2011 Utah Code
Title 48 Partnership
Chapter 3 Utah Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Section 108 (Effective 07/01/12) Name.

48-3-108 (Effective 07/01/12). Name.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Section 48-3-1104 or 48-3-1302, the name of a limited liability company must contain the words "limited liability company" or "limited company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.," "LLC," "L.C.," or "LC".
(b) "Company" may be abbreviated as "Co.".
(c) The name of a limited liability company may not contain:
(i) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, the words:
(A) "Olympic";
(B) "Olympiad"; or
(C) "Citius Altius Fortius"; and
(ii) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in accordance with Section 13-34-114, the words:
(A) "university";
(B) "college"; or
(C) "institute" or "institution".
(2) Unless authorized by Subsection (3), the name of a limited liability company must be distinguishable in the records of the division from:
(a) the name of each person that is not an individual and that is incorporated, organized, or authorized to transact business in this state; and
(b) each name reserved under Section 48-3-109 and:
(i) Section 16-6a-401 or 16-6a-402;
(ii) Section 16-10a-401 or 16-10a-402;
(iii) Section 16-11-16;
(iv) Section 42-2-6.6;
(v) Section 48-1b-1002; or
(vi) Section 48-2d-108 or 48-2d-109.
(3) A limited liability company may apply to the division for authorization to use a name that does not comply with Subsection (2). The division shall authorize use of the name applied for if, as to each noncomplying name:
(a) the present user, registrant, or owner of the noncomplying name consents in a signed record to the use and submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change the noncomplying name to a name that complies with Subsection (2) and is distinguishable in the records of the division from the name applied for; or
(b) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a court establishing the applicant's right to use in this state the name applied for.
(4) Subject to Section 48-3-805, this section applies to a foreign limited liability company transacting business in this state which has a certificate of authority to transact business in this state or which has applied for a certificate of authority.
(5) The division may not approve for filing a name that implies that a limited liability company is an agency of this state or any of its political subdivisions, if it is not actually such a legally established agency or subdivision.
(6) The authorization to file a certificate under or to reserve or register a limited liability company name as granted by the division does not:
(a) abrogate or limit the law governing unfair competition or unfair trade practices;
(b) derogate from the common law, the principles of equity, or the statutes of this state or

of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and protect names and trademarks; or
(c) create an exclusive right in geographic or generic terms contained within a name.