{"data":{"id":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-8472","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"15 Pa.C.S. § 8472","heading":"Power to bind and liability of person dissociated as partner.","body":"(a) When partnership bound.--After a person is dissociated as a partner without the dissociation resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business and before the partnership is merged or divided out of existence, converted or domesticated under Chapter 3 (relating to entity transactions), or dissolved, the partnership is bound by an act of the person only if:\n(1) the act would have bound the partnership under section 8431 (relating to partner agent of partnership) before dissociation; and\n(2) at the time the other party enters into the transaction:\n(i) less than two years have passed since the dissociation; and\n(ii) the other party does not know or have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a partner.\n(b) Liability of person dissociated as partner.--If a partnership is bound under subsection (a), the person dissociated as a partner which caused the partnership to be bound is liable:\n(1) to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from the obligation incurred under subsection (a); and\n(2) if a partner or another person dissociated as a partner is liable for the obligation, to the partner or other person for any damage caused to the partner or other person arising from the liability.","path":["Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS","PART III PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES","CHAPTER 84 GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS","SUBCHAPTER G DISSOCIATION AS PARTNER IF BUSINESS NOT WOUND UP"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=15\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=84\u0026sctn=72\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-28 (Statute Update stamp, 15 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:13Z","sha256":"212a86c259dc53242dafe7294371fd81f500561b04b70dc2187a5672cd2beccf","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-8471","next":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-8473"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}