31 §1043. Partner's rights and duties with respect to information - Maine Statutes

Title 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Chapter 17: UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT HEADING: PL 2005, C. 543, PT. A, §2 (NEW)

Subchapter 4: RELATIONS OF PARTNERS TO EACH OTHER AND TO PARTNERSHIP HEADING: PL 2005, C. 543, PT. A, §2 (NEW)

§1043. Partner's rights and duties with respect to information

1. Books and records at chief executive office. A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at its chief executive office.

[ 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW) .]

2. Access to books and records. A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to its books and records. It shall provide former partners and their agents and attorneys access to books and records pertaining to the period during which they were partners. The right of access provides the opportunity to inspect and copy books and records during ordinary business hours. A partnership may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of documents furnished.

[ 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW) .]

3. Furnishing of information. Each partner and the partnership shall furnish to a partner, and to the legal representative of a deceased partner or partner under legal disability:

A. Without demand, any information concerning the partnership's business and affairs reasonably required for the proper exercise of the partner's rights and duties under the partnership agreement or this chapter; and [2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

B. On demand, any other information concerning the partnership's business and affairs, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances. [2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

[ 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2005, c. 543, §A2 (NEW).