2023 New York Laws › LLC - Limited Liability Company Law › Article 2 - Formation › 204 - Limited Liability Company Name.

§  204.  Limited  liability  company  name.  The  name of each limited
liability company as set forth in its articles of organization:
(a) shall contain without abbreviation the  words  "Limited  Liability
Company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C." or "LLC";
(b)  (1)  shall  be such as to distinguish it from the name of (i) any
domestic limited liability company, (ii) any authorized foreign  limited
liability  company  or  (iii) a fictitious name of an authorized foreign
limited liability company filed pursuant to section eight hundred two of
this chapter, in each case, as such names appear on the index  of  names
of  existing domestic and authorized foreign limited liability companies
of any type or kind, including fictitious names  of  authorized  foreign
limited  liability companies filed pursuant to section eight hundred two
of this chapter, in the department of state, or names the right to which
are reserved;
(2) shall be such as to distinguish it from (i) the names of  domestic
business  corporations,  domestic  not-for-profit corporations and other
domestic corporations of any type or kind that are formed by a filing in
the department of state, (ii) the names of authorized  foreign  business
corporations,  authorized  foreign not-for-profit corporations and other
authorized foreign corporations of any type or kind that are  authorized
to do business or conduct activities in this state by reason of a filing
in  the  department  of  state, (iii) the fictitious names of authorized
foreign  business  corporations,   authorized   foreign   not-for-profit
corporations  and  other  authorized foreign corporations of any type or
kind that are authorized to do business or conduct  activities  in  this
state  by  reason of a filing in the department of state, (iv) the names
of domestic limited partnerships, (v) the names  of  authorized  foreign
limited partnerships, or (vi) the fictitious names of authorized foreign
limited partnerships, in each case, as such names appear on the index of
names  of  existing  domestic and authorized foreign corporations of any
type  or  kind,  including  fictitious  names  of   authorized   foreign
corporations  of any type or kind, in the department of state, or on the
index of names  of  existing  domestic  or  authorized  foreign  limited
partnerships,  including  fictitious names of authorized foreign limited
partnerships, in the department of state, or names the rights  to  which
are  reserved; provided, however, that no limited liability company that
was formed prior to the effective date of this paragraph and no  foreign
limited  liability  company  that  was  qualified to do business in this
state prior to such effective date shall be required to change the  name
or  fictitious  name  it  had on such effective date solely by reason of
such name or fictitious name being indistinguishable from  the  name  or
fictitious  name  of  any  domestic or authorized foreign corporation or
limited partnership or from any name the right to which is  reserved  by
or  on  behalf  of  any  domestic  or  foreign  corporation  or  limited
partnership;
(c) shall, unless the limited liability  company  or  foreign  limited
liability company shall have complied with the provisions of section one
hundred  thirty  of  the  general  business law, be the name used by the
limited liability company in its conduct of business;
(d) shall not contain any word  or  phrase,  or  any  abbreviation  or
derivative  thereof, the use of which is prohibited or restricted by any
other statute of this state, unless in the latter case the  restrictions
have been complied with;
(e)  shall  not  contain  the following phrases or any abbreviation or
derivative thereof:
board of trade                state police
chamber of commerce           state trooper
community renewal             tenant relocation
corporation                   urban development
incorporated                  urban relocation
partnership
(f)  shall  not  contain  the  following words, or any abbreviation or
derivative thereof:
acceptance                    guaranty
annuity                       indemnity
assurance                     insurance
attorney                      investment
bank                          lawyer
benefit                       loan
bond                          mortgage
casualty                      savings
doctor                        surety
endowment                     title
fidelity                      trust
finance                       underwriter
unless the approval of  the  superintendent  of  financial  services  is
attached  to the articles of organization or unless the word "doctor" or
"lawyer" or an abbreviation or derivative thereof is used in  a  context
that  clearly  denotes  a  purpose  other  than  the  practice of law or
medicine;
(g) shall not, unless the approval of the state department  of  social
services  is attached to the articles of organization or application for
authority, contain the word  "blind"  or  "handicapped."  Such  approval
shall  be  granted  by the state department of social services if in its
opinion the word  "blind"  or  "handicapped"  as  used  in  the  limited
liability  company's  proposed  name will not tend to mislead or confuse
the  public  into  believing  that  the  limited  liability  company  is
organized  for  charitable or nonprofit purposes related to the blind or
the handicapped; and
(h) shall not, unless the approval of the attorney general is attached
to the articles of organization or application  for  authority,  contain
the  word  "exchange"  or  any  abbreviation or derivative thereof. Such
approval shall not be granted by the attorney general if in his  or  her
opinion  the  use  of  the  word  "exchange"  in  the  limited liability
company's proposed name would falsely imply that the  limited  liability
company  conducts  its  business at a place where trade is carried on in
securities or commodities by brokers, dealers or merchants.
(i) shall not contain  the  following  terms:  "school,"  "education,"
"elementary,"     "secondary,"     "kindergarten,"    "prekindergarten,"
"preschool,"  "nursery  school,"  "museum,"   "history,"   "historical,"
"historical society," "arboretum," "library," "college," "university" or
other  term  restricted  by  section  two  hundred  twenty-four  of  the
education  law;  "conservatory,"  "academy,"  or  "institute"   or   any
abbreviation or derivative of such terms, shall have endorsed thereon or
annexed thereto the consent of the commissioner of education.