48-2c-1505 - Name limitations.
48-2c-1505. Name limitations.
(1) The name of a domestic professional services company and of a foreign professionalservices company authorized to transact business in this state, in addition to satisfying therequirements of Sections 48-2c-106, 48-2c-1602, and 48-2c-1606:
(a) may not contain language stating or implying that it is formed for a purpose other thanthat authorized by its articles of organization or by Section 48-2c-1503;
(b) must conform with any rule promulgated by the regulating board having jurisdictionover a professional service described in the company's articles of organization; and
(c) must contain, in its articles of organization and in all reports and documents filed withthe division, the words "professional limited liability company" or the abbreviations "P.L.L.C." or"PLLC" in lieu of the requirements of Subsection 48-2c-106(1)(a).
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1)(c), a professional services companymay hold itself out to the public under a name that does not contain the words "professionallimited liability company" or the abbreviations "P.L.L.C." or "PLLC" so long as that name meetsthe requirements of Subsection 48-2c-106(1)(a).
(3) Sections 48-2c-106, 48-2c-1607, and 48-2c-1608 do not prevent the use of a nameotherwise prohibited by those sections if it is the personal name of an individual member orindividual former member of the professional services company or the name of an individual whowas associated with a predecessor of the professional services company.
Enacted by Chapter 260, 2001 General Session