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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 359.081 (2026)

Limited partnership shall sue and be sued

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  359.081.  Limited partnership shall sue and be sued. — A limited partnership shall, in the partnership name, sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law or equity.

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(L. 1985 H.B. 512 & 650, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1432)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1988–2014 · leading case: N.E. & R. P'ship v. Stone, 745 S.W.2d 266 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988).
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N.E. & R. P'ship v. Stone, 745 S.W.2d 266 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 6× “Section 359.081, RSMo 1986, states: “Limited partnership shall sue and be sued.”
Naylor Senior Citizens Hous., LP, & John Dilks v. Sides Constr. Co., Inc., 423 S.W.3d 238 (Mo. 2014). “§ 359.081. 4 . Regarding Oakland, California, it is said: "There is no there there.”
Goodkin v. 8182 Maryland Assocs. Ltd. P'ship, 80 S.W.3d 484 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “Appellants do not dispute these facts, but claim instead that under section 359.081 3 they need only name the limited *490 partnership and not its general partner.”
Lake Ozark Constr. Indus., Inc. v. North Port Assocs., 859 S.W.2d 710 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Under § 359.081, RSMo 1986, a limited partnership may be sued in the partnership name.”
Birchtree Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Thomas, 821 S.W.2d 120 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “udgment because: (1) it failed to consider that Birchtree was not a party to the arbitration and lacked standing to participate in the arbitration; and (2) it failed to consider that Shatkin-Lee is an Illinois limited partnership and that neither the arbitration or application…”
Naylor Senior Citizens Hous., LP, & John Dilks v. Sides Constr. Co., Inc. (Mo. 2014). “§ 359.081. 8 It is this basic fact that distinguishes statutory entities and natural persons for purposes of this rule.”
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