(1) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:

     (a) The date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or

     (b) The date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.

     (2) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:

     (a) In the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon the compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and

     (b) In the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in RCW 25.10.420, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.

[1987 c 55 § 14; 1981 c 51 § 17.]