ARTICLE 8. Dissolution [15908.01. - 15908.09.]

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP 8.

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Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.01. Section 15908.01.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 15908.02, a limited partnership is dissolved, and its activities must be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the happening of an event specified in the partnership agreement; (b) the consent of all general partners and of limited partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited partners at the time the consent is to be effective; (c) after the dissociation of a person as a general partner: (1) if the limited partnership has at least one remaining general partner, and a consent to dissolve the limited partnership is given within 90 days after the dissociation by partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as partners at the time the consent is to be effective; or (2) if the limited partnership does not have a remaining general partner, the passage of 90 days after the dissociation, unless before the end of the period: (A) consent to continue the activities of the limited partnership and admit at least one general partner is given by limited partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited partners at the time the consent is to be effective; and (B) at least one person is admitted as a general partner in accordance with the consent; or (d) the passage of 90 days after the dissociation of the limited partnership’s last limited partner, unless before the end of the period the limited partnership admits at least one limited partner.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.02. Section 15908.02.

(a) On application by a partner, a court of competent jurisdiction may order dissolution of a limited partnership if it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership in conformity with the partnership agreement. (b) In any suit for judicial dissolution, the other partners may avoid the dissolution of the limited partnership by purchasing for cash the partnership interests owned by the partners so initiating the proceeding (the “moving parties”) at their fair market value. In fixing the value, the amount of any damages resulting if the initiation of the dissolution is a breach by any moving party or parties of an agreement with the purchasing party or parties, including, without limitation, the partnership agreement, may be deducted from the amount payable to the moving party or parties. (c) If the purchasing parties (1) elect to purchase the partnership interests owned by the moving parties, (2) are unable to agree with the moving parties upon the fair market value of the partnership interests, and (3) give bond with sufficient security to pay the estimated reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, of the moving parties if the expenses are recoverable under subdivision (d), the court, upon application of the purchasing parties, either in the pending action or in a proceeding initiated in the superior court of the proper county by the purchasing parties, shall stay the winding up and dissolution proceeding and shall proceed to ascertain and fix the fair market value of the partnership interests owned by the moving parties. (d) The court shall appoint three disinterested appraisers to appraise the fair market value of the partnership interests owned by the moving parties, and shall make an order referring the matter to the appraisers so appointed for the purpose of ascertaining that value. The order shall prescribe the time and manner of producing evidence, if evidence is required. The award of the appraisers or a majority of them, when confirmed by the court, shall be final and conclusive upon all parties. The court shall enter a decree that shall provide in the alternative for winding up and dissolution of the limited partnership unless payment is made for the partnership interests within the time specified by the decree. If the purchasing parties do not make payment for the partnership interests within the time specified, judgment shall be entered against them and the surety or sureties on the bond for the amount of the expenses, including attorneys’ fees, of the moving parties. Any member aggrieved by the action of the court may appeal therefrom. (e) If the purchasing parties desire to prevent the winding up and dissolution of the limited partnership, they shall pay to the moving parties the value of their partnership interests ascertained and decreed within the time specified pursuant to this section, or, in the case of an appeal, as fixed on appeal. On receiving that payment or the tender thereof, the moving parties shall transfer their partnership interests to the purchasing parties. (f) For the purposes of this section, the valuation date shall be the date upon which the action for judicial dissolution was commenced. However, the court may, upon the hearing of a motion by any party, and for good cause shown, designate some other date as the valuation date.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.03. Section 15908.03.

(a) A limited partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its activities. (b) In winding up its activities, the limited partnership: (1) may amend its certificate of limited partnership to state that the limited partnership is dissolved, preserve the limited partnership business or property as a going concern for a reasonable time, prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, transfer the limited partnership’s property, settle disputes by mediation or arbitration, file a certificate of cancellation as provided in Section 15902.03, and perform other necessary acts; and (2) shall discharge the limited partnership’s liabilities, settle and close the limited partnership’s activities, and marshal and distribute the assets of the partnership. (c) If a dissolved limited partnership does not have a general partner, a person to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s activities may be appointed by the consent of limited partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited partners at the time the consent is to be effective. A person appointed under this subdivision: (1) has the powers of a general partner under Section 15908.04; and (2) shall promptly amend the certificate of limited partnership to state: (A) that the limited partnership does not have a general partner; (B) the name of the person that has been appointed to wind up the limited partnership; and (C) the address of the person. (d) On the application of any partner, the appropriate court may order judicial supervision of the winding up, including the appointment of a person to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s activities, if: (1) a limited partnership does not have a general partner and within a reasonable time following the dissolution no person has been appointed pursuant to subdivision (c); or (2) the applicant establishes other good cause. (e) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the limited partners winding up the affairs of the partnership pursuant to this section shall be entitled to reasonable compensation.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.04. Section 15908.04.

(a) A limited partnership is bound by a general partner’s act after dissolution which: (1) is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities; or (2) would have bound the limited partnership under Section 15904.02 before dissolution, if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not have notice of the dissolution. (b) A person dissociated as a general partner binds a limited partnership through an act occurring after dissolution if: (1) at the time the other party enters into the transaction: (A) less than two years have passed since the dissociation; and (B) the other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner; and (2) the act: (A) is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities; or (B) would have bound the limited partnership under Section 15904.02 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.05. Section 15908.05.

(a) If a general partner having knowledge of the dissolution causes a limited partnership to incur an obligation under subdivision (a) of Section 15908.04 by an act that is not appropriate for winding up the partnership’s activities, the general partner is liable: (1) to the limited partnership for any damage caused to the limited partnership arising from the obligation; and (2) if another general partner or a person dissociated as a general partner is liable for the obligation, to that other general partner or person for any damage caused to that other general partner or person arising from the liability. (b) If a person dissociated as a general partner causes a limited partnership to incur an obligation under subdivision (b) of Section 15908.04, the person is liable: (1) to the limited partnership for any damage caused to the limited partnership arising from the obligation; and (2) if a general partner or another person dissociated as a general partner is liable for the obligation, to the general partner or other person for any damage caused to the general partner or other person arising from the liability.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.06. Section 15908.06.

(a) A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in subdivision (b). (b) A dissolved limited partnership may notify its known claimants of the dissolution in a record. The notice must: (1) specify the information required to be included in a claim; (2) provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent; (3) state the deadline for receipt of the claim, which may not be less than 120 days after the date the notice is received by the claimant; and (4) state that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline. (c) A claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred if the requirements of subdivision (b) are met and: (1) the claim is not received by the specified deadline; or (2) in the case of a claim that is timely received but rejected in writing by the dissolved limited partnership, the claimant does not commence an action to enforce the claim against the limited partnership within 90 days after the receipt of a written notice of the rejection. (d) This section does not apply to a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution or a liability that is contingent on that date.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.07. Section 15908.07.

(a) A dissolved limited partnership may publish notice of its dissolution and request persons having claims against the limited partnership to present them in accordance with the notice. (b) The notice must: (1) be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the dissolved limited partnership’s principal office is located or, if it has none in this state, in the county in which the limited partnership’s principal office is or was last located; (2) describe the information required to be contained in a claim and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent; and (3) state that a claim against the limited partnership is barred unless an action to enforce the claim is commenced within four years after publication of the notice. (c) If a dissolved limited partnership publishes a notice in accordance with subdivision (b), the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences an action to enforce the claim against the dissolved limited partnership within four years after the publication date of the notice: (1) a claimant that did not receive notice in a record under Section 15908.06; (2) a claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved limited partnership but not acted on; and (3) a claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution. (d) A claim not barred under this section may be enforced: (1) against the dissolved limited partnership, to the extent of its undistributed assets; (2) if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a partner or transferee to the extent of that person’s proportionate share of the claim or the limited partnership’s assets distributed to the partner or transferee in liquidation, whichever is less, but a person’s total liability for all claims under this paragraph does not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the person as part of the winding up of the dissolved limited partnership; or (3) against any person liable on the claim under Section 15904.04. (e) Publication of a notice of dissolution of a limited partnership pursuant to this section shall not bar the collection of any tax, interest, penalty or addition to tax under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of, Part 10.20 (commencing with Section 18401) of, and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of, Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.08. Section 15908.08.

If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred under Section 15908.06 or 15908.07, any corresponding claim under Section 15904.04 is also barred.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 15908.09. Section 15908.09.

(a) In winding up a limited partnership’s activities, the assets of the limited partnership, including the contributions required by this section, must be applied to satisfy the limited partnership’s obligations to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, partners that are creditors. (b) Any surplus remaining after the limited partnership complies with subdivision (a) must be returned to the partners as they share in distributions. (c) If a limited partnership’s assets are insufficient to satisfy all of its obligations under subdivision (a) the following rules apply: (1) Each person that was a general partner when the obligation was incurred and that has not been released from the obligation under Section 15906.07 shall contribute to the limited partnership for the purpose of enabling the limited partnership to satisfy the obligation. The contribution due from each of those persons is in proportion to the right to receive distributions in the capacity of general partner in effect for each of those persons when the obligation was incurred. (2) If a person does not contribute the full amount required under paragraph (1) with respect to an unsatisfied obligation of the limited partnership, the other persons required to contribute by paragraph (1) on account of the obligation shall contribute the additional amount necessary to discharge the obligation. The additional contribution due from each of those other persons is in proportion to the right to receive distributions in the capacity of general partner in effect for each of those other persons when the obligation was incurred. (3) If a person does not make the additional contribution required by paragraph (2), further additional contributions are determined and due in the same manner as provided in that paragraph. (d) A person that makes an additional contribution under paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (c) may recover from any person whose failure to contribute under paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (c) necessitated the additional contribution. A person may not recover under this subdivision more than the amount additionally contributed. A person’s liability under this subdivision may not exceed the amount the person failed to contribute. (e) The estate of a deceased individual is liable for the person’s obligations under this section. (f) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a limited partnership or a partner, or a person appointed by a court to represent creditors of a limited partnership or a partner, may enforce a person’s obligation to contribute under subdivision (c).

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026