(a) After dissolution, a partnership is bound by the act of a partner or by the act of a dissociated partner acting as a partner under Section 10A-8A-8.03(a) which:

Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-8A-8.04

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s business or not for profit activity; or
(2) would have bound the partnership under Section 10A-8A-3.01 before dissolution, if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.
(b) Subject to subsection (a), a person dissociated as a partner binds a partnership through an act occurring after dissolution only if:

(1) at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a partner; and
(2) the act:

(A) is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s business or not for profit activity; or
(B) would have bound the partnership under Section 10A-8A-3.01 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.