NRS87.4316. Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.  


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  •       1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, NRS 87.4301 to 87.4357, inclusive, govern relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.

          2.  The partnership agreement may not:

          (a) Vary the rights and duties under NRS 87.4318 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners;

          (b) Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under subsection 2 of NRS 87.4335;

          (c) Eliminate the duty of loyalty under subsection 2 of NRS 87.4336 or paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 87.4345, but:

                 (1) The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable; or

                 (2) All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty;

          (d) Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under subsection 3 of NRS 87.4336 or paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 87.4345;

          (e) Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under subsection 4 of NRS 87.4336, but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;

          (f) Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under subsection 1 of NRS 87.4344, except to require the notice under subsection 1 of NRS 87.4343 to be in writing;

          (g) Vary the right of a court to expel a partner in the events specified in subsection 5 of NRS 87.4343;

          (h) Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in subsection 4, 5 or 6 of NRS 87.4351;

          (i) Vary the law applicable to a registered limited-liability partnership pursuant to NRS 87.560; or

          (j) Restrict rights of third parties pursuant to NRS 87.4301 to 87.4357, inclusive.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 423)