Other claims against dissolved limited liability partnership.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12.1-808
in effect7-12.1-808. Other claims against dissolved limited liability partnership.
(a) A dissolved limited liability partnership may publish notice of its dissolution and
request persons having claims against the partnership to present them in accordance
with the notice.
(b) A notice under subsection (a) of this section must:
(1) Be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation;
(2) Describe the information required to be contained in a claim, state that the claim
must be in writing, and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent;
(3) State that a claim against the partnership is barred unless an action to enforce the
claim is commenced not later than three (3) years after publication of the notice;
and
(4) Unless the partnership has been throughout its existence a limited liability partnership,
state that the barring of a claim against the partnership will also bar any corresponding
claim against any partner or person dissociated as a partner which is based on § 7-12.1-306.
(c) If a dissolved limited liability partnership publishes a notice in accordance with
subsection (b) of this section, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred
unless the claimant commences an action to enforce the claim against the partnership
not later than three (3) years after the publication date of the notice:
(1) A claimant that did not receive notice in a record under § 7-12.1-807;
(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the partnership but not acted on; and
(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent at, or based on an event occurring after, the
date of dissolution.
(d) A claim not barred under this section or § 7-12.1-807 may be enforced:
(1) Against a dissolved limited liability partnership, to the extent of its undistributed
assets;
(2) Except as otherwise provided in § 7-12.1-809, if assets of the partnership have been distributed after dissolution, against a
partner or transferee to the extent of that person’s proportionate share of the claim
or of the partnership’s assets distributed to the partner or transferee after dissolution,
whichever is less, but a person’s total liability for all claims under this subsection
may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the person after dissolution;
and
(3) Against any person liable on the claim under §§ 7-12.1-306, 7-12.1-703, and 7-12.1-805.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective
January 1, 2023.
Source: State of Rhode Island General Assembly (rilegislature.gov)URL: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE7/7-12.1/7-8/7-12.1-808.htmFetched: 10/20/2026