Ala. Code § 10A-9A-7.01 Transferable Interest.
10A-9A-7.01. Transferable Interest.
The only interest of a partner which is transferable is the partner’s transferable interest. A transferable interest is personal property.
(Act 2016-379, §1.)
Transferable Interests and Rights of Transferees and Creditors.
Ala. Code tit. 10A, ch. 9A, art. 7
in effectAla. Code § 10A-9A-7.02 Transfer of Partner’s Transferable Interest.
10A-9A-7.02. Transfer of Partner’s Transferable Interest.
(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner’s transferable interest:
(1) is permissible;
(2) does not by itself cause the partner’s dissociation;
(3) does not by itself cause a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership; and
(4) subject to Section 10A-9A-7.04, does not entitle the transferee to:
(A) participate in the management or conduct of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs; or
(B) except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), have access to required information, records, or other information concerning the partnership’s activities and affairs.
(b) A transferee has the right to receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled.
(c) A transferable interest may be evidenced by a certificate of transferable interest issued by the limited partnership. A partnership agreement may provide for the transfer of the transferable interest represented by the certificate and make other provisions with respect to the certificate. No certificate of transferable interest shall be issued in bearer form.
(d) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee is entitled to an account of the limited partnership’s transactions only from the date of dissolution.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 10A-9A-6.01(b)(3), 10A-9A-6.01(b)(10), 10A-9A-6.01(b)(11), 10A-9A-6.03(4)(B), 10A-9A-6.03(11), and 10A-9A-6.03(12) when a partner transfers a transferable interest, the transferor retains the rights of a partner other than the right to distributions transferred and retains all duties and obligations of a partner.
(f) A limited partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until the limited partnership has notice of the transfer.
(g) When a partner transfers a transferable interest to a person that is admitted as a partner with respect to the transferred interest, the transferee is liable for the partner’s obligations under Sections 10A-9A-5.02 and 10A-9A-5.08 to the extent that the obligations are known to the transferee when the transferee voluntarily accepts admission as a partner.
(h) Notwithstanding anything in Title 43 to the contrary, a partnership agreement may provide that a transferable interest may or shall be transferred in whole or in part, with or without consideration, to one or more persons at the death of the holder of the transferable interest. Any transferable interest transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to any outstanding charging order under Section 10A-9A-7.03. This subsection does not limit the rights of creditors of holders of transferable interests against transferees under this chapter or other laws of this state.
(Act 2016-379, p. 934, §1; Act 2025-281, §7.)
Ala. Code § 10A-9A-7.03 Rights of Creditor of Partner or Transferee.
10A-9A-7.03. Rights of Creditor of Partner or Transferee.
(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged and after the limited partnership has been served with the charging order, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of the transferable interest.
(b) The limited partnership, after being served with a charging order and its terms, shall be entitled to pay or deposit any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of the charged transferable interest into the hands of the clerk of the court so issuing the charging order, and the payment or deposit shall discharge the limited partnership and the judgment debtor from liability for the amount so paid or deposited and any interest that might accrue thereon. Upon receipt of the payment or deposit, the clerk of the court shall notify the judgment creditor of the receipt of the payment or deposit. The judgment creditor shall, after any payment or deposit into the court, petition the court for payment of so much of the amount paid or deposited as is held by the court as may be necessary to pay the judgment creditor’s judgment. To the extent the court has excess amounts paid or deposited on hand after the payment to the judgment creditor, the excess amounts paid or deposited shall be distributed to the judgment debtor and the charging order shall be extinguished. The court, may in its discretion, order the clerk to deposit, pending the judgment creditor’s petition, any money paid or deposited with the clerk, in an interest bearing account at a bank authorized to receive deposits of public funds.
(c) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s transferable interest.
(d) Subject to subsection (c):
(1) a judgment debtor that is a partner retains the rights of a partner and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a partner; and
(2) a judgment debtor that is a transferee retains the rights of a transferee and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a transferee.
(e) This chapter does not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner’s or transferee’s transferable interest.
(f) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest and the judgment creditor shall have no right to foreclose, under this chapter or any other law, upon the charging order, the charging order lien, or the judgment debtor’s transferable interest. A judgment creditor of a partner or transferee shall have no right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of a limited partnership. Court orders for actions or requests for accounts and inquiries that the judgment debtor might have made, are not available to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest and may not be ordered by a court.
(Act 2016-379, §1.)
Ala. Code § 10A-9A-7.04 Power of Personal Representative of Deceased Partner.
10A-9A-7.04. Power of Personal Representative of Deceased Partner.
If a partner dies, the deceased partner’s personal representative or other legal representative may:
(a) for the period of time, if any, that the deceased partner’s personal representative or other legal representative holds the deceased partner’s transferable interest:
(1) exercise the rights of a holder of transferable interests under this chapter;
(2) exercise the rights of a transferee under Section 10A-9A-7.02; and
(3) for purposes of settling the estate, exercise the rights of a current limited partner under Section 10A-9A-3.04; and
(b) for the period of time that the deceased partner’s personal representative or other legal representative does not hold the deceased partner’s transferable interest, for purposes of settling the estate, exercise the rights of a person dissociated as a limited partner under Section 10A-9A-3.04.
(Act 2016-379, p. 934, §1; Act 2025-281, §7.)
Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026