2009 Vermont Code
Title 11 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 23 - LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (Contains: §§ 3401 – 3503)
§ 3402 -   Name

§ 3402. Name TITLE 11 Corporations, Partnerships and Associations CHAPTER 23. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 3402. Name

(a) The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:

(1) shall contain the words "Limited Partnership," or the letters "L.P.";

(2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless it is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner;

(3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or limited partnership organized under the laws of this state or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or limited partnership in this state; and

(4) may not contain the following words: "corporation," "incorporated," "limited" by itself, "limited liability company," "limited company," or the abbreviations "corp.," "Inc.," or "Ltd."

(b) A person intending to operate a postsecondary school, as defined in sections 176 and 176a of Title 16, shall apply for a certificate of approval from the state board of education prior to registering a name under this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)