{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-42-30","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 33-42-30","heading":"Name.","body":"The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:\n(1) shall contain the words \"limited partnership\" or the abbreviation \"LP\", or \"L.P.\";\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 the name before the admission of that limited partner;\n(3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of this State or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation or limited partnership in this State; and\n(4) which complies with subsection (1) is not in violation of the provision in Section 33-4-101 of the South Carolina Business Corporation Act of 1988 authorizing the use of \"limited\" or any abbreviation of that word in the name of a corporation.","path":["Title 33 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 42 Uniform Limited Partnership Act","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c042.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:04:29Z","sha256":"4fc855bb11ab11c64ded8f346bd326272045cd3abf1ab6cb881d17e9ae5affc1","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-42-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-42-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}