Connecticut General Statutes 34-13a – Reservation of name
(a) The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 34-13a
- Address: means location as described by the full street number, if any, street, city or town, state or country and not a mailing address such as a post office box. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
- domestic limited partnership: means a partnership formed by two or more persons under the provisions of this chapter and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
- Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than this state and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, association, limited liability company or corporation. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
(1) Any person intending to organize a limited partnership under this chapter and to adopt that name;
(2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited partnership registered in this state which, in either case, intends to adopt that name;
(3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to register in this state and adopt that name; and
(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have it register in this state and adopt that name.
(b) The reservation shall be made by filing with the Secretary of the State an application, executed by the applicant, to reserve a specified name. If the Secretary of the State finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited partnership, he shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of one hundred twenty days. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the Secretary of the State a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and address of the transferee.
(c) Any person for whom a specified limited partnership name has been reserved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may, during the period for which such name is reserved, terminate such reservation by filing in the office of the Secretary of the State an application for cancellation of reservation of limited partnership name, together with the applicable fee.