Section 449.1102 - Name of limited partnership; requirements and restrictions.
MICHIGAN REVISED UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 213 of 1982
449.1102 Name of limited partnership; requirements and restrictions.
Sec. 102.
The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:
(1) Shall contain without abbreviation the words “limited partnership”.
(2) May not contain the name of a limited partner unless: (i) the name is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or (ii) the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner.
(3) May not contain any word or phrase indicating or implying that it is organized other than for a purpose stated in its certificate of limited partnership.
(4) Shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the administrator from (i) the name of each other domestic limited partnership, (ii) the name of each foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state and the name under which each such foreign limited partnership has registered in this state, (iii) each name currently reserved under section 103 or assumed under section 104, (iv) the name of each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, and (v) each corporate name currently reserved or registered under the business corporation act, Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being sections 450.1101 to 450.2099 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a predecessor act and each corporate name assumed under section 217 of the business corporation act, Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being section 450.1217 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(5) May not contain the words “corporation” or “incorporated” or any abbreviation or derivative thereof.
History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983