Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 13.1
Uniform Limited Partnership Act

Part 2
Formation — Certificate of Limited Partnership and Other Filings

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-13.1-205

§ 7-13.1-205. Liability for inaccurate information in filed record.

(a) If a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter and filed by the secretary of state contains inaccurate information, a person that suffers loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss from:

(1) A person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf, and knew the information to be inaccurate at the time the record was signed; and

(2) A general partner if:

(i) The record was delivered for filing on behalf of the partnership; and

(ii) The general partner knew or had notice of the inaccuracy for a reasonably sufficient time before the information was relied upon so that, before the reliance, the general partner reasonably could have:

(A) Effected an amendment under § 7-13.1-202;

(B) Filed a petition under § 7-13.1-204; or

(C) Delivered to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under § 7-13.1-118 or a statement of correction under § 7-13.1-209.

(b) An individual who signs a record authorized or required to be filed under this chapter affirms under penalty of perjury that the information stated in the record is accurate.

History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.