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Reserve a California Limited Partnership - LP name fast!

Sun Document Filings can reserve a California Limited Partnership - LP name or just check LP name availability with the California Secretary of State. We can conduct a name availability search for a California Limited Partnership and order a California Limited Partnership name reservation for sixty calendar days. We can check the California LP name with the California Secretary of State on an expedited basis. In most cases, we can check the LP name availability within 4 business hours or less. Questions? 888 595-2747

Step 1: Choose a California Limited Partnership name - Have your client provide you with their first California LP name choice, a second  LP name choice, and a third LP name choice.

FAQ: My client really wants their first LP name choice. Why do I have to provide a second and third LP name choice?

You are not required to provide a second or third LP name choice, just keep in mind that many times, the first LP name choice will already be taken by another LP or the first name choice is considered by the California Secretary of State name reservation unit as "deceptively similar to an existing LP" and the California Secretary of State will not allow your client to file their Articles of Organization if they attempt to use the name. Secondly, we charge a service fee per phone call. If you only provide us with one LP name choice and it is not available, you will be charged another name availability service fee for the second phone call to the Secretary of State. Therefore, it is important to have a second and third LP name choice just in case.

NOTE: The most common names include initials such as ABC LP or MLD LP. Changing the ending (LP, L.P., Limited Partnership) or adding punctuation or making the name plural will not make the name different. The Secretary of State considers ABC LP, ABC, LP, A&BC LP, A-B-C LP as the exact same name.

Step 2: Complete the California LP Name Reservation form - Download and open our order form. You may type on the form using Adobe Acrobat or you may print it out and type it. If you must handwrite the form, please write as neat as possible.

Click here to download the California Limited Partnership Name Reservation form

Step 3: Send us the form - Fax the form to 888 955-2747 or e-mail the completed and signed form to order@sundocumentfilings.com

Step 4: Please allow at least 2-4 business hours for a response. If we receive the request after 4:30PM PST Monday thru Friday, the name will not be checked until the following day. Under those circumstances, 2-4 business hours will start as of 9:00AM PST on the following day. If you faxed or e-mailed the form, we will fax the results back to you so please provide a fax number. Please be aware that there are times when the Secretary of State's name reservation unit's phones or computers may be down. Under those circumstances, we are unable to honor the 2-4 business hour turnaround time. However, as soon as regular services resume, we will do our best to check your name as soon as possible.

Step 5: Form a California Limited Partnership. For fees, forms, and instructions, please click here to form a California Limited Partnership with the Secretary of State in Sacramento. We offer routine and 24 hour rush services. Questions? 888 595-2747

Fees

To check Limited Partnership name availability only: Our fee is $30.00 to check a name. If the 1st name choice is available, the remaining names will not be researched.The state's fee is $4.00 per each name checked. This service is performed in 4 business hours or less. Add $20.00 more to order a 2 hour or less name availability search. The California Name name availability unit at the Secretary of State's office closes each business at 4:30pm PST.

To reserve a California Limited Partnership name: In addition to the name availability fees listed above, the Secretary of State charges a total of $20.00 to reserve an LP name; $10.00 for the counter fee and $10.00 for the name reservation fee. Name reservations usually take 2-4 business days to be completed.

Once we check name availability or reserve the LP name, we can file your LP formation document "Certificate of Limited Partnership" with the California Secretary of State on an expedited basis. Click here for more information. 

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CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE LP NAME RESERVATION/ AVAILABILITY GUIDELINES

The following is general information about name availability and name style requirements relating to limited partnerships.
  • Proposed limited partnership names are checked only against currently reserved limited partnership names and active limited partnerships of record in the California Secretary of State's office. Since there is no legal requirement that limited partnership names be checked against other business entity names, limited partnership names are not checked against general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or corporate names, nor are names checked against trademarks, service marks or local fictitious business names filed at the county level.
  • The Secretary of State's office cannot file a document which contains a name that is "likely to mislead the public or which is the same as, or resembles so closely as to tend to deceive," the name of a domestic or foreign (out-of-state or country) limited partnership that has registered with this office or a name which is under reservation for another limited partnership. (California Corporations Code section 15612(c).)
  • A limited partnership may adopt a name that is similar to, but not the same as, the name of an existing domestic or foreign (out-of-state or country) limited partnership if the existing limited partnership consents in writing to the use of the name and the Secretary of State's office finds that under the circumstances the public is not likely to be misled. The consent letter should be submitted on the letterhead of the consenting limited partnership, signed by an authorized individual of that limited partnership. If a proposed name is reserved utilizing consent, a currently dated consent must accompany each renewal request.
  • The limited partnership name may not falsely imply governmental affiliation.
  • All names must use the English alphabet or Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) or a combination thereof. Roman numerals are treated as letters and not translated into their numeric equivalent. Symbols are not allowed in an entity name; except, an ampersand & may be used in an entity name as a conjunction in place of the word "AND".
  • There is no distinction between upper and lower case letters, typeface or font.
  • The name of a limited partnership cannot include the words "bank," "insurance," "trust," "trustee," "incorporated," "inc.," "corporation," or "corp.". (California Corporations Code section 15612(d).)
  • The name of a limited partnership must end with the words "limited partnership" or the abbreviation "L.P.". (California Corporations Code section 15612(a).)

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NOTE: We hope you find our LP name availability/LP name reservation steps useful and easy to follow. Nothing contained in our steps should be construed as giving legal or financial advice. Our intended audience is attorneys and accountants. Therefore, if you are not an attorney or accountant, you should contact an attorney or accountant for specific legal or tax questions regarding your LP. Please be aware that the Franchise Tax Board and Secretary of State are government agencies and can change their fees/procedures/forms/turnaround times without notification. Although we do our best to update our steps and stay current, we shall not be held liable for any omissions or errors contained. We do not profess to be giving legal or financial advice to the general public as we are a typing and filing agency.

We can perform a California Limited Partnership name search and California Limited Partnership name availability with the California Secretary of State fast. We can provide a California Limited Partnership name reservation. We can also check the California LP name. Let Sun Document Filings perform a limited partnership name availability check with the California Secretary of State on a rush. We check LP name availability and we can reserve a California LP name.