Section 702. Transfer of Partner's Transferable Interest

(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s transferable interest:

(1) is permissible;

(2) does not by itself cause the partner’s dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities; and

(3) does not, as against the other partners or the limited partnership, entitle the transferee to participate in the management or conduct of the limited partnership’s activities, to require access to information concerning the limited partnership’s transactions except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), or to inspect or copy the required information or the limited partnership’s other records.

(b) A transferee has a right to receive, in accordance with the transfer:

(1) distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled; and

(2) upon the dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities the net amount otherwise distributable to the transferor.

(c) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee is entitled to an account of the limited partnership’s transactions only from the date of dissolution.

(d) Upon transfer, the transferor retains the rights of a partner other than the interest in distributions transferred and retains all duties and obligations of a partner.

(e) A limited partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until the limited partnership has notice of the transfer.

(f) A transfer of a partner’s transferable interest in the limited partnership in violation of a restriction on transfer contained in the partnership agreement is ineffective as to a person having notice of the restriction at the time of transfer.

(g) A transferee that becomes a partner with respect to a transferable interest is liable for the transferor’s obligations under Sections 502 and 509. However, the transferee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to the transferee at the time the transferee became a partner.

Comment

Source – RUPA Section 503, except for subsection (g), which derives from RULPA Section 704(b). Following RUPA, this Act uses the words “transfer” and “transferee” rather than the words “assignment” and “assignee.” See RUPA Section 503.

Subsection (a)(2) – The phrase “by itself” is significant. A transfer of all of a person’s transferable interest could lead to dissociation via expulsion, Sections 601(b)(4)(B) and 603(4)(B).

Subsection (a)(3) – Mere transferees have no right to intrude as the partners carry on their activities as partners. Moreover, a partner’s obligation of good faith and fair dealing under Sections 305(b) and 408(d) is framed in reference to “the limited partnership and the other partners.” See also Comment to Section 1102(b)(3) and Comment to Section 1106(b)(3).