The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 620
PARTNERSHIP LAWS

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F.S. 620.8403

620.8403 Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information.—

(1) A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at the chief executive office of the partnership.

(2) A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to the books and records of the partnership. The partnership 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.

(3) 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 act; and

(b) Upon 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.

History.—s. 13, ch. 95-242.

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Amendments to 620.8403

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 620.8403

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 620.8403.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. LARMOYEUX, Jr. n k a a v. M. MONTGOMERY, Jr. a n k a a n k a a, 963 So. 2d 813 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . compelling Montgomery to grant him access to the Firm’s financial and accounting records pursuant to section 620.8403 . . . for partial summary judgment, seeking access to the Firm’s books and records as allowed by section 620.8403 . . . Section 620.8403(2), Florida Statutes (2001), states: A partnership shall provide partners and their . . .

URFIRER, v. CORNFELD,, 408 F.3d 710 (11th Cir. 2005)

. . . that Urfirer, as a former LJS partner, had a statutory right under Florida Statutes §§ 620.143 and 620.8403 . . . Cambridge shareholder, had a statutory right under Florida Statutes §§ 607.1602, 607.1604, 620.143, and 620.8403 . . . Stat. § 620.8403(2). . . . remand for the district court to determine whether Urfirer is entitled to inspect LJS’s records under § 620.8403 . . .

HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, INC. v. McMURRAY,, 181 F.R.D. 525 (M.D. Fla. 1998)

. . . . §§ 620.655, 620.8403(3). . . .