Tenn. Code Ann. § 61-2-702
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Assignment
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(a) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement: (1) A partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part; (2) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a partner; (3) An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled; and (4) A partner ceases to be a partner and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a partner upon assignment of all of his partnership interest. (b) The partnership agreement may provide that a partner's interest in a limited partnership may be evidenced by a certificate of partnership interest issued by the limited partnership and may also provide for the assignment or transfer of any partnership interest represented by such a certificate and make other provisions with respect to such certificates. (c) Unless otherwise provided in a partnership agreement and except to the extent assumed by agreement, until an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a partner, the assignee shall have no liability as a partner solely as a result of the assignment. Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 60.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement: (1) A partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part; (2) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a partner; (3) An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled; and (4) A partner ceases to be a partner and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a partner upon assignment of all of his partnership interest.
(1) A partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part;
(2) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a partner;
(3) An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled; and
(4) A partner ceases to be a partner and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a partner upon assignment of all of his partnership interest.
(b) The partnership agreement may provide that a partner's interest in a limited partnership may be evidenced by a certificate of partnership interest issued by the limited partnership and may also provide for the assignment or transfer of any partnership interest represented by such a certificate and make other provisions with respect to such certificates.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in a partnership agreement and except to the extent assumed by agreement, until an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a partner, the assignee shall have no liability as a partner solely as a result of the assignment.
Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 60.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement: (1) A partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part; (2) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a partner; (3) An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled; and (4) A partner ceases to be a partner and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a partner upon assignment of all of his partnership interest.
(1) A partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part;
(2) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a partner;
(3) An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled; and
(4) A partner ceases to be a partner and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a partner upon assignment of all of his partnership interest.
(b) The partnership agreement may provide that a partner's interest in a limited partnership may be evidenced by a certificate of partnership interest issued by the limited partnership and may also provide for the assignment or transfer of any partnership interest represented by such a certificate and make other provisions with respect to such certificates.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in a partnership agreement and except to the extent assumed by agreement, until an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a partner, the assignee shall have no liability as a partner solely as a result of the assignment.
Acts 1988, ch. 922, § 1; 1989, ch. 270, § 60.
Status: in_force
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