Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.055 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES
NAME OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The name of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership must contain:
(1) the word "limited";
(2) the phrase "limited partnership"; or
(3) an abbreviation of that word or phrase.
(b) The name of a domestic or foreign limited partnership that is a limited liability limited partnership must also contain the phrase "limited liability partnership" or an abbreviation of that phrase.
(c) The name of a domestic or foreign limited partnership that is a limited liability limited partnership complies with the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b) if the name of the limited partnership contains the phrase "limited liability limited partnership" or an abbreviation of that phrase.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm
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