A partnership or limited partnership may be served by personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon any partner except a limited partner, or by certified mail or designated delivery service at its usual place of business, or the process may be left at its usual place of business with an employee of the partnership or limited partnership.
§ 25-512.01.Service on partnership.
Article 5: Commencement of Actions and Service of Process · Last amended 2011 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section lists how to serve a partnership or limited partnership — personally on any general partner, by mail to its usual place of business, or by leaving process there with an employee — while excluding limited partners from personal service.
Full Text of § 25-512.01
Source
Laws 1983, LB 447, § 29; Laws 2011, LB669, § 14.
Cross References
Registration and agent for service of process of foreign limited partnerships, see section 67-281.
Plain-English Summary
Partnerships get their own service rule because a limited partnership has partners with very different roles — general partners who run the business and limited partners who typically do not. Section 25-512.01 reflects that distinction. A partnership or limited partnership may be served by personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon any partner except a limited partner. A limited partner, who ordinarily has no management authority, is not a valid target for this kind of direct service.
The section also allows service tied to the business itself rather than any specific person: certified mail or designated delivery service sent to the partnership’s usual place of business, or process left there with an employee of the partnership or limited partnership. That gives a plaintiff a workable path even when identifying and locating an individual general partner proves difficult.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I serve a partnership by serving any partner?
Any partner except a limited partner. Limited partners are excluded from being served on the partnership’s behalf under this section.
Why are limited partners excluded from service?
Limited partners typically do not manage the partnership’s business, so the statute directs service toward general partners or the business itself instead.
Can a partnership be served without finding a specific partner?
Yes. Certified mail or designated delivery service can go to the partnership’s usual place of business, or process can be left there with an employee.
What is the difference between a partnership and a limited partnership for service purposes?
Both are served the same way under this section — through a qualifying partner, at the usual place of business, or with an employee there — with limited partners excluded from personal service in either type of entity.
Is there a separate rule for registering an agent for a foreign limited partnership?
Yes, registration and agent-for-service requirements for foreign limited partnerships are addressed in section 67-281, referenced as a cross reference to this section.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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