Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.22 (2026)

Partner; right to formal account.

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UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT

Act 72 of 1917

449.22 Partner; right to formal account.

Sec. 22.

(Right to an account). Any partner shall have the right to a formal account as to partnership affairs:

(a) If he is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his copartners,

(b) If the right exists under the terms of any agreement,

(d) Whenever other circumstances render it just and reasonable.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 9862 ;-- CL 1948, 449.22

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 2× “We agree with plaintiff that defendants should have provided her a formal accounting of partnership affairs pursuant to MCL 449.22 within a reasonable time after the partnership dissolved and that litigation should not have been necessary for plaintiff to obtain the accounting.”

Backowski v. Solecki, 316 N.W.2d 434 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “Plaintiff employs this argument as a basis for claiming a right to an accounting under § 22 of the Uniform Partnership Act, hereinafter UPA, MCL 449.22; MSA 20.22. We reject the argument initially because it was not pled and the case was not tried as a suit for an accounting.”

Yenglin v. Mazur, 328 N.W.2d 624 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “Appellants contend that, where a partner alleges that the partnership has breached an obligation that it owes to the partner, the partner’s exclusive remedy is to bring an action for an accounting under MCL 449.22; MSA 20.22. Appellants’ assertion that a partner may not sue his…”

Bellware v. Wolffis, 397 N.W.2d 861 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “MCL 449.22; MSA 20.22 provides the individual partners with the right to a formal accounting.”

Stevens Mineral Co. LLP v. Richard C Stevens (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “21, MCL 449.22, and MCL 449.43. Specifically, under the UPA, [a]ny partner shall have the right to a formal account as to partnership affairs: -4- (a) If he is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his copartners, (b) If the right…”

Djb Rentals Inc v. Najim Almaliky (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “” MCL 449.22. Further, “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 or…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.22(a) — 1 case

Urbain v. Beierling, 835 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “We agree with plaintiff that defendants should have provided her a formal accounting of partnership affairs pursuant to MCL 449.22 within a reasonable time after the partnership dissolved and that litigation should not have been necessary for plaintiff to obtain the accounting.”

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