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SECTION 1212
Limited liability company name
Limited Liability Company Law (LLC) CHAPTER 34, ARTICLE 12
§ 1212. Limited liability company name. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the name of a professional service limited liability
company may contain any word that, at the time of formation, could be
used in the name of a partnership or professional service corporation
practicing a profession that such limited liability company is
authorized to practice and may not contain any word that could not be
used by such a partnership or professional service corporation;
provided, however, the name of a professional service limited liability
company may not contain the name of a deceased person unless:

(1) such person's name was part of the name of such limited liability
company at the time of such person's death; or

(2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
or professional service corporation and at least two-thirds of such
partnership's partners or corporation's shareholders, as the case may
be, become members of such limited liability company.

(b) A professional service limited liability company name shall end
with the words "Professional Limited Liability Company" or "Limited
Liability Company" or the abbreviation "P.L.L.C.", "PLLC", "L.L.C." or
"LLC". The provisions of subdivision (a) of section two hundred four of
this chapter shall not apply to a professional service limited liability
company.