{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-17","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, § 17","heading":"Limited partners","body":"Section 17. (a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:\n(1) the date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or\n(2) the date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.\n(b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:\n(1) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and\n(2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in section forty-two, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 109"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter109/Section17","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:34Z","sha256":"79222d7dd6782b08392b767f81438a195f6d8741f83688f3febadb3fc76947bc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-16a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}