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BUSINESS NAME PROHIBITIONS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne

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House Sponsor: Jordan D. Teuscher

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions related to business names.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     prohibits the use of 911 in:
13               •     a nonprofit corporation's name;
14               •     a corporation's name;
15               •     a professional corporation's name;
16               •     an assumed name;
17               •     a limited liability partnership's name;
18               •     a limited partnership's name; or
19               •     a limited liability company's name;
20          ▸     defines terms;
21          ▸     prohibits a person from using 911 in the person's name with the purpose to deceive
22     the public that the person operates or represents emergency services;
23          ▸     creates penalties for a person who uses 911 in the person's name with the purpose to
24     deceive the public that the person operates or represents emergency services; and
25          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
26     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
27          None
28     Other Special Clauses:

29          None
30     Utah Code Sections Affected:
31     AMENDS:
32          16-6a-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 218
33          16-10a-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 353
34          16-11-16, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 353
35          26-23-6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 437
36          42-2-6.6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 240
37          48-1d-1105, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 412
38          48-2e-108, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 412
39          48-3a-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 227
40     ENACTS:
41          26-8a-502.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
42     

43     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
44          Section 1. Section 16-6a-401 is amended to read:
45          16-6a-401. Corporate name.
46          (1) The corporate name of a nonprofit corporation:
47          (a) may, but need not contain:
48          (i) the word "corporation," "incorporated," or "company"; or
49          (ii) an abbreviation of "corporation," "incorporated," or "company";
50          (b) may not contain:
51          (i) any word or phrase that indicates or implies that [it] the nonprofit corporation is
52     organized for [any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in] a purpose
53     other than that permitted by:
54          (A) Section 16-6a-301; and [its]
55          (B) the nonprofit corporation's articles of incorporation; or

56          (ii) for a nonprofit corporation that changes the nonprofit corporation's name or is
57     incorporated in or authorized to do business in the state on or after May 4, 2022, the number
58     sequence "911";
59          (c) except as authorized by the division under Subsection (2), shall be distinguishable,
60     as defined in Section 16-10a-401, from:
61          (i) the name of any domestic corporation incorporated in this state;
62          (ii) the name of any foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state;
63          (iii) the name of any domestic nonprofit corporation incorporated in this state;
64          (iv) the name of any foreign nonprofit corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this
65     state;
66          (v) the name of any domestic limited liability company formed in this state;
67          (vi) the name of any foreign limited liability company authorized to conduct affairs in
68     this state;
69          (vii) the name of any limited partnership formed or authorized to conduct affairs in this
70     state;
71          (viii) any name that is reserved under Section 16-6a-402 or 16-10a-402;
72          (ix) the name of any entity that has registered [its] the entity's name under Section
73     42-2-5;
74          (x) the name of any trademark or service mark registered by the division; or
75          (xi) any assumed name filed under Section 42-2-5;
76          (d) shall be, for purposes of recordation, either translated into English or transliterated
77     into letters of the English alphabet if [it] the nonprofit corporation's name is not in English;
78          (e) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, may not
79     contain the words:
80          (i) "Olympic";
81          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
82          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; and

83          (f) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in
84     accordance with Section 13-34-114, may not contain the words:
85          (i) "university";
86          (ii) "college"; or
87          (iii) "institute" or "institution."
88          (2) The division may authorize the use of the name applied for if:
89          (a) the name is distinguishable from one or more of the names and trademarks
90     described in Subsection (1)(c) that are on the division's records; or
91          (b) if the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
92     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in
93     this state registered or reserved with the division pursuant to the laws of this state.
94          (3) A nonprofit corporation may use the name of another domestic or foreign
95     corporation that is used in this state if:
96          (a) the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to conduct affairs in this state;
97     and
98          (b) the proposed user corporation:
99          (i) has merged with the other corporation;
100          (ii) has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or
101          (iii) has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name, of
102     the other corporation.
103          (4) (a) A nonprofit corporation may apply to the division for authorization to file [its]
104     the nonprofit corporation's articles of incorporation under, or to register or reserve, a name that
105     is not distinguishable upon the division's records from one or more of the names described in
106     Subsection (1).
107          (b) The division shall approve the application filed under Subsection (4)(a) if:
108          (i) the other person whose name is not distinguishable from the name under which the
109     applicant desires to file, or which the applicant desires to register or reserve:

110          (A) consents to the filing, registration, or reservation in writing; and
111          (B) submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the
112     person's name to a name that is distinguishable from the name of the applicant; or
113          (ii) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
114     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to make the requested filing in
115     this state under the name applied for.
116          (5) Only names of corporations may contain the:
117          (a) words "corporation," or "incorporated"; or
118          (b) abbreviation "corp." or "inc."
119          (6) The division may not issue a certificate of incorporation to any association violating
120     the provisions of this section.
121          Section 2. Section 16-10a-401 is amended to read:
122          16-10a-401. Corporate name.
123          (1) The name of a corporation:
124          (a) except for the name of a depository institution as defined in Section 7-1-103, shall
125     contain:
126          (i) the word:
127          (A) "corporation";
128          (B) "incorporated"; or
129          (C) "company";
130          (ii) the abbreviation:
131          (A) "corp.";
132          (B) "inc."; or
133          (C) "co."; or
134          (iii) words or abbreviations of like import to the words or abbreviations listed in
135     Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii) in another language;
136          (b) may not contain:

137          (i) language stating or implying that the corporation is organized for a purpose other
138     than that permitted by:
139          [(i)] (A) Section 16-10a-301; and
140          [(ii)] (B) the corporation's articles of incorporation; or
141          (ii) for a corporation that changes the corporation's name or is incorporated in or
142     authorized to do business in the state on or after May 4, 2022, the number sequence "911";
143          (c) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, may not
144     contain the words:
145          (i) "Olympic";
146          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
147          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; and
148          (d) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in
149     accordance with Section 13-34-114, may not contain the words:
150          (i) "university";
151          (ii) "college"; or
152          (iii) "institute" or "institution."
153          (2) Except as authorized by Subsections (3) and (4), the name of a corporation shall be
154     distinguishable, as defined in Subsection (5), upon the records of the division from:
155          (a) the name of any domestic corporation incorporated in or foreign corporation
156     authorized to transact business in this state;
157          (b) the name of any domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation incorporated or
158     authorized to transact business in this state;
159          (c) the name of any domestic or foreign limited liability company formed or authorized
160     to transact business in this state;
161          (d) the name of any limited partnership formed or authorized to transact business in
162     this state;
163          (e) any name reserved or registered with the division for a corporation, limited liability

164     company, or general or limited partnership, under the laws of this state; and
165          (f) any business name, fictitious name, assumed name, trademark, or service mark
166     registered by the division.
167          (3) (a) A corporation may apply to the division for authorization to file [its] the
168     corporation's articles of incorporation under, or to register or reserve, a name that is not
169     distinguishable upon [its] the division's records from one or more of the names described in
170     Subsection (2).
171          (b) The division shall approve the application filed under Subsection (3)(a) if:
172          (i) the other person whose name is not distinguishable from the name under which the
173     applicant desires to file, or which the applicant desires to register or reserve:
174          (A) consents to the filing, registration, or reservation in writing; and
175          (B) submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the
176     person's name to a name that is distinguishable from the name of the applicant; or
177          (ii) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
178     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to make the requested filing in
179     this state under the name applied for.
180          (4) A corporation may make a filing under the name, including the fictitious name, of
181     another domestic or foreign corporation that is used or registered in this state if:
182          (a) the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state;
183     and
184          (b) the filing corporation:
185          (i) has merged with the other corporation; or
186          (ii) has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation.
187          (5) (a) A name is distinguishable from other names, trademarks, and service marks on
188     the records of the division if [it] the name:
189          (i) contains one or more different letters or numerals; or
190          (ii) has a different sequence of letters or numerals from the other names on the

191     division's records.
192          (b) Differences which are not distinguishing are:
193          (i) the words or abbreviations of the words:
194          (A) "corporation";
195          (B) "company";
196          (C) "incorporated";
197          (D) "limited partnership";
198          (E) "L.P.";
199          (F) "limited";
200          (G) "limited liability company";
201          (H) "limited company";
202          (I) "L.C."; or
203          (J) "L.L.C.";
204          (ii) the presence or absence of the words or symbols of the words "the," "and," or "a";
205          (iii) differences in punctuation and special characters;
206          (iv) differences in capitalization;
207          (v) differences between singular and plural forms of words for a corporation:
208          (A) incorporated in or authorized to do business in this state on or after May 4, 1998;
209     or
210          (B) that changes [its] the corporation's name on or after May 4, 1998;
211          (vi) differences in whether the letters or numbers immediately follow each other or are
212     separated by one or more spaces if:
213          (A) the sequence of letters or numbers is identical; and
214          (B) the corporation:
215          (I) is incorporated in or authorized to do business in this state on or after May 3, 1999;
216     or
217          (II) changes [its] the corporation's name on or after May 3, 1999; or

218          (vii) differences in abbreviations, for a corporation:
219          (A) incorporated in or authorized to do business in this state on or after May 1, 2000;
220     or
221          (B) that changes [its] the corporation's name on or after May 1, 2000.
222          (c) The director of the division has the power and authority reasonably necessary to
223     interpret and efficiently administer this section and to perform the duties imposed on the
224     division by this section.
225          (6) A name that implies that the corporation is an agency of this state or of any of [its]
226     the state's political subdivisions, if [it] the corporation is not actually such a legally established
227     agency or subdivision, may not be approved for filing by the division.
228          (7) (a) The requirements of Subsection (1)(d) do not apply to a corporation
229     incorporated in or authorized to do business in this state on or before May 4, 1998, until
230     December 31, 1998.
231          (b) On or after January 1, 1999, any corporation incorporated in or authorized to do
232     business in this state shall comply with the requirements of Subsection (1)(d).
233          Section 3. Section 16-11-16 is amended to read:
234          16-11-16. Corporate name.
235          (1) The name of each professional corporation as set forth in [its] the professional
236     corporation's articles of incorporation:
237          (a) shall contain the terms:
238          (i) "professional corporation"; or
239          (ii) "P.C.";
240          (b) may not contain the words:
241          (i) "incorporated"; or
242          (ii) "inc.";
243          (c) may not contain:
244          (i) language stating or implying that the professional corporation is organized for a

245     purpose other than that permitted by:
246          [(i)] (A) Section 16-11-6; and
247          [(ii)] (B) the professional corporation's articles of incorporation; or
248          (ii) for a professional corporation that changes the professional corporation's name or is
249     incorporated in or authorized to do business in the state on or after May 4, 2022, the number
250     sequence "911";
251          (d) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, may not
252     contain the words:
253          (i) "Olympic";
254          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
255          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; and
256          (e) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection in accordance
257     with Section 13-34-114, may not contain the words:
258          (i) "university";
259          (ii) "college"; or
260          (iii) "institute" or "institution."
261          (2) The professional corporation may not imply by any word in the name that [it] the
262     professional corporation is an agency of the state or of any of [its] the state's political
263     subdivisions.
264          (3) A person, other than a professional corporation formed or registered under this
265     chapter, may not use in [its] the person's name in this state any of the terms:
266          (a) "professional corporation"; or
267          (b) "P.C."
268          (4) Except as authorized by Subsection (5), the name of the professional corporation
269     shall be distinguishable, as defined in Subsection (6), upon the records of the division from:
270          (a) the name of any domestic corporation incorporated in or foreign corporation
271     authorized to transact business in this state;

272          (b) the name of any domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation incorporated or
273     authorized to transact business in this state;
274          (c) the name of any domestic or foreign limited liability company formed or authorized
275     to transact business in this state;
276          (d) the name of any limited partnership formed or authorized to transact business in
277     this state;
278          (e) any name reserved or registered with the division for a corporation, limited liability
279     company, or general or limited partnership, under the laws of this state; and
280          (f) any business name, fictitious name, assumed name, trademark, or service mark
281     registered by the division.
282          (5) (a) A professional corporation may apply to the division for authorization to file
283     [its] the professional corporation's articles of incorporation under, or to register or reserve, a
284     name that is not distinguishable upon [its] the division's records from one or more of the names
285     described in Subsection (4).
286          (b) The division shall approve the application filed under Subsection (5)(a) if:
287          (i) the other person whose name is not distinguishable from the name under which the
288     applicant desires to file, or which the applicant desires to register or reserve:
289          (A) consents to the filing, registration, or reservation in writing; and
290          (B) submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the
291     person's name to a name that is distinguishable from the name of the applicant; or
292          (ii) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
293     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to make the requested filing in
294     this state under the name applied for.
295          (6) (a) A name is distinguishable from other names, trademarks, and service marks
296     registered with the division if [it] the name:
297          (i) contains one or more different letters or numerals from other names upon the
298     division's records; or

299          (ii) has a different sequence of letter or numerals from the other names on the division's
300     records.
301          (b) The following differences are not distinguishable:
302          (i) the words or abbreviations of the words:
303          (A) "corporation";
304          (B) "incorporated";
305          (C) "company";
306          (D) "limited partnership";
307          (E) "limited";
308          (F) "L.P.";
309          (G) "limited liability company";
310          (H) "limited company";
311          (I) "L.C."; or
312          (J) "L.L.C.";
313          (ii) the presence or absence of the words or symbols of the words "the," "and," "a," or
314     "plus";
315          (iii) differences in punctuation and special characters;
316          (iv) differences in capitalization; or
317          (v) differences in abbreviations.
318          (7) The director of the division shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary
319     to interpret and efficiently administer this section and to perform the duties imposed upon the
320     division by this section.
321          Section 4. Section 26-8a-502.1 is enacted to read:
322          26-8a-502.1. Prohibition on the use of "911".
323          (1) As used in this section:
324          (a) "Emergency services" means services provided by a person in response to an
325     emergency.

326          (b) "Emergency services" includes:
327          (i) fire protection services;
328          (ii) paramedic services;
329          (iii) law enforcement services;
330          (iv) 911 ambulance or paramedic services, as defined in Section 26-8a-102; and
331          (v) any other emergency services.
332          (2) A person may not use "911" or other similar sequence of numbers in the person's
333     name with the purpose to deceive the public that the person operates or represents emergency
334     services, unless the person is authorized to provide emergency services.
335          (3) A violation of Subsection (2) is:
336          (a) a class C misdemeanor; and
337          (b) subject to a fine of up to $500 per violation.
338          Section 5. Section 26-23-6 is amended to read:
339          26-23-6. Criminal and civil penalties and liability for violations.
340          (1) (a) Any person, association, [or] corporation, or [the officers of any of them] an
341     officer of a person, an association, or a corporation, who violates any provision of this chapter
342     or lawful orders of the department or a local health department in a criminal proceeding is
343     guilty of a class B misdemeanor for the first violation, and for any subsequent similar violation
344     within two years, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except this section does not establish the
345     criminal penalty for a violation of Section 26-23-5.5 or Section 26-8a-502.1.
346          (b) Conviction in a criminal proceeding does not preclude the department or a local
347     health department from assessment of any civil penalty, administrative civil money penalty or
348     to deny, revoke, condition, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other
349     injunctive or equitable remedies.
350          (2) (a) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), any association, [or] corporation, or [the
351     officers of any of them, who violate] an officer of an association or a corporation, who violates
352     any provision of this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or

353     rules adopted under this title by the department:
354          (i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of
355     $5,000 per violation; or
356          (ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
357     4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county
358     government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $5,000 per violation.
359          (b) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), an individual who violates any provision of
360     this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under
361     this title by the department:
362          (i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of
363     $150 per violation; or
364          (ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
365     4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county
366     government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $150 per violation.
367          (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), a penalty described in Subsection
368     (2)(a) or (b) may only be assessed against the same individual, association, or corporation one
369     time in a calendar week.
370          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c)(i), an individual, an association, a corporation,
371     or [the officers of any of them, that willfully disregard or recklessly violate] an officer of an
372     association or a corporation, who willfully disregards or recklessly violates a provision of this
373     title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this
374     title by the department, may be assessed a penalty as described in Subsection (2)(a) for each
375     day of violation if it is determined that the violation is likely to result in a serious threat to
376     public health.
377          (d) Upon reasonable cause shown in judicial civil proceeding or an administrative
378     action, a penalty imposed under this Subsection (2) may be waived or reduced.
379          (3) Assessment of any civil penalty or administrative penalty does not preclude the

380     department or a local health department from seeking criminal penalties or to deny, revoke,
381     impose conditions on, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other
382     injunctive or equitable remedies.
383          (4) In addition to any penalties imposed under Subsection (1), [the] a person,
384     association, [or] corporation, or [the officers of any of them] an officer of a person, an
385     association, or a corporation, is liable for any expense incurred by the department in removing
386     or abating any health or sanitation violations, including any nuisance, source of filth, cause of
387     sickness, or dead animal.
388          Section 6. Section 42-2-6.6 is amended to read:
389          42-2-6.6. Assumed name.
390          (1) The assumed name:
391          (a) may not contain:
392          (i) any word or phrase that indicates or implies that the business is organized for any
393     purpose other than [one or more of the purposes] a purpose contained in [its] the business's
394     application; or
395          (ii) for an assumed name that is changed or approved on or after May 4, 2022, the
396     number sequence "911";
397          (b) shall be distinguishable from any registered name or trademark of record in the
398     offices of the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, as defined in Subsection
399     16-10a-401(5), except as authorized by the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
400     pursuant to Subsection (2);
401          (c) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, may not
402     contain the words:
403          (i) "Olympic";
404          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
405          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius";
406          (d) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in

407     accordance with Section 13-34-114, may not contain the words:
408          (i) "university";
409          (ii) "college"; or
410          (iii) "institute" or "institution"; and
411          (e) an assumed name authorized for use in this state on or after May 1, 2000, may not
412     contain the words:
413          (i) "incorporated";
414          (ii) "inc."; or
415          (iii) a variation of "incorporated" or "inc."
416          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(e), an assumed name may contain a word listed in
417     Subsection (1)(e) if the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code authorizes the use of
418     the name by a corporation as defined in:
419          (a) Subsection 16-6a-102(26);
420          (b) Subsection 16-6a-102(35);
421          (c) Subsection 16-10a-102(11); or
422          (d) Subsection 16-10a-102(20).
423          (3) The Division of Corporations and Commercial Code shall authorize the use of the
424     name applied for if:
425          (a) the name is distinguishable from one or more of the names and trademarks that are
426     on the division's records; or
427          (b) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
428     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in
429     this state.
430          (4) The assumed name, for purposes of recordation, shall be either translated into
431     English or transliterated into letters of the English alphabet if [it] the assumed name is not in
432     English.
433          (5) The Division of Corporations and Commercial Code may not approve an

434     application for an assumed name to any person violating this section.
435          (6) The director of the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code shall have the
436     power and authority reasonably necessary to interpret and efficiently administer this section
437     and to perform the duties imposed on the division by this section.
438          (7) A name that implies by any word in the name that [it] the business is an agency of
439     the state or of any of [its] the state's political subdivisions, if [it] the business is not actually
440     such a legally established agency, may not be approved for filing by the Division of
441     Corporations and Commercial Code.
442          (8) Section 16-10a-403 applies to this chapter.
443          (9) (a) The requirements of Subsection (1)(d) do not apply to a person who filed a
444     certificate of assumed and of true name with the Division of Corporations and Commercial
445     Code on or before May 4, 1998, until December 31, 1998.
446          (b) On or after January 1, 1999, any person who carries on, conducts, or transacts
447     business in this state under an assumed name shall comply with the requirements of Subsection
448     (1)(d).
449          Section 7. Section 48-1d-1105 is amended to read:
450          48-1d-1105. Permitted names.
451          (1) The name of a partnership that is not a limited liability partnership may not contain
452     the phrase "Registered Limited Liability Partnership" or "Limited Liability Partnership" or the
453     abbreviation "R.L.L.P.", "L.L.P.", "RLLP", or "LLP".
454          (2) The name of a limited liability partnership must contain the words "Registered
455     Limited Liability Partnership", "Limited Liability Partnership", "R.L.L.P.", "L.L.P.", "RLLP",
456     or "LLP".
457          (3) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), the name of a limited liability
458     partnership and the name under which a foreign limited liability partnership may register to do
459     business in this state must be distinguishable on the records of the division from any:
460          (a) name of an existing person whose formation required the filing of a record by the

461     division;
462          (b) name of a limited liability partnership;
463          (c) name of a person that is registered to do business in this state by the filing of a
464     record by the division;
465          (d) name reserved under Section 48-1d-1106 or other law of this state providing for the
466     reservation of a name by the filing of a record by the division;
467          (e) name registered under Section 48-1d-1107 or other law of this state providing for
468     the registration of a name by the filing of a record by the division; or
469          (f) assumed name registered under Title 42, Chapter 2, Conducting Business Under
470     Assumed Name.
471          (4) If a person consents in a record to the use of [its] the person's name and submits an
472     undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the person's name to a name
473     that is distinguishable on the records of the division from any name in any category of names in
474     Subsection (3), the name of the consenting person may be used by the person to which the
475     consent was given.
476          (5) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), in determining whether a name is
477     the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the division from the name of another
478     entity, words, phrases, or abbreviations indicating the type of entity, such as "corporation",
479     "corp.", "incorporated", "Inc.", "professional corporation", "PC", "P.C.", "professional
480     association", "PA", "P.A.", "Limited", "Ltd.", "limited partnership", "LP", "L.P.", "limited
481     liability partnership", "LLP", "L.L.P.", "registered limited liability partnership", "RLLP",
482     "R.L.L.P.", "limited liability limited partnership", "LLLP", "L.L.L.P.", "registered limited
483     liability limited partnership", "RLLLP", "R.L.L.L.P.", "limited liability company", or "LLC",
484     "L.L.C.", "professional limited liability company", "PLLC", or "P.L.L.C.", may not be taken
485     into account.
486          (6) A person may consent in a record to the use of a name that is not distinguishable on
487     the records of the division from [its] the person's name except for the addition of a word,

488     phrase, or abbreviation indicating the type of person as provided in Subsection (5). In such a
489     case, the person need not change [its] person's name pursuant to Subsection (4).
490          (7) The division may not approve for filing a name that implies that a limited liability
491     partnership is an agency of this state or any of [its] the state's political subdivisions, if [it] the
492     limited liability partnership is not actually such a legally established agency or subdivision.
493          (8) The authorization to file a certificate under or to reserve or register a limited
494     liability partnership name as granted by the division does not:
495          (a) abrogate or limit the law governing unfair competition or unfair trade practices;
496          (b) derogate from the common law, the principles of equity, or the statutes of this state
497     or of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and protect names and trademarks; or
498          (c) create an exclusive right in geographic or generic terms contained within a name.
499          (9) The name of a limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership
500     may not contain:
501          (a) the words:
502          (i) "association";
503          (ii) "corporation";
504          (iii) "incorporated";
505          (iv) "limited liability company";
506          (v) "limited company";
507          (vi) "limited partnership"; or
508          (vii) "Ltd.";
509          (b) any word or abbreviation that is of like import to the words listed in Subsection
510     (9)(a);
511          (c) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, the words:
512          (i) "Olympic";
513          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
514          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; [and]

515          (d) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in
516     accordance with Section 13-34-114 the words:
517          (i) "university";
518          (ii) "college"; or
519          (iii) "institute" or "institution"[.]; or
520          (e) for a limited liability partnership that changes the limited liability partnership's
521     name or registers to do business in the state on or after May 4, 2022, the number sequence
522     "911."
523          Section 8. Section 48-2e-108 is amended to read:
524          48-2e-108. Permitted names.
525          (1) The name of a limited partnership may contain the name of any partner.
526          (2) The name of a limited partnership that is not a limited liability limited partnership
527     [must] shall contain the words "limited partnership" or the abbreviation "L.P." or "LP" and may
528     not contain the words "limited liability limited partnership" or the abbreviation "L.L.L.P." or
529     "LLLP".
530          (3) The name of a limited liability limited partnership [must] shall contain the words
531     "limited liability limited partnership" or the abbreviation "LLLP" or "L.L.L.P." and [must] may
532     not contain the abbreviation "L.P." or "LP".
533          (4) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (7), the name of a limited partnership,
534     and the name under which a foreign limited partnership may register to do business in this
535     state, [must] shall be distinguishable on the records of the division from:
536          (a) the name of an existing person whose formation required the filing of a record by
537     the division;
538          (b) the name of a limited liability partnership;
539          (c) the name of a person that is registered to do business in this state by the filing of a
540     record by the division;
541          (d) each name reserved under Section 48-2e-109 or other law of this state providing for

542     the reservation of a name by the filing of a record by the division;
543          (e) each name registered under Section 48-2e-110 or other law of this state providing
544     for the registration of a name by the filing of a record by the division; or
545          (f) an assumed name registered under Title 42, Chapter 2, Conducting Business Under
546     Assumed Name.
547          (5) If a person consents in a record to the use of [its] the person's name and submits an
548     undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the person's name to a name
549     that is distinguishable on the records of the division from any name in any category of names in
550     Subsection (4), the name of the consenting person may be used by the person to which the
551     consent was given.
552          (6) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (7), in determining whether a name is
553     the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the division from the name of another
554     entity, words, phrases, or abbreviations indicating the type of entity, such as "corporation",
555     "corp.", "incorporated", "Inc.", "professional corporation", "PC", "P.C.", "professional
556     association", "PA", "P.A.", "Limited", "Ltd.", "limited partnership", "LP", "L.P.", "limited
557     liability partnership", "LLP", "L.L.P.", "registered limited liability partnership", "RLLP",
558     "R.L.L.P.", "limited liability limited partnership", "LLLP", "L.L.L.P.", "registered limited
559     liability limited partnership", "RLLLP", "R.L.L.L.P.", "limited liability company", "LLC",
560     "L.L.C.", "professional limited liability company", "PLLC", or "P.L.L.C.", may not be taken
561     into account.
562          (7) A person may consent in a record to the use of a name that is not distinguishable on
563     the records of the division from [its] the person's name except for the addition of a word,
564     phrase, or abbreviation indicating the type of person as provided in Subsection (6). In such a
565     case, the person [need not change its] is not required to change the person's name pursuant to
566     Subsection (5).
567          (8) The division may not approve for filing a name that implies that a limited
568     partnership is an agency of this state or any of [its] the state's political subdivisions, if [it] the

569     limited partnership is not actually such a legally established agency or subdivision.
570          (9) The authorization to file a certificate under or to reserve or register a limited
571     partnership name as granted by the division does not:
572          (a) abrogate or limit the law governing unfair competition or unfair trade practices;
573          (b) derogate from the common law, the principles of equity, or the statutes of this state
574     or of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and protect names and trademarks; or
575          (c) create an exclusive right in geographic or generic terms contained within a name.
576          (10) The name of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership may not contain:
577          (a) the words:
578          (i) "association";
579          (ii) "corporation";
580          (iii) "incorporated";
581          (iv) "limited liability company"; or
582          (v) "limited company";
583          (b) any word or abbreviation that is of like import to the words listed in Subsection
584     (10)(a);
585          (c) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, the words:
586          (i) "Olympic";
587          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
588          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; [and]
589          (d) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in
590     accordance with Section 13-34-114 the words:
591          (i) "university";
592          (ii) "college"; or
593          (iii) "institute" or "institution"[.]; or
594          (e) for a limited partnership that changes the limited partnership's name or is formed on
595     or after May 4, 2022, the number sequence "911."

596          Section 9. Section 48-3a-108 is amended to read:
597          48-3a-108. Permitted names.
598          (1) Except as provided in Section 48-3a-1104 or 48-3a-1302, the name of a limited
599     liability company [must] shall contain the words "limited liability company" or "limited
600     company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.", "LLC", "L.C.", or "LC". "Limited" may be abbreviated
601     as "Ltd.", and "company" may be abbreviated as "Co.".
602          (2) Except as authorized by Subsection (3), the name of a company [must] shall be
603     distinguishable as defined in Subsection (4) upon the records of the division from:
604          (a) the actual name, reserved name, or fictitious or assumed name of any entity
605     registered with the division; or
606          (b) any tradename, trademark, or service mark registered with the division.
607          (3) (a) A company may apply to the division for approval to file [its] the company's
608     certificate of organization under or to reserve a name that is not distinguishable upon the
609     division's records from one or more of the names described in Subsection (2).
610          (b) The division shall approve the name for which the company applies under
611     Subsection (3)(a) if:
612          (i) the other person whose name is not distinguishable from the name under which the
613     applicant desires to file:
614          (A) consents to the filing in writing; and
615          (B) submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the division to change [its] the
616     person's name to a name that is distinguishable from the name of the applicant; or
617          (ii) the applicant delivers to the division a certified copy of the final judgment of a
618     court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name in this state.
619          (4) A name is distinguishable from other names, trademarks, and service marks
620     registered with the division if [it] the name contains one or more different words, letters, or
621     numerals from other names upon the division's records.
622          (5) The following differences are not distinguishing:

623          (a) the term:
624          (i) "corp.";
625          (ii) "corporation";
626          (iii) "Inc.";
627          (iv) "incorporated";
628          (v) "professional corporation";
629          (vi) "P.C." or "PC";
630          (vii) "professional association";
631          (viii) "P.A." or "PA";
632          (ix) "professional limited liability company";
633          (x) "P.L.L.C." or "PLLC";
634          (xi) "company";
635          (xii) "limited partnership";
636          (xiii) "limited";
637          (xiv) "L.P." or "LP";
638          (xv) "Ltd.";
639          (xvi) "limited liability company";
640          (xvii) "limited company";
641          (xviii) "L.C." or "LC";
642          (xix) "L.L.C." or "LLC";
643          (xx) "registered limited liability partnership";
644          (xxi) "R.L.L.P." or "RLLP";
645          (xxii) "limited liability partnership";
646          (xxiii) "L.L.P." or "LLP";
647          (xxiv) "limited liability limited partnership";
648          (xxv) "L.L.L.P." or "LLLP";
649          (xxvi) "registered limited liability limited partnership"; or

650          (xxvii) "R.L.L.L.P." or "RLLLP";
651          (b) an abbreviation of a word listed in Subsection (5)(a);
652          (c) the presence or absence of the words or symbols of the words "the," "and," "a," or
653     "plus";
654          (d) differences in punctuation and special characters;
655          (e) differences in capitalization; or
656          (f) for a company that is formed in this state on or after May 4, 1998, or registered as a
657     foreign company in this state on or after May 4, 1998, differences in singular and plural forms
658     of words.
659          (6) The division may not approve for filing a name that implies that a limited liability
660     company is an agency of this state or any of [its] the state's political subdivisions, if [it] the
661     limited liability company is not actually such a legally established agency or subdivision.
662          (7) The authorization to file a certificate under or to reserve or register a limited
663     liability company name as granted by the division does not:
664          (a) abrogate or limit the law governing unfair competition or unfair trade practices;
665          (b) derogate from the common law, the principles of equity, or the statutes of this state
666     or of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and protect names and trademarks; or
667          (c) create an exclusive right in geographic or generic terms contained within a name.
668          (8) The name of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may
669     not contain:
670          (a) the term:
671          (i) "association";
672          (ii) "corporation";
673          (iii) "incorporated";
674          (iv) "partnership";
675          (v) "limited partnership"; or
676          (vi) "L.P.";

677          (b) any word or abbreviation that is of like import to the words listed in Subsection
678     (8)(a);
679          (c) without the written consent of the United States Olympic Committee, the words:
680          (i) "Olympic";
681          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
682          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius"; [and]
683          (d) without the written consent of the Division of Consumer Protection issued in
684     accordance with Section 13-34-114 the words:
685          (i) "university";
686          (ii) "college"; or
687          (iii) "institute" or "institution"[.]; or
688          (e) for a limited liability company that changes the limited liability company's name or
689     is formed on or after May 4, 2022, the number sequence "911."
690          (9) (a) A person, other than a company formed under this chapter or a foreign company
691     authorized to transact business in this state, may not use in [its] the person's name in this state
692     the term:
693          (i) "limited liability company";
694          (ii) "limited company";
695          (iii) "L.L.C.";
696          (iv) "L.C.";
697          (v) "LLC"; or
698          (vi) "LC".
699          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a):
700          (i) a foreign corporation whose actual name includes the term "limited" or "Ltd." may
701     use [its] the foreign corporation's actual name in this state if [it] the foreign corporation also
702     uses:
703          (A) "corporation" or "corp."; or

704          (B) "incorporated" or "Inc."; and
705          (ii) a limited liability partnership may use in [its] the limited liability partnership's
706     name the term:
707          (A) "limited liability partnership";
708          (B) "L.L.P."; or
709          (C) "LLP".