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HomeCorporations CodeGENERAL PROVISIONSCh. 5Art. 10§ 16955 Partnership Conversion To Llp

§ 16955 Partnership Conversion To Llp

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§ 16955 Partnership Conversion To Llp

This law lets a regular partnership (but not a limited partnership) turn into a registered limited liability partnership if most of the partners who own the profits agree, and it makes sure everything – property, debts, lawsuits, and the partners themselves – stays the same after the change.

Key Takeaways

  • •A majority of the partners who own the current profits must vote to convert.
  • •All property (real, personal, tangible, intangible) stays with the new LLP.
  • •All debts, obligations, and penalties stay with the new LLP.
  • •Any lawsuit already happening can continue as if the conversion never happened.
  • •The partners keep being partners, and the new LLP is treated as the same entity as before.

Example

Three friends run a coffee shop as a partnership. They decide to become a limited liability partnership so they get extra legal protection.

Because the friends who own most of the shop’s profits vote for it, the partnership can change to an LLP. All the coffee shop’s equipment, money, and any money it owes keep being owned by the new LLP, and any court case about the shop can keep going as if nothing changed. The three friends stay partners in the new LLP.

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§ 16955 Partnership Conversion To Llp

(a) A domestic partnership, other than a limited partnership, may convert to a registered limited liability partnership by the vote of the partners possessing a majority of the interests of its partners in the current profits of the partnership or by a different vote as may be required in its partnership agreement. (b) When such a conversion takes effect, all of the following apply: (1) All property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of the converting partnership remains vested in the converted registered limited liability partnership. (2) All debts, obligations, liabilities, and penalties of the converting partnership continue as debts, obligations, liabilities, and penalties of the converted registered limited liability partnership. (3) Any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, then pending by or against the converting partnership may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred. (4) To the extent provided in the agreement of conversion and in this chapter, the partners of a partnership shall continue as partners in the converted registered limited liability partnership. (5) A partnership that has been converted to a registered limited liability partnership pursuant to this chapter is the same person that existed prior to the conversion. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 26. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

domestic partnershipregistered limited liability partnershipconversionpartnership agreement

Related Statutes

  • § 16902 Partnership Conversion Requirements
  • § 16951 Limited Liability Partnership Recognition
  • § 16954 Amending Llp Registration
  • § 16957 Llc Partnership Distribution Limits
  • § 6 Llc Partnership Net Worth Confirmation

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 16955.
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