# kaal:claim:5254152-035

**Claim.** A DAO registered in a jurisdiction without DAO legislation risks default treatment as a partnership under existing law, as recorded for Klima DAO in California.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- DAOs organized in jurisdictions with no DAO statute

**Source quote.**

> Registered in California, it faces potential treatment as a partnership under existing laws (R: 5)

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024* (2024), APPENDIX A: DAO Dataset, Klima DAO, page 46

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `bb2052d809a4615f0f3e2526ba6416293c40d00260149ba4fe6f38addf052796` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20DAO%20Market%20Meta%20Analysis%202024.pdf

**Failure mode.** default partnership classification  (family: legal-personality-and-liability-gap)

**Topics.** compliance, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** partnership-law, regulatory-compliance, jurisdiction, klimadao

**Related claims.**

- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-009

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