# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 5. Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities

### Subtitle 4. Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Businesses, Associations, and Charities

#### Section 5-420

(a) In this section, "partnership" has the meaning stated in Sec. 9A-101 of the Corporations and Associations Article.

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

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)