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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="1-503" future_version_removed="true" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Entity Names">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An entity name may not contain language stating or implying that the entity is organized for a purpose other than that allowed by the entity’s:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Articles of incorporation, if the entity is a corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Articles of organization, if the entity is a limited liability company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Certificate of limited liability partnership, if the entity is a limited liability partnership;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Certificate of limited partnership, if the entity is a limited partnership; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Articles of incorporation, if the entity is a professional corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The name of a limited partnership may not contain the name of a limited partner unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>It is also the name of a general partner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The business of the limited partnership had been carried on under the name before the admission of that limited partner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except for words specified in § 1–502(f) of this subtitle, the name of a professional corporation may not use any other word, abbreviation, affix, or prefix that indicates it is a corporation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
