The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 3402)
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§ 3402. Name
(a) The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:
(1) shall contain the words “Limited Partnership,” or the letters “L.P.”;
(2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless it is also the name of a general
partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or the business of the
limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that
limited partner;
(3) shall be distinguishable in the records of the Secretary of State from the name of
any corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited
partnership organized under the laws of this State or licensed or registered as a
foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or
limited partnership in this State; and
(4) may not contain the following words: “corporation,” “incorporated,” “limited” by itself,
“limited liability company,” “limited company,” or the abbreviations “corp.,” “Inc.,”
or “Ltd.”
(b) A person intending to operate a postsecondary school, as defined in 16 V.S.A. §§ 176 and 176a, shall apply for a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education prior
to registering a name under this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2015, No. 17, § 6.)