Arizona Laws 29-3112. Permitted names
A. The name of a limited liability company must contain the phrase "limited liability company" or "limited company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.", "LLC", "L.C." or "LC" in uppercase or lowercase letters.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 29-3112
- Commission: means the corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity that is formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and that would be a limited liability company if the unincorporated entity were formed under the law of this state and includes a foreign series for the purposes of this article. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Foreign series: means a series of a foreign limited liability company that has been established as such in accordance with the law of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
- Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and that is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
B. Except as otherwise provided in subsection D of this section, the name of a limited liability company and the name under which a foreign limited liability company may register to do business in this state must be distinguishable on the records of the commission or the secretary of state from any of the following:
1. The name of an existing person whose formation required the filing of a record by the commission or the secretary of state and that is not at the time administratively dissolved.
2. The name under which a person is registered to do business in this state by the filing of a record by the commission or the secretary of state.
3. The name reserved under section 29-3113 or any other law of this state providing for the reservation of a name by the filing of a record by the commission or the secretary of state.
4. The name registered under section 29-3114 or any other law of this state providing for the registration of a name by the filing of a record by the commission or the secretary of state.
5. The name registered under section 44-1460.
C. If a person consents in a record to the use of the person’s name and submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the commission to change the person’s name to a name that is distinguishable on the records of the commission or the secretary of state from any name in any category of names in subsection B of this section, the name of the consenting person may be used by the person to which the consent was given.
D. Except as otherwise provided in subsection E of this section, in determining whether a name is the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the commission or the secretary of state from the name of another person, words, phrases or abbreviations indicating a type of person, such as "corporation", "corp.", "incorporated", "Inc.", "professional corporation", "P.C.", "PC", "professional association", "P.A.", "PA", "limited", "Ltd.", "limited partnership", "L.P.", "LP", "limited liability partnership", "L.L.P.", "LLP", "registered limited liability partnership", "R.L.L.P.", "RLLP", "limited liability limited partnership", "L.L.L.P.", "LLLP", "registered limited liability limited partnership", "R.L.L.L.P.", "RLLLP", "limited liability company", "L.L.C.", "LLC", "limited cooperative association", "limited cooperative", "L.C.A." or "LCA", may not be taken into account.
E. The name of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may not contain the words "association", "corporation" or "incorporated" or an abbreviation of these words. The name of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may not contain the words "bank", "deposit", "credit union", "trust" or "trust company" separately or in combination to indicate or convey the idea that the company is engaged in banking, credit union or trust business unless the company is to be and becomes actively and substantially engaged in the banking, credit union or trust business or the company is a holding company holding substantial interest in companies actively and substantially engaged in the banking, credit union or trust business.
F. A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may use a conflicting name that is not distinguishable from a name described in subsection B of this section if the company delivers to the commission a certified copy of a final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the right of the company to use the name in this state.
G. The name of a foreign series registering to do business in this state must include the word "series".