§ 48-2c-1505. Name limitations.

(1) The name of a domestic professional services company and of a foreign professional services company authorized to transact business in this state, in addition to satisfying the requirements 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 than that authorized by its articles of organization or by Section 48-2c-1503;

(b) must conform with any rule promulgated by the regulating board having jurisdiction over 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 with the 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 company may hold itself out to the public under a name that does not contain the words "professional limited liability company" or the abbreviations "P.L.L.C." or "PLLC" so long as that name meets the 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 name otherwise prohibited by those sections if it is the personal name of an individual member or individual former member of the professional services company or the name of an individual who was associated with a predecessor of the professional services company.

Enacted by Chapter 260, 2001 General Session