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# O.C.G.A. § 14-8-17. Liability of incoming partner.

A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his admission as though he had been a partner when such obligations were incurred, except that this liability shall be satisfied only out of partnership property.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-8-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1439, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying business associations developments in Georgia from mid-1980 through mid-1981 concerning partnerships and corporations, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 19 (1981).