16-20-904. Name limitations.
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Effective 10/1/2026
16-20-904. 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 complying with Sections 16-1a-302 and 16-1a-507 :
(a)may not contain language stating or implying that the domestic professional services company or foreign professional services company is formed for a purpose other than that authorized by:
(i)the domestic professional services company's or foreign professional services company's certificate of organization; or
(ii)Section 16-20-906 ;
(b)must conform with any rule made by the regulating board having jurisdiction over a professional service described in the professional services company's certificate of organization; and
(c)in lieu of the requirement of Subsection 16-1a-303(5) , must contain the words "professional limited liability company" or the abbreviations "P.L.L.C." or "PLLC" in:
(i)its certificate of organization; and
(ii)a report or document filed with the division.
(2)Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c) , a professional services company may hold the professional service company 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" if that name complies with Subsection 16-1a-303(5) .
(3)Sections 16-1a-302 and 16-1a-507 do not prevent the use of a name otherwise prohibited by those sections if the name is:
(a)the personal name of an individual member or individual former member of the professional services company; or
(b)the name of an individual who was associated with a predecessor of the professional services company.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 92 , 2026 General Session