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Code · Massachusetts · Part II — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Title II — PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES · Chapter 203E

Section 1011: Interest as general partner

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Section 1011. Interest as general partner
(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(c)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, shall not be 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 under chapter 108A or chapter 109.
(b)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner shall not be 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.
(c)The immunity provided by this section shall not apply if an interest in the partnership is held by the trustee in a capacity other than that of trustee or is held by the trustee's spouse or 1 or more of the trustee's descendants, siblings or parents, or the spouse of any of them.
(d)If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor shall be personally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.
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