Louisiana § RS 9:3433 - Name of registered limited liability partnership
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§ RS 9:3433. Name of registered limited liability partnership
A. A registered limited liability partnership's name shall contain the words "registered limited liability partnership" or the abbreviation "L.L.P." as the last words or letters of its name.
B. If the secretary of state receives for filing a registered limited liability partnership registration that includes in the partnership name the word "bank", "banker", "banking", "savings", "safe deposit", "trust", "trustee", "building and loan", "homestead", "credit union", or any other word of similar import, the secretary of state shall not file the registration until the secretary of state receives satisfactory evidence that written notice of the proposed use of that name was delivered to the office of financial institutions at least fourteen days prior to the filing made with the secretary of state.
C. If the secretary of state receives for filing a registered limited liability partnership registration that includes in the partnership name the word "engineer", "engineering", "surveyor", or "surveying", the secretary of state shall not file the registration until the secretary of state receives either of the following:
(1) Satisfactory evidence that written notice of the proposed use of that name was delivered to the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board at least ten days prior to the filing made with the secretary of state.
(2) A written waiver of the ten-day notice prescribed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, signed by the executive secretary or any officer of the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board.
D. If the secretary of state receives for filing a registered limited liability partnership registration that includes in the partnership name the word "architect", "architectural", or "architecture", the secretary of state shall not file the registration until the secretary of state receives either of the following:
(1) Satisfactory evidence that written notice of the proposed use of that name was delivered to the Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners at least ten days prior to the filing made with the secretary of state.
(2) A written waiver of the ten-day notice prescribed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, signed by the executive director or any member of the Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners.
Acts 1992, No. 780, §1, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 2018, No. 560, §1, eff. May 28, 2018.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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