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Title 31, Chapter 17: UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

31 §1001. Definitions 
31 §1002. Knowledge and notice 
31 §1003. Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions 
31 §1004. Supplemental principles of law 
31 §1005. Execution, filing and recording of statements 
31 §1006. Governing law 
31 §1007. Partnership subject to amendment or repeal of chapter 
31 §1008. Forms 
31 §1009. Filing, service and copying fees 
31 §1010. Expedited service 
31 §1011. Filing duty of Secretary of State 
31 §1012. Appeal Secretary of State's refusal to file document 
31 §1013. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document 
31 §1014. Penalty for signing false document 
31 §1015. Powers 
31 §1016. Access to Secretary of State's database 
31 §1017. Publications 

Subchapter 2: NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP

31 §1021. Partnership as entity 
31 §1022. Formation of partnership 
31 §1023. Partnership property 
31 §1024. When property is partnership property 

Subchapter 3: RELATIONS OF PARTNERS TO PERSONS DEALING WITH PARTNERSHIP

31 §1031. Partner agent of partnership 
31 §1032. Transfer of partnership property 
31 §1033. Partnership liable for partner's actionable conduct 
31 §1034. Partner's liability 
31 §1035. Actions by and against partnership and partners 
31 §1036. Liability of purported partner 

Subchapter 4: RELATIONS OF PARTNERS TO EACH OTHER AND TO PARTNERSHIP

31 §1041. Partner's rights and duties 
31 §1042. Distributions in kind 
31 §1043. Partner's rights and duties with respect to information 
31 §1044. General standards of partner's conduct 
31 §1045. Actions by partnership and partners 
31 §1046. Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking 

Subchapter 5: TRANSFEREES AND CREDITORS OF PARTNER

31 §1051. Partner not co-owner of partnership property 
31 §1052. Partner's transferable interest in partnership 
31 §1053. Transfer of partner's transferable interest 
31 §1054. Partner's transferable interest subject to charging order 

Subchapter 6: PARTNER'S DISSOCIATION

31 §1061. Events causing partner's dissociation 
31 §1062. Partner's power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation 
31 §1063. Effect of partner's dissociation 

Subchapter 7: PARTNER'S DISSOCIATION WHEN BUSINESS NOT WOUND UP

31 §1071. Purchase of dissociated partner's interest 
31 §1072. Dissociated partner's power to bind and liability to partnership 
31 §1073. Dissociated partner's liability to other persons 
31 §1074. Statement of dissociation 
31 §1075. Continued use of partnership name 

Subchapter 8: WINDING UP PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS

31 §1081. Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business 
31 §1082. Partnership continues after dissolution 
31 §1083. Right to wind up partnership business 
31 §1084. Partner's power to bind partnership after dissolution 
31 §1085. Statement of dissolution 
31 §1086. Partner's liability to other partners after dissolution 
31 §1087. Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners 

Subchapter 9: CONVERSIONS AND MERGERS

31 §1091. Definitions 
31 §1092. Conversion of partnership to limited partnership (REPEALED) 
31 §1093. Conversion of partnership to a business entity 
31 §1094. Effect of conversion 
31 §1095. Merger of partnerships 
31 §1096. Effect of merger 
31 §1097. Statement of merger 
31 §1098. Nonexclusive 

Subchapter 10: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

31 §1101. Uniformity of application and construction 
31 §1102. Short title 
31 §1103. Effective date 
31 §1104. Applicability 
31 §1105. Rules of construction 
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