{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, § 2","heading":"Name of limited partnership; requirements","body":"Section 2. The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:\n(1) shall contain without abbreviation the words ''limited partnership'';\n(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;\n(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;\n(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.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 109"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter109/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:33Z","sha256":"2c6c594702a64c76996065b38d2889097e9b8367544f94ace3d96487248be2d2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-1a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-109-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}