# Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-107: Operating agreement - Effect on third parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of limited liability company > Arkansas · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T4_C38_S1_S4-38-107 ## Section - **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-107 - **Heading:** Operating agreement - Effect on third parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of limited liability company - **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** AR Code / Title 4 / Chapter 38 / Subchapter 1 / Section 4-38-107 ## Text (a) An operating agreement may specify that its amendment requires the approval of a person that is not a party to the agreement or the satisfaction of a condition. An amendment is ineffective if its adoption does not include the required approval or satisfy the specified condition. (b) The obligations of a limited liability company and its members to a person in the person's capacity as a transferee or a person dissociated as a member are governed by the operating agreement. Subject only to a court order issued under § 4-38-503(b)(2) [repealed] to effectuate a charging order, an amendment to the operating agreement made after a person becomes a transferee or is dissociated as a member: (1) is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability company or its members to the person in the person's capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a member; and (2) is not effective to the extent the amendment imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a member. (c) If a record delivered by a limited liability company to the Secretary of State for filing becomes effective and contains a provision that would be ineffective under § 4-38-105(e) or § 4-38-105(f)(3) if contained in the operating agreement, the provision is ineffective in the record. (d) Subject to subsection (c), if a record delivered by a limited liability company to the Secretary of State for filing becomes effective and conflicts with a provision of the operating agreement: (1) the agreement prevails as to members, persons dissociated as members, transferees, and managers; and (2) the record prevails as to other persons to the extent they reasonably rely on the record. Added by Act 2021, No. 1041,§ 26, eff. 7/28/2021. (a) An operating agreement may specify that its amendment requires the approval of a person that is not a party to the agreement or the satisfaction of a condition. An amendment is ineffective if its adoption does not include the required approval or satisfy the specified condition. (b) The obligations of a limited liability company and its members to a person in the person's capacity as a transferee or a person dissociated as a member are governed by the operating agreement. Subject only to a court order issued under § 4-38-503(b)(2) [repealed] to effectuate a charging order, an amendment to the operating agreement made after a person becomes a transferee or is dissociated as a member: (1) is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability company or its members to the person in the person's capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a member; and (2) is not effective to the extent the amendment imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a member. (1) is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability company or its members to the person in the person's capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a member; and (2) is not effective to the extent the amendment imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a member. (c) If a record delivered by a limited liability company to the Secretary of State for filing becomes effective and contains a provision that would be ineffective under § 4-38-105(e) or § 4-38-105(f)(3) if contained in the operating agreement, the provision is ineffective in the record. endment imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a member. (c) If a record delivered by a limited liability company to the Secretary of State for filing becomes effective and contains a provision that would be ineffective under § 4-38-105(e) or § 4-38-105(f)(3) if contained in the operating agreement, the provision is ineffective in the record. (d) Subject to subsection (c), if a record delivered by a limited liability company to the Secretary of State for filing becomes effective and conflicts with a provision of the operating agreement: (1) the agreement prevails as to members, persons dissociated as members, transferees, and managers; and (2) the record prevails as to other persons to the extent they reasonably rely on the record. (1) the agreement prevails as to members, persons dissociated as members, transferees, and managers; and (2) the record prevails as to other persons to the extent they reasonably rely on the record. Added by Act 2021, No. 1041,§ 26, eff. 7/28/2021. ## Nearby sections - [Ark. 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Code Ann. § 4-38-113 Reservation of name](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T4_C38_S1_S4-38-113.md) - [Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-114 Registration of name](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T4_C38_S1_S4-38-114.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T4_C38_S1_S4-38-107. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.