Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1325 – Distributions upon withdrawal
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1325
- Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
- interest: means a member's rights in a limited liability company, collectively, including the member's share of the profits and losses of the limited liability company, the right to receive distributions of the limited liability company's assets, and any right to vote or participate in management. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1301
- Member: means a person with a membership interest in a limited liability company with the rights and obligations specified under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1301
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Operating agreement: means any agreement, written or oral, of the members as to, or in the case of a limited liability company having a single member, any written agreement between the member and the company memorializing the affairs of a limited liability company and the conduct of its business. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1301
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1301
A. If a limited liability company has been constituted for a term, a member may withdraw without the consent of the other members prior to the expiration of the term, provided he has just cause arising out of the failure of another member to perform an obligation.
B. A member of a limited liability company not entered into for a term may withdraw or resign from a limited liability company at the time or upon the happening of an event specified in a written operating agreement and in accordance with the written operating agreement. If a written operating agreement does not specify the time or the events upon the happening of which a member may withdraw or resign, a member of a limited liability company not entered into for a term may resign or withdraw upon not less than thirty days prior written notice to the limited liability company at its registered office as filed of record with the secretary of state and to each member and manager at each member’s and manager’s address as set forth on the records of the limited liability company.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, on withdrawal or resignation, a withdrawing or resigning member is entitled to receive such distribution, if any, to which the member is entitled under a written operating agreement and, if not otherwise provided in a written operating agreement, within a reasonable time after withdrawal or resignation, the fair market value of the member’s interest as of the date of the member’s withdrawal or resignation.
Acts 1992, No. 780, §2, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 475, §4, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 847, §3, eff. June 27, 1995.