Home Table of Contents

§ 8850. Rights to information

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated AssociationsEffective: January 3, 2023

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 88. Limited Liability Companies (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter D. Relations of Members to Each Other and to Limited Liability Company
Effective: January 3, 2023
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 8850
§ 8850. Rights to information
Currentness
(a) In member-managed company.--In a member-managed limited liability company, the following rules apply:
(1) On reasonable notice, a member may inspect and copy during regular business hours, at a reasonable location specified by the company, any record maintained by the company regarding the company's activities, affairs, financial condition and other circumstances.
(2) The company shall furnish to each member, without demand, any information concerning the company's activities, affairs, financial condition and other circumstances which the company knows and is material to the proper exercise of the member's rights and duties under the operating agreement or this title, except to the extent the company can establish that it reasonably believes the member already knows the information.
(3) The duty to furnish information under paragraph (2) also applies to each member to the extent the member knows any of the information described in paragraph (2).
(b) In manager-managed company.--In a manager-managed limited liability company, the following rules apply:
(1) The informational rights stated in subsection (a) and the duty stated in subsection (a)(3) apply to the managers and not the members.
(2) During regular business hours and at a reasonable location specified by the company, a member may inspect and copy full information regarding the activities, affairs, financial condition and other circumstances of the company as is just and reasonable if:
(i) the member seeks the information for a purpose reasonably related to the member's interest as a member;
(ii) the member makes a demand in record form received by the company describing with reasonable particularity the information sought and the purpose for seeking the information; and
(iii) the information sought is directly connected to the member's purpose.
(3) Within 10 days after receiving a demand under paragraph (2)(ii), the company shall, in record form, inform the member that made the demand of:
(i) the information that the company will provide in response to the demand and when and where the company will provide the information; and
(ii) the company's reasons for declining, if the company declines to provide any demanded information.
(c) Rights of person dissociated as member.--Subject to subsection (h), within 10 days after receipt by a limited liability company of a demand made in record form, a person dissociated as a member may have access to information to which the person was entitled while a member if:
(1) the information pertains to the period during which the person was a member;
(2) the person seeks the information in good faith; and
(3) the person satisfies the requirements imposed on a member under subsection (b)(2).
(d) Response of company.--A limited liability company shall respond to a demand made under subsection (c) in the manner provided in subsection (b)(3).
(e) Copying costs.--A limited liability company may charge a person that makes a demand under this section the reasonable costs of copying.
(f) Rights of agent or guardian.--A member or person dissociated as a member may exercise rights under this section through an agent or, in the case of an individual under legal disability, a guardian.Any restriction or condition imposed by the operating agreement or under subsection (h) applies both to the agent or guardian and the member or person dissociated as a member.
(g) No rights of transferee.--Subject to section 8854 (relating to power of personal representative of deceased member), the rights under this section do not extend to a person as transferee.
(h) Limitations on access.--In addition to any restriction or condition stated in the operating agreement, a limited liability company, as a matter within the ordinary course of its activities and affairs, may impose reasonable restrictions and conditions on access to and use of information to be furnished under this section, including designating information confidential and imposing nondisclosure and safeguarding obligations on the recipient. In a dispute concerning the reasonableness of a restriction under this subsection, the company has the burden of proving reasonableness.
(i) Enforcement of right to information.--If a limited liability company, or a manager, member or agent thereof, refuses to permit an inspection sought by a person or attorney or other agent acting for the person pursuant to this section, or does not reply to the demand made under this section within 10 days after the demand has been received, the person seeking inspection may file an action in the court for an order to compel the inspection. The court is vested with exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether or not the person seeking inspection is entitled to the inspection sought. The court may summarily order the company to permit the person to inspect the information and to make copies or extracts therefrom.
(j) Cross reference.--See section 8815 (relating to contents of operating agreement).

Credits

2016, Nov. 21, P.L. 1328, No. 170, § 29, effective in 90 days [Feb. 21, 2017]. Amended 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1791, No. 122, § 105, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 8850, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 8850
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document