May 14, 2021
Registered Agent
Alternate Names for LLP
Effective May 12, Assembly Bill 4932 allows for limited liability partnerships to use alternate names by filing a certificate of registration which will be effective for 5 years and is renewable.
"An Act concerning the use of alternate names by limited liability partnerships and amending P.L.2000, c.161.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 48 of P.L.2000, c.161 (C.42:1A-48) is amended to read as follows:
48. a. The name of a limited liability partnership shall end with “Registered Limited Liability Partnership”, “Limited Liability Partnership”, “R.L.L.P.”, “L.L.P.”, “RLLP,” or “LLP”.
b. No domestic limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership which conducts activities in this State shall conduct any activities in this State using an alternate name, including an abbreviation of its name or an acronym unless the limited liability partnership:
(1) also uses its actual name in the transaction of any of its activities in a manner as not to be deceptive as to its actual identity; or
(2) has first registered the alternate name as provided in this section.
c. Any limited liability partnership may adopt and use any alternate name by filing an original and a copy of a certificate of registration of alternate name with the 1[filing office] State Treasurer1 executed on behalf of the limited liability partnership. The certificate shall set forth:
(1) the name, jurisdiction and date of establishment of the limited liability partnership;
(2) the alternate name;
(3) a brief statement of the character or nature of the particular activities to be conducted using the alternate name including, but not limited to, the practice of professions requiring licensure or certification including, but not limited to, medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, dietetics, nutrition, psychoanalysis, counseling, social work, optometry, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, law, accounting, real estate brokerage or sales, private detective services, veterinary medicine, engineering, or architecture;
(4) that the limited liability partnership intends to use the alternate name in this State; and
(5) that the limited liability partnership has not previously used the alternate name in this State in violation of this section or, if it has, the month and year in which it commenced the use of the alternative name...."
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"An Act concerning the use of alternate names by limited liability partnerships and amending P.L.2000, c.161.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 48 of P.L.2000, c.161 (C.42:1A-48) is amended to read as follows:
48. a. The name of a limited liability partnership shall end with “Registered Limited Liability Partnership”, “Limited Liability Partnership”, “R.L.L.P.”, “L.L.P.”, “RLLP,” or “LLP”.
b. No domestic limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership which conducts activities in this State shall conduct any activities in this State using an alternate name, including an abbreviation of its name or an acronym unless the limited liability partnership:
(1) also uses its actual name in the transaction of any of its activities in a manner as not to be deceptive as to its actual identity; or
(2) has first registered the alternate name as provided in this section.
c. Any limited liability partnership may adopt and use any alternate name by filing an original and a copy of a certificate of registration of alternate name with the 1[filing office] State Treasurer1 executed on behalf of the limited liability partnership. The certificate shall set forth:
(1) the name, jurisdiction and date of establishment of the limited liability partnership;
(2) the alternate name;
(3) a brief statement of the character or nature of the particular activities to be conducted using the alternate name including, but not limited to, the practice of professions requiring licensure or certification including, but not limited to, medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, dietetics, nutrition, psychoanalysis, counseling, social work, optometry, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, law, accounting, real estate brokerage or sales, private detective services, veterinary medicine, engineering, or architecture;
(4) that the limited liability partnership intends to use the alternate name in this State; and
(5) that the limited liability partnership has not previously used the alternate name in this State in violation of this section or, if it has, the month and year in which it commenced the use of the alternative name...."
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