N.Y. Partnership Law § 121-103: Reservation of partnership name

§ 121-103. Reservation of partnership name. (a) Subject to section

121-102 of this article, the exclusive right to the use of a name may be

reserved by:

(1) Any person intending to organize a domestic limited partnership

under this article;

(2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited

partnership authorized to do business in this state intending to change

its name;

(3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority

to do business in this state and to adopt that name; and

(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and

intending to have it apply for authority to do business in this state.

(b) A fictitious name for use pursuant to section 121-902 of this

article may be reserved by:

(1) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority

to do business in this state pursuant to subdivision (a) of section

121-902 of this article.

(2) Any authorized foreign limited partnership intending to change its

fictitious name under which it does business in this state.

(3) Any authorized foreign limited partnership which has changed its

name in its jurisdiction, such new name not being available in this

state.

(c) Application to reserve a limited partnership name shall be

delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth the name and

address of the applicant, the name to be reserved, and a statement of

the basis for the application under subdivision (a) or (b) of this

section. The secretary of state may require that there be included in

the application a statement as to the nature of the business to be

conducted by the limited partnership. If the name is available for

limited partnership use, the department of state shall reserve the name

for the use of the applicant for a period of sixty days and issue a

certificate of reservation. The restrictions and qualifications set

forth in section 121-102 of this article are not waived by the issuance

of a certificate of reservation. The certificate of reservation shall

include the name of the applicant, the name reserved, and the date of

reservation. The certificate of reservation (or in lieu thereof an

affidavit by the applicant or by his or her agent or attorney that the

certificate of reservation has been lost or destroyed) shall accompany

the certificate of limited partnership or the application for authority

when either is delivered to the department of state.

(d) The secretary of state may extend the reservation for additional

periods of not more than sixty days each, upon the written request of

the applicant or his or her attorney or agent delivered to the

department of state, to be filed before expiration of the reservation

period then in effect. Such request shall have attached to it the

certificate of reservation of name. No more than two such extensions

shall be granted.