1. Upon the winding up of a limited partnership, the assets shall be distributed as follows:

(1) To creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited partnership other than liabilities for distributions to partners under section 359.321 or 359.351;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 359.481

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • Partnership agreement: any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Missouri Laws 359.011
  • State: a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Missouri Laws 359.011

(2) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and former partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under section 359.321 or 359.351; and

(3) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners first for the return of their contributions and secondly respecting their partnership interests, in the proportions in which the partners share in distributions.

2. A dissolved limited partnership may dispose of the unknown claims against it by filing a notice of winding up in accordance with this subsection. The notice of winding up shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the corporation‘s principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is or was last located;

(2) Be published one time in the Missouri Register;

(3) Be published one time in a publication of statewide circulation whose audience is primarily persons engaged in the practice of law in this state and which is published not less than four times per year;

(4) Contain a request that persons with claims against the partnership present them in accordance with the notice of winding up;

(5) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and

(6) State that a claim against the partnership will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within three years after the publication of the notice.