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Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.20 (2026)

Partner; duty to render information.

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UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT


Act 72 of 1917


449.20 Partner; duty to render information.

Sec. 20.

    (Duty of partners to render information). Partners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 9860 ;-- CL 1948, 449.20

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2022 · leading case: Urbain v. Beierling, 835 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013).
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Urbain v. Beierling, 835 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “MCL 449.20 imposes a duty on partners to “render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner .”
People of Michigan v. William Little, 499 Mich. 332 (Mich. 2016). · cites it 2× “”); MCL 449.20 (requiring that “[p]artners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability”); MCL 449.”
Band v. Livonia Assocs., 439 N.W.2d 285 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “MCL 449.20; MSA 20.20. (1) Every partner must account to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it any profits derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or liquidation of the partnership…”
Jaffa v. Shacket, 319 N.W.2d 604 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “MCL 449.20; MSA 20.20. The arbitrator found that defendants breached this duty in failing to disclose the prior relationship with Hartrick.”
Stevens Mineral Co. LLP v. Richard C Stevens (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “See also MCL 449.20 (“Partners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability.”
People of Michigan v. Nevin Hughes (Mich. 2016). “”); MCL 449.20 (requiring that “[p]artners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability”); MCL 449.”
Trustlink Equities LLC v. St Clair Cnty. Sheriff Sale Surplus (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “62 (requiring a township supervisor to deliver books, assessment rolls, and other papers on demand to his successor in office); MCL 449.20 (requiring business partners to render their partners or the legal representative of their deceased partners true and full information on…”
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