The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:
1. Shall contain the words "limited partnership" or the abbreviation "L.P.".
2. Shall not contain the name of a limited partner unless either or both of the following apply:
a. That name is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner.
b. The business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before admission of that limited partner.
3. Shall be distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state from the name of a registered limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership organized under the law of this state or licensed or registered as a foreign registered limited liability partnership, foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company, or foreign limited partnership in this state or a name the exclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in the manner provided in this chapter, without the written consent of the registered limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership, which consent shall be filed with the secretary of state, and provided the name is not identical.
4. Shall not contain either the word "corporation" or the word "incorporated" or an abbreviation of either.
5. This chapter does not control the use of fictitious names. However, a limited partnership which uses a fictitious name in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a copy of the resolution of the limited partnership certified by its general partners, adopting the fictitious name.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9811; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 545.6; 82 Acts, ch 1103, § 102]
83 Acts, ch 144, § 9, 12; 89 Acts, ch 288, § 194
C93, § 487.102
97 Acts, ch 188, § 3-5
Referred to in § 487.303, 487.812
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