Partnership Agreement - General (Arizona)

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ARIZONA GENERAL-PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT PREPARATION PACKET

DO NOT SIGN THIS PACKET AS AN AGREEMENT. It supplies no Arizona default
rule, nonwaivable rule, formation result, filing requirement, partner
authority, liability result, tax treatment, dissociation or dissolution
event, buyout rule, restrictive covenant, remedy, or enforceability
conclusion. Use the completed schedules as instructions for Arizona counsel.

1. Matter and Draft Control

Item	Verified entry
Proposed partnership name	[________________________________]
Project / business description	[________________________________]
Proposed effective date	[__/__/____]
Arizona counsel	[________________________________]
Tax adviser	[________________________________]
Accounting adviser	[________________________________]
Insurance adviser	[________________________________]
Target signing date	[__/__/____]
Draft version	[________________________________]
Existing oral, written, or implied arrangement	[________________________________]
Existing entity, registration, filing, or tax account	[________________________________]
Pending transaction or deadline	[________________________________]

2. Relationship and Legal-Form Classification

Do not assume the parties can avoid or create partnership status merely by
using a document title. Counsel must classify the actual agreement, conduct,
ownership, profit arrangements, authority, public presentation, and prior
history.

Classification question	Facts and evidence	Current official authority	Counsel conclusion
What activity will the parties carry on?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Is the relationship already operating?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Is a general partnership the intended form?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Would an LLC, corporation, LP, LLP, joint venture, or contract fit better?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Which state or states govern formation and internal affairs?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Does the business operate or own property outside Arizona?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Is limited-liability status intended?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Are licenses, professional-entity rules, or ownership limits implicated?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Are consumer, franchise, securities, employment, or regulated activities involved?	[________]	[________]	[________]
Are prior entities or assets being converted, merged, or contributed?	[________]	[________]	[________]

Selected legal form and reason: [_________________________________________]

Rejected alternatives and reason: [______________________________________]

3. Current Arizona Authority and Filing Register

Enter each legal conclusion from a current official source. A chapter-range
citation, model act, old form, neighboring state's rule, or Secretary of State
search result is not a substitute for the operative section and current filing
instruction.

Topic	Applies?	Current official source and quotation	Required action / drafting consequence	Checked on / reviewer
Partnership formation and status	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Agreement variation and nonwaivable rules	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partner agency and authority	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partnership and partner liability	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Duties, standards, and information rights	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Property and transferable interests	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Dissociation and buyout	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Dissolution and winding up	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Statement of authority or other optional filing	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
LLP election, registration, renewal, and name	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Trade or assumed name	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Foreign qualification / other-state registration	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Electronic transaction and signature formalities	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

☐ Every statutory section proposed for the operative agreement was checked
against its current title, text, cross-references, and later enactments.

☐ Any filing is labeled mandatory or optional only after current official
instructions and the actual facts were reviewed.

4. Partner and Capacity Schedule

Complete one block for each proposed partner.

Partner [A / B / C]

Item	Entry
Full legal name	[________________________________]
Individual or entity	[________________________________]
Formation / residence jurisdiction	[________________________________]
Address	[________________________________]
Tax identifier handling route	[________________________________]
Authorized signer and title, if an entity	[________________________________]
Authority evidence	[________________________________]
Marital / community-property review, if relevant	[________________________________]
Bankruptcy, lien, judgment, restriction, or conflict disclosed	[________________________________]
Licensure or professional-status issue	[________________________________]
Existing duty to another person or organization	[________________________________]
Proposed role and time commitment	[________________________________]
Proposed ownership / economic interest	[________________________________]
Proposed vote	[________________________________]
Proposed authority	[________________________________]

Conflict, capacity, consent, or joinder issue: [____________________________]

Repeat this block for every proposed partner. Do not collapse an entity partner,
trustee, fiduciary, spouse, nominee, or representative into a natural-person
signature line.

5. Contributions, Property, and Opening Balance Sheet

5.1 Contribution Schedule

Partner	Cash	Property	Services / commitment	Due date / condition	Agreed value	Tax basis / adviser note	Evidence
[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]
[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]
[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	$[____]	[____]	[____]

5.2 Property and Title Controls

Asset	Current owner	Proposed owner	Transfer document	Lien / consent	Valuation	Closing condition
Real property	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Equipment / inventory	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Intellectual property	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Contract / permit / account	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Digital asset / domain / data	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

☐ No asset is treated as partnership property solely because a partner uses it
in the business. Counsel will align title, purchase funds, records, tax
treatment, insurance, and the operative agreement.

5.3 Future Capital

Decision	Selected instruction
Additional contributions voluntary or mandatory	[________________________________]
Approval threshold	[________________________________]
Notice and funding period	[________________________________]
Loan alternative	[________________________________]
Dilution or reallocation route	[________________________________]
Default consequence	[________________________________]
Valuation and dispute process	[________________________________]

No interest rate, discount, forfeiture, forced sale, or dilution term is
preselected.

6. Economics, Accounting, and Tax Instructions

6.1 Economic Schedule

Topic	Drafting instruction
Ownership / percentage interests	[________________________________]
Profit allocations	[________________________________]
Loss allocations	[________________________________]
Cash distributions	[________________________________]
Preferred return, if any	[________________________________]
Draws / guaranteed payments / compensation	[________________________________]
Reserves and reinvestment	[________________________________]
In-kind distributions	[________________________________]
Withholding and tax distributions	[________________________________]
Capital-account approach	[________________________________]

The percentages for ownership, voting, profits, losses, distributions, and
buyout value may differ. Reconcile each rather than using one number for all
purposes.

6.2 Tax and Reporting Register

Issue	Classification / decision	Current source or adviser memorandum	Owner / deadline
Federal tax classification	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partnership representative / election	[____]	[____]	[____]
Tax year and accounting method	[____]	[____]	[____]
Contributions and built-in gain / loss	[____]	[____]	[____]
Allocations and special allocations	[____]	[____]	[____]
Arizona income / withholding	[____]	[____]	[____]
Transaction privilege or industry tax	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other-state tax and nexus	[____]	[____]	[____]
Payroll / worker classification	[____]	[____]	[____]
Returns, statements, and partner information	[____]	[____]	[____]

This packet supplies no tax rate, exemption, election, filing date, withholding
formula, or return-delivery deadline.

7. Management, Voting, and Authority Matrix

7.1 Day-to-Day Roles

Function	Responsible partner / person	Authority limit	Reporting duty	Backup
Operations	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Finance / banking	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Sales / contracting	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Personnel	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Compliance / licensing	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Technology / security	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Tax / accounting	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Records / notices	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

7.2 Decision Matrix

Matter	Proposer	Notice / information	Vote method	Approval threshold	Conflict treatment	External authority
Ordinary contract	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Debt / guaranty / lien	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Capital expenditure	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Admission of partner	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
New contribution / dilution	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Sale / transfer of major asset	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Related-party transaction	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Litigation / settlement	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Merger / conversion / legal-form change	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Dissolution / wind-up decision	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

Internal limits may not determine a partner's power against a third party.
Counsel must reconcile the agreement, actual authority, apparent-authority
risk, public filings, title records, bank mandates, and third-party notices.

7.3 Meetings and Written Actions

Topic	Selected process
Regular meetings	[________________________________]
Special meeting call	[________________________________]
Notice method and period	[________________________________]
Quorum	[________________________________]
Voting by proxy / remote means	[________________________________]
Written consent	[________________________________]
Deadlock escalation	[________________________________]
Minutes and decision record	[________________________________]

No meeting interval, notice period, quorum, majority, supermajority, or
unanimous threshold is supplied.

8. Duties, Conflicts, and Outside Activities

Topic	Facts / business instruction	Current Arizona constraint	Counsel-approved clause
Loyalty and conflicts	[____]	[____]	[____]
Care and decision standard	[____]	[____]	[____]
Good faith / fair dealing	[____]	[____]	[____]
Competition during relationship	[____]	[____]	[____]
Business opportunities	[____]	[____]	[____]
Confidentiality	[____]	[____]	[____]
Information use	[____]	[____]	[____]
Related-party approvals	[____]	[____]	[____]
Reliance on professionals	[____]	[____]	[____]
Exculpation / indemnification	[____]	[____]	[____]

☐ Counsel identified every rule that cannot be varied, every permitted
tailoring method, and every disclosure or approval needed for a conflict.

Do not state that duties can be “waived,” “eliminated,” or “modified” merely by
citing a general agreement-variation section.

9. Operations, Compliance, and Risk Schedule

Area	Activity / exposure	Current requirement	Responsible person	Evidence / renewal
Licenses and permits	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Trade / assumed name	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Foreign qualification	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Employment / contractor	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Workplace safety / insurance	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Privacy / data / cybersecurity	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Consumer / marketing	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Environmental / property	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Sanctions / export / anti-corruption	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Industry-specific regulation	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

Insurance and Loss Allocation

Coverage / protection	Named insured	Limit / retention	Key exclusion	Additional insured	Adviser confirmation
[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

Do not treat insurance, an internal indemnity, or a contractual cap as a
substitute for legal-form and third-party-liability analysis.

10. Banking, Records, Information, and Controls

Control	Drafting instruction
Bank and account ownership	[________________________________]
Authorized signers and limits	[________________________________]
Dual approval / payment controls	[________________________________]
Cash, reimbursement, and expense policy	[________________________________]
Accounting system and chart	[________________________________]
Fiscal period and reporting cadence	[________________________________]
Budgets and variance review	[________________________________]
Records location and custodian	[________________________________]
Partner access and confidentiality	[________________________________]
Tax and legal record retention	[________________________________]
Audit, review, or compilation	[________________________________]
Fraud, whistleblower, and investigation route	[________________________________]

Do not define “Business Day” by generic bank-closing language unless the
operative agreement actually needs the term and counsel selects an objective
calendar.

11. Transfers, New Partners, and Charging Events

11.1 Transfer Matrix

Event	Notice	Consent	Permitted recipient	Economic rights	Governance rights	Conditions / documents
Voluntary sale	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Family / affiliate transfer	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Trust / estate transfer	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Death / incapacity	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Creditor / charging event	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Bankruptcy / insolvency event	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other involuntary event	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

11.2 Admission of a New Partner

Required approval: [________________________________]
Contribution and valuation: [________________________________]
Assumption / joinder document: [________________________________]
Economic and voting effective date: [________________________________]
Tax and capital-account adjustment: [________________________________]
Authority, licensing, conflict, and compliance review: [________________]

Do not treat every assignee, heir, spouse, creditor, or transferee as a partner
or as automatically entitled to management or information rights.

12. Exit, Dissociation, Buyout, and Continuity Instructions

Counsel must map each event separately. Do not assume dissociation causes
dissolution, that the business always continues, or that every event supports
the same price and payment terms.

Trigger	Status consequence	Business continuity	Purchase required / optional?	Valuation date / method	Payment / security	Current authority
Voluntary withdrawal	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Death	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Incapacity	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partner default	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Expulsion	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Bankruptcy / creditor event	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Illegality / lost license	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Term / undertaking event	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

Valuation Protocol

Item	Selected instruction
Standard of value	[________________________________]
Valuation date	[________________________________]
Appraiser qualifications	[________________________________]
Information access	[________________________________]
Discounts / premiums	[________________________________]
Liabilities and contingent claims	[________________________________]
Insurance proceeds	[________________________________]
Dispute / tie-break method	[________________________________]
Fees and costs	[________________________________]

No minority discount, marketability discount, default discount, fixed multiple,
appraisal timetable, installment period, interest rate, or setoff is supplied.

13. Dissolution and Winding-Up Plan

Question	Drafting instruction / evidence
Events that should trigger dissolution	[________________________________]
Events governed by nonwaivable current law	[________________________________]
Who may wind up	[________________________________]
Authority during winding up	[________________________________]
Notice and filing decisions	[________________________________]
Asset sale / in-kind distribution	[________________________________]
Creditor and contingent-claim reserve	[________________________________]
Partner loans and accounts	[________________________________]
Tax clearance and final returns	[________________________________]
Records and custody after closure	[________________________________]
Final accounting and releases	[________________________________]

Do not preselect a creditor/partner distribution order, deficit-restoration
rule, statement filing, or continuation vote without current Arizona and tax
review.

14. Default, Remedies, Indemnity, and Liability Decisions

Topic	Business proposal	Legal / public-policy constraint	Third-party effect	Counsel-approved instruction
Contribution default	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Service / performance breach	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Unauthorized act	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Notice and cure	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Damages / setoff	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Forced transfer / expulsion	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partnership indemnity	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Partner indemnity	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Advancement	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Internal liability limit	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Insurance interaction	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

An internal allocation does not by itself eliminate third-party exposure,
satisfy a creditor, create an LLP shield, or erase a nonwaivable duty. Counsel
must draft the exact scope, exclusions, procedure, survival, and insurance
coordination.

15. Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, and Restrictive Terms

15.1 Information and IP

Item	Current owner	Proposed owner / licensee	Scope	Duration	Return / deletion	Third-party limit
Confidential information	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Existing IP	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
New work product / inventions	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Data / accounts / domains	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Name / brand / goodwill	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

15.2 Proposed Restrictive Covenant

Restriction	Protected interest and facts	Person and activity	Geography / customer / subject	Duration	Current enforceability review
Competition	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Customer solicitation	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Worker solicitation	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]
Confidentiality / use	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]	[____]

No five-year confidentiality term, noncompetition period, passive-investment
exception, reformation promise, automatic injunction, or no-bond clause is
supplied.

16. Dispute and Governing-Law Decisions

Issue	Approved selection	Current authority / enforceability review	Drafting instruction
Governing law	[____]	[____]	[____]
Court and venue	[____]	[____]	[____]
Internal escalation	[____]	[____]	[____]
Mediation	[____]	[____]	[____]
Arbitration provider / rules / seat	[____]	[____]	[____]
Discovery / hearing / decision	[____]	[____]	[____]
Fees and costs	[____]	[____]	[____]
Jury treatment	[____]	[____]	[____]
Injunctive or emergency relief	[____]	[____]	[____]
Bond / security	[____]	[____]	[____]
Deadlock / buy-sell route	[____]	[____]	[____]

This packet supplies no mandatory AAA arbitration, Maricopa County forum,
jury waiver, prevailing-party fee, small-claim route, injunction, or waiver of
bond.

17. Operative Agreement Drafting Gate

Before counsel releases an agreement for signature:

☐ The legal-form analysis matches the parties' actual conduct, intended
liability status, ownership, tax structure, licensing, and filings.

☐ The current Arizona authority register covers formation, variation limits,
authority, liability, duties, property, transfers, dissociation, buyout,
dissolution, winding up, and every proposed public filing.

☐ Partner identities, entity authority, contributions, property transfers,
economics, votes, roles, conflicts, and external authority are complete.

☐ Tax allocations, elections, withholding, state and local taxes, payroll,
reporting, and tax distributions are approved by the tax adviser.

☐ The agreement distinguishes internal authority from third-party power and
coordinates any public statement, title record, bank mandate, and notice.

☐ Exit, buyout, death, disability, bankruptcy, creditor, expulsion, term, and
dissolution events have internally consistent status, valuation, payment,
continuity, tax, and security treatment.

☐ Indemnity, advancement, internal limits, insurance, and legal-form exposure
are reconciled and do not imply an uncreated liability shield.

☐ Confidentiality, IP, data, restrictive covenants, remedies, forum,
arbitration, jury, fees, injunctions, and electronic execution received their
own current-law review.

☐ Every exhibit and percentage cross-checks; ownership, profits, losses,
distributions, votes, and buyout economics are not accidentally conflated.

☐ The final draft contains no blank, contradictory option, stale statutory
summary, or instruction text.

18. Approval and Draft Handoff

Reviewer	Name	Decision / conditions	Date
Each proposed partner	[____]	[____]	[____]
Arizona business counsel	[____]	[____]	[____]
Tax adviser	[____]	[____]	[____]
Accounting adviser	[____]	[____]	[____]
Insurance adviser	[____]	[____]	[____]
Other specialist	[____]	[____]	[____]

Counsel-approved operative agreement version: [___________________________]

Related filings / consents / transfers / policies: [______________________]

Signing and closing instructions: [______________________________________]

Post-closing compliance owner and review date: [__________________________]

Verified 2026-08-29 as a law-neutral, non-executable Arizona drafting packet.
No legal proposition or case citation is retained.

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Last updated: August 29, 2026
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