(a) Each limited partnership shall keep at the office referred to in Section 33-42-50(1) the following:

(1) a current list of the full name and last known mailing address of each partner separately identifying the general partners (in alphabetical order) and the limited partners (in alphabetical order);

(2) a copy of the certificate of limited partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed;

(3) copies of the limited partnership's federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years;

(4) copies of any then effective written partnership agreements and of any financial statements of the limited partnership for the three most recent years; and

(5) unless contained in a written partnership agreement, a writing setting out:

(i) the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other property or services contributed by each partner and which each partner has agreed to contribute;

(ii) the times at which or events on the happening of which any additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be made;

(iii) any right of a partner to receive, or of a general partner to make, distributions to a partner which include a return of all or any part of the partner's contribution; and

(iv) any events upon the happening of which the limited partnership is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up.

(b) Records required to be kept under this section are subject to inspection and copying at the reasonable request, and at the expense, of any partner during ordinary business hours.

(c) A person who is not a partner is entitled to the information required by paragraphs (1) and (5) of subsection (a) if he gives the limited partnership written notice of his demand at least five business days before the date on which he wishes to inspect and copy the information to which he is entitled by this subsection and his demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose. The limited partnership may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material for copies of any documents provided pursuant to this subsection. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 491, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 11, Sections 3, 4; 1986 Act No. 533, Section 1.