Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 12.1
Uniform Partnership Act

Article 11
Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication

Part 4
Conversion

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12.1-1141

§ 7-12.1-1141. Conversion authorized.

(a) By complying with this part, a domestic partnership may become:

(1) A domestic entity that is a different type of entity; or

(2) A foreign entity that is a different type of entity, if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.

(b) By complying with the provisions of this part applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity that is not a foreign partnership may become a domestic partnership if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.

(c) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic partnership but does not refer to a conversion, the provision applies to a conversion of the partnership as if the conversion were a merger until the provision is amended after January 1, 2023.

History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.