(a) The name of a registered limited liability partnership or a foreign registered limited liability partnership operating in this state shall contain the words “Registered Limited Liability Partnership” or “Limited Liability Partnership” or the abbreviation “L.L.P.” or “LLP” as the last words or letters of its name.
(b) The name of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records of the Secretary of the State from: (1) The name of any registered limited liability partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation existing under the laws of this state; (2) the name of any foreign registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited partnership, foreign limited liability company or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state; (3) any name reserved under section 34-407 or reserved or registered under section 33-656, 33-657, 33-1045, 33-1046, 33-1047, 34-13, 34-13a, 34-243l or 34-243m; or (4) the name of 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.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply if the applicant files with the Secretary of the State a certified copy of a final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the prior right of the applicant to the use of such name in this state.
(P.A. 94-218, S. 20, 28; P.A. 96-256, S. 193, 209; 96-271, S. 182, 254; P.A. 04-240, S. 19; 04-257, S. 56; P.A. 16-97, S. 105.)
History: P.A. 94-218 effective January 1, 1996; P.A. 96-256 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Secs. 33-424 and 33-425 with Secs. 33-1045, 33-1046 and 33-1047, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to replace references to Secs. 33-287 and 33-288 with Secs. 33-656 and 33-657, respectively, effective January 1, 1997; Sec. 34-81s transferred to Sec. 34-406 in 1997; P.A. 04-240 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by adding reference to Sec. 34-13a and making a technical change in and added Subsec. (b)(4) re name of other entity carried on records of the Secretary of the State; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(3), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 16-97 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting references to Secs. 34-243l and 34-243m for reference to Sec. 34-103, effective July 1, 2017.
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