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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="4A-203" title_number="4A" title_name="Limited Liability Company Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <text>Unless otherwise provided by law or unless otherwise agreed, a limited liability company has the general powers, whether or not set forth in its articles of organization or operating agreement, to:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Have perpetual existence, although existence may be limited to a specified period of time if the limitation is set forth in its articles of organization;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Sue, be sued, complain, and defend in all courts;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Transact its business, carry on its operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this article in any state and in any foreign country;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities, and borrow money;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Sell, lease, exchange, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge, and otherwise dispose of any of its assets;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Acquire by purchase or in any other manner, take, receive, own, hold, improve, and otherwise deal with any interest in real or personal property, wherever located;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Issue notes, bonds, and other obligations and secure any of them by mortgage or deed of trust or security interest of any or all of its assets;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, loan, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and otherwise use and deal in and with stock or other interests in and obligations of other corporations, associations, general or limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign limited liability companies, business trusts, and individuals;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Invest its surplus funds, lend money in any manner which may be appropriate to enable it to carry on the operations or fulfill the purposes of the limited liability company, and take and hold real property and personal property as security for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Render professional services within or without this State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Elect or appoint agents and define their duties and fix their compensation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="13">
    <text>Be a promoter, stockholder, partner, member, associate, or agent of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, foreign limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="14">
    <text>Indemnify and hold harmless any member, agent, or employee from and against any and all claims and demands, except in the case of action or failure to act by the member, agent, or employee which constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness, and subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in the articles of organization or operating agreement;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="15">
    <text>Make and alter operating agreements as provided in § 4A–402(a) of this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="16">
    <text>Cease its activities and dissolve; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="17">
    <text>Do every other act not inconsistent with law which is appropriate to promote and attain the purposes of the limited liability company.</text>
  </level>
</section>
