CALIFORNIA NAME RESERVATION - LLP

The following is general information about name availability and name style requirements relating to limited liability partnerships.

• Proposed limited liability partnership names are checked only against currently reserved limited liability partnership names and active limited liability partnerships of record in the California Secretary of State's office. Since there is no legal requirement that limited liability partnership names be checked against other business entity names, limited liability partnership names are not checked against general partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate names, nor are names checked against trademarks, service marks or local fictitious business names filed at the county level.

• The Secretary of State's office cannot file a document which contains a name that is "likely to mislead the public or which is the same as, or resembles so closely as to tend to deceive," the name of a domestic or foreign (out-of-state or country) limited liability partnership that has registered with this office or a name which is under reservation for another limited liability partnership. (California Corporations Code section 15612(c).)

• A limited liability partnership may adopt a name that is similar to, but not the same as, the name of an existing domestic or foreign (out-of-state or country) limited laibility partnership if the existing limited liability partnership consents in writing to the use of the name and the Secretary of State's office finds that under the circumstances the public is not likely to be misled. The consent letter should be submitted on the letterhead of the consenting limited liability partnership, signed by an authorized individual of that limited liability partnership. If a proposed name is reserved utilizing consent, a currently dated consent must accompany each renewal request.

• The limited liability partnership name may not falsely imply governmental affiliation.

• All names must use the English alphabet or Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) or a combination thereof. Roman numerals are treated as letters and not translated into their numeric equivalent. Symbols are not allowed in an entity name; except, an ampersand & may be used in an entity name as a conjunction in place of the word "AND".

• There is no distinction between upper and lower case letters, typeface or font.

• The name of a limited liability partnership cannot include the words "bank," "insurance," "trust," "trustee," "incorporated," "inc.," "corporation," or "corp.". (California Corporations Code section 15612(d).)

• The name of a limited liability partnership must end with the words "limited liability partnership" or the abbreviation "L.L.P.". (California Corporations Code section 15612(a).)

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