2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XII BUSINESS ENTITIES
SUBTITLE 1 PARTNERSHIPS
CHAPTER 488 UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT
488.406 Management rights of general partner.

488.406 Management rights of general partner.

1. Each general partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited partnership s activities. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities of the limited partnership may be exclusively decided by the general partner or, if there is more than one general partner, by a majority of the general partners.

2. The consent of each partner is necessary to do any or all of the following:

a. Amend the partnership agreement.

b. Amend the certificate of limited partnership to add or, subject to section 488.1110, delete a statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.

c. Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the limited partnership s property, with or without the goodwill, other than in the usual and regular course of the limited partnership s activities.

3. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for payments made and indemnify a general partner for liabilities incurred by the general partner in the ordinary course of the activities of the partnership or for the preservation of its activities or property.

4. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for an advance to the limited partnership beyond the amount of capital the general partner agreed to contribute.

5. A payment or advance made by a general partner which gives rise to an obligation of the limited partnership under subsection 3 or 4 constitutes a loan to the limited partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.

6. A general partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §40, 118