{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-40","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, § 40","heading":"Assignment of partnership interest","body":"Section 40. Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part. An assignment of a partnership interest shall not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights of a partner. An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would be entitled. Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner ceases to be a partner upon assignment of all his partnership interest.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 109"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter109/Section40","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:34Z","sha256":"458f3ca256e228430a1ffe02e1137979b98060ff972e78369f3a0e3cf6f182ca","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-39","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}