• Entity Name Reservation


     

    Entity Name Availability Check

    An Entity Name Check can determine if your desired business name is available for you to reserve or if the name is taken. At United LDA we do free entity names search. We will find out if your requested business name is available, a name will be officially approved and filed with the Secretary of State with a business formation or business reservation.

    A name can be reserved for a period of 60 days. The reservation can be renewed to the same applicant or for the benefit of the same party, but not for consecutive 60-day periods. There must be at least 1 day between reservation periods.

    The reservation of a name does not guarantee the name meets all federal and state requirements related to a specific entity type. Names are reviewed for compliance at the time documents are submitted to the California Secretary of State’s office for filing.

    Corporation Names:

    A corporation name must not be a name that is “likely to mislead the public or the same as, or resembling so closely as to tend to deceive,” the name of a California or foreign corporation that has registered with this office or a name that has been reserved by another party.

    Note: Names are considered deceptive if the only difference is a corporate ending. (California Corporations Code section 201(b) and 2106(b).) A Corporation name is reserved pursuant to California Corporations Code section 201(c).

    Limited Liability Company (LLC) Names:

    An LLC name: (1) must not be a name that is “likely to mislead the public” and must be distinguishable in the records of the Secretary of State from the name of an existing LLC or an LLC name that has been reserved by another party.

    Note: Names are not considered distinguishable if the only difference is a limited liability company ending; (2) must include the words Limited Liability Company, or the abbreviations LLC or L.L.C. The words Limited and Company may be abbreviated to Ltd. and Co., respectively; (3) may not contain the words bank, trust, trustee, incorporated, inc., corporation, or corp.; and (4) must not contain the words insurer or insurance company or any other words suggesting that it is in the business of issuing policies of insurance and assuming insurance risks. (California Corporations Code section 17701.08 and 17708.05.) An LLC name is reserved pursuant to California Corporations Code section 17701.09.

    Limited Partnership (LP) Names: An LP name: (1) must be distinguishable in the records of the Secretary of State from the name of an existing LP or an LP name that has been reserved by another party.

    Note: Names are not considered distinguishable if the only difference is a limited partnership ending; (2) must end with the phrase Limited Partnership or the abbreviation LP or L.P.; and (3) may not contain the words bank, insurance, trust, trustee, incorporated, inc., corporation, or corp. Note: If entity is a foreign LP that is a foreign limited liability LP, the name must contain the phrase Limited Liability Limited Partnership or the abbreviation LLLP or L.L.L.P, and may not contain the abbreviation LP or L.P. (California Corporations Code section 15901.08, 15909.05.) An LP name is reserved pursuant to California Corporations Code section 15901.09.

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