Interest as a general partner.

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, or unless personal liability is imposed in the contract, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner in a general or limited partnership is not personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust's acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed in the contract or in a statement previously filed pursuant to the "Colorado Uniform Partnership Act (1997)", article 64 of title 7, or the "Colorado Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1981", article 62 of title 7.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, a trustee who holds aninterest as a general partner is not personally liable for torts committed by the partnership or for obligations arising from ownership or control of the interest unless the trustee is personally at fault.

  2. The immunity provided by this section does not apply if an interest in the partnershipis held by the trustee in a capacity other than that of trustee or is held by the trustee's spouse or one or more of the trustee's descendants, siblings, or parents, or the spouse of any of them.

  3. If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor ispersonally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added, (SB 18-180), ch. 169, p. 1187, § 1, effective January 1, 2019.


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