{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-36","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-36","heading":"Partnership defined.","body":"(a)\tA partnership is an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit.\n(b)\tBut any association formed under any other statute of this State, or any statute adopted by authority, other than the authority of this State, is not a partnership under this Article, unless such association would have been a partnership in this State prior to the adoption of this Article; but this Article shall apply to limited partnerships except insofar as the statutes relating to such partnerships are inconsistent herewith. (1941, c. 374, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 59. Partnership.","Article 2. Uniform Partnership Act.","Part 2. Nature of a Partnership."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_59/GS_59-36.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:02Z","sha256":"15a9014db5e4e9243775985bd6d8ba30ebc35be668f3fcc7b768b3e73c0c848d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-35.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}