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HomeCorporations CodeGENERAL PROVISIONSCh. 5Art. 9§ 16910 Partnership And Business Mergers

§ 16910 Partnership And Business Mergers

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§ 16910 Partnership And Business Mergers

This law says which kinds of partnerships and other businesses can join together to become one business, and what rules they must follow when the businesses are from other states or countries.

Key Takeaways

  • •Partnerships can merge with other partnerships.
  • •Partnerships can merge with other types of businesses, but the surviving business must be allowed to do a merger by its own state’s rules.
  • •If the surviving business is from another state or country, that state’s or country’s laws must also permit the merger.

Example

Two small law firms that are organized as partnerships want to combine into one larger partnership, and a tech startup that is a corporation wants to merge with a partnership to become a corporation.

The two law firms can merge because the law allows partnerships to merge with other partnerships. The tech startup can merge with the partnership as long as the state where the corporation is formed says it can do a merger, and if the partnership is the one that stays alive, the foreign corporation’s home state must also allow that kind of merger.

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§ 16910 Partnership And Business Mergers

(a) The following entities may be merged pursuant to this article: (1) Two or more partnerships into one partnership. (2) One or more partnerships and one or more other business entities into one of those other business entities. (3) One or more partnerships, other than a limited liability partnership, and one or more other business entities into one partnership. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the merger of any number of partnerships with any number of other business entities may be effected only if the other business entities that are organized in California are authorized by the laws under which they are organized to effect the merger, and (1) if a domestic partnership is the surviving partnership, the foreign other business entities are not prohibited by the laws under which they are organized from effecting that merger and (2) if a foreign partnership or foreign other business entity is the survivor of the merger, the laws of the jurisdiction under which the survivor is organized authorize that merger. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

partnershipsother business entitiesmergerforeign other business entitiesdomestic partnership

Related Statutes

  • § 16901 Partnership Merger Definitions
  • § 16912 Merger Effectiveness Requirements
  • § 16913 Domestic Partnership Merger Rules
  • § 16915 Partnership Merger Filing Requirements
  • § 16916 Partnership Real Property Merger

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 16910.
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