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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 620
PARTNERSHIP LAWS
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F.S. 620.8401
620.8401 Partner’s rights and duties.
(1) Each partner is deemed to have an account which is:
(a) Credited with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, the partner contributes to the partnership and the partner’s share of the partnership profits; and
(b) Charged with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, distributed by the partnership to the partner and the partner’s share of the partnership losses.
(2) Each partner is entitled to an equal share of the partnership profits and is chargeable with a share of the partnership losses in proportion to the partner’s share of the profits.
(3) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for payments made and indemnify a partner for liabilities incurred by the partner in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or for the preservation of its business or property.
(4) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for an advance to the partnership beyond the amount of capital the partner agreed to contribute.
(5) A payment or advance made by a partner which gives rise to a partnership obligation under subsection (3) or subsection (4) constitutes a loan to the partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.
(6) Each partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the partnership business.
(7) A partner may use or possess partnership property only on behalf of the partnership.
(8) A partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the business of the partnership.
(9) A person may become a partner only with the consent of all of the partners.
(10) A difference arising as to a matter in the ordinary course of business of a partnership may be decided by a majority of the partners. An act outside the ordinary course of business of a partnership and an amendment to the partnership agreement may be undertaken only with the consent of all of the partners.
(11) This section does not affect the obligations of a partnership to other persons under s. 620.8301.
History.s. 13, ch. 95-242.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 620.8401
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Cases Citing Statute 620.8401

Total Results: 3

VICKEN BEDOYAN v. HAROUT SAMRA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-09-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 1. Such partner's rights under s. 620.8401, s. 620.8403, or s. 620.8404;

Rafael J. Roca v. Lytal & Reiter, Clark

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-07-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 856 So. 2d 1

Snippet: and be responsible for partnership debts. See § 620.8401(2), Fla. Stat. (providing that, absent an agreement

Tellez v. Callejas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 683 So. 2d 175, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 11911, 1996 WL 661731

Snippet: performed for the partnership. Sections 620.645(6), 620.8401(8), Fla.Stat. (1995); Beckerman v. Greenbaum,