Terms Used In Iowa Code 488.503

  • Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a limited partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to a transferee on account of a transferable interest owned by the transferee. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • 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.
  • Required information: means the information that a limited partnership is required to maintain under section 488. See Iowa Code 488.102
 A distribution by a limited partnership must be shared among the partners on the basis of the value, as stated in the required information when the limited partnership decides to make the distribution, of the contributions the limited partnership has received from each partner.