebtedness to its
general, unsecured creditors.
(f) A limited partnership’s indebtedness, including
indebtedness issued in connection with or as part of a distribution,
is not considered a liability for purposes of subsection (b) of this
section if the terms of the indebtedness provide that payment of
principal and interest are made only to the extent that a
distribution could then be made to partners under this section.
(g) If indebtedness is issued as a distribution, each payment
of principal or interest on the indebtedness is treated as a
distribution, the effect of which is measured on the date the
payment is made.
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