Maine Code § 31-1357

Right of general partner and former general partner to information
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1. Right to inspect and copy. A general partner, without having any particular purpose for seeking
the information, may inspect and copy during regular business hours:
A. In the limited partnership's principal office, required information; and [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt.
F, §18 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]
B. At a reasonable location specified by the limited partnership, any other records maintained by
the limited partnership regarding the limited partnership's activities and financial condition. [PL
2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. F, §18 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]
2. Information furnished to general partner. Each general partner and the limited partnership
shall furnish to a general partner:
A. Without demand, any information concerning the limited partnership's activities and activities
reasonably required for the proper exercise of the general partner's rights and duties under the
partnership agreement or this chapter; and [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
B. On demand, any other information concerning the limited partnership's activities, except to the
extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the
circumstances. [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
3. Right of dissociated general partner. Subject to subsection 5, on 10 days' demand made in a
record received by the limited partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner may have access
to the information and records described in subsection 1 at the location specified in subsection 1 if:
A. The information or record pertains to the period during which the person was a general partner;
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
B. The person seeks the information or record in good faith; and [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2
(NEW).]
C. The person satisfies the requirements imposed on a limited partner by section 1344, subsection
2. [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

4. Response to demand. The limited partnership shall respond to a demand made pursuant to
subsection 3 in the same manner as provided in section 1344, subsection 3.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
5. Death of general partner. If a general partner dies, section 1384 applies.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
6. Reasonable restrictions on use of information. The limited partnership may impose
reasonable restrictions on the use of information under this section. In any dispute concerning the
reasonableness of a restriction under this subsection, the limited partnership has the burden of proving
reasonableness.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
7. Reasonable costs of copying. A limited partnership may charge a person dissociated as a
general partner that makes a demand under this section reasonable costs of copying, limited to the costs
of labor and material.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
8. Exercise of rights. A general partner or person dissociated as a general partner may exercise
the rights under this section through an attorney or other agent. Any restriction imposed under
subsection 6 or by the partnership agreement applies both to the attorney or other agent and to the
general partner or person dissociated as a general partner.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
9. Transferee; individual under legal disability. The rights under this section do not extend to
a person as transferee, but the rights under subsection 3 of a person dissociated as a general partner may
be exercised by the legal representative of an individual who dissociated as a general partner under
section 1373, subsection 7, paragraph B or C.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

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