The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:
(1) Shall contain without abbreviation the words “limited partnership”;
(2) May not contain the name of a limited partner unless it is also the name of a general partner or the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner; and
(3) Shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the Secretary of the State from the name of (A) any corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company organized under the laws of this state or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company in this state, or (B) any other entity whose name is carried upon the records of the Secretary of the State as organized or authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this state.
(1961, P.A. 79, S. 5; P.A. 79-440, S. 2; P.A. 84-158, S. 1; P.A. 85-197, S. 2; P.A. 86-379, S. 5; P.A. 94-217, S. 38; P.A. 04-240, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 79-440 restated previous provisions, designated as Subdiv. (2), and added Subdivs. (1), (3) and (4) containing additional name requirements; P.A. 84-158 amended Subdiv. (4), changing “may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to” to “shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the secretary of the state”; P.A. 85-197 made a technical change; P.A. 86-379 deleted prohibition that certificate may not contain word or phrase indicating it is organized other than for purpose stated in certificate; P.A. 94-217 amended Subdiv. (3) to require the limited partnership name to be such as to distinguish it from the name of any domestic or foreign limited liability company; P.A. 04-240 made technical changes in Subdivs. (2) and (3) and, in Subdiv. (3), designated existing provisions re name of various entities as Subpara. (A) and added Subpara. (B) re name of other entity carried on records of the Secretary of the State.
See Sec. 34-38b re inapplicability of provisions as amended by P.A. 86-379 to partnerships existing before October 1, 1986.
Cited. 210 C. 71.
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