Name — Vermont Code § 3402

§ 3402. Name

• (a) The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership: (1) shall contain the words “Limited Partnership,” or the letters “L.P.”; (2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless it is also the name of a general
  partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or the business of the
  limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that
  limited partner; (3) shall be distinguishable in the records of the Secretary of State from the name of
  any corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited
  partnership organized under the laws of this State or licensed or registered as a
  foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or
  limited partnership in this State; and (4) may not contain the following words: “corporation,” “incorporated,” “limited” by itself,
  “limited liability company,” “limited company,” or the abbreviations “corp.,” “Inc.,”
  or “Ltd.” (b) A person intending to operate a postsecondary school, as defined in 16 V.S.A. §§ 176 and 176a, shall apply for a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education prior
  to registering a name under this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2015, No. 17, § 6.)