Renumbered 10/1/2026

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48-3a-1104. 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 48-3a-108 and 48-3a-906 :

(a)may not contain language stating or implying that it is formed for a purpose other than that authorized by:

(i)its certificate of organization; or

(ii)Section 48-3a-1106 ;

(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 48-3a-108(1) , 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 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" if that name complies with Subsection 48-3a-108(1) .

(3)Sections 48-3a-108 and 48-3a-906 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

Enacted by Chapter 412 , 2013 General Session