Massachusetts § 2 Name of limited partnership; requirements

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Name of limited partnership; requirements

Massachusetts § 2

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 109LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, § 2 (2026).

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Section 2. The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:

(1)shall contain without abbreviation the words ''limited partnership'';

(2)may not contain the name of a limited partner unless (i) it is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or (ii) the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner;

(3)may not contain any word or phrase indicating or implying that it is organized other than for a purpose stated in its certificate of limited partnership;

(4)may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of the commonwealth or licensed or registered as a

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Section 2. The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:(1) shall contain without abbreviation the words ''limited partnership'';(2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless (i) it is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or (ii) the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner;(3) may not contain any word or phrase indicating or implying that it is organized other than for a purpose stated in its certificate of limited partnership;(4) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of the commonwealth or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation or limited partnership in the commonwealth, except with the written consent of said corporation or limited partnership previously filed with the secretary of state.