by Andy Chen | Jul 3, 2025 | Enterprise, New York
In my prior post, I described the naming rules for Limited Liability Companies under California. Nowadays, it is extremely easy to quickly form a Limited Liability Company (LLC) anywhere in the United States for just a moderate fee. LLCs are, thus, much more common now which, unfortunately, also means that there is more opportunity to run afoul of all the rules that LLCs have to follow, including rules about LLC names. Today’s post is the New York counterpart to my prior post. In other words, what suffix does New York law require an LLC to include in its name? The relevant law here is Section 204(a) of the New York Limited Liability Law, which states: The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its articles of organization shall contain without abbreviation the words “Limited Liability Company” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.” or “LLC”. As you can see, this requirement basically is the same as what California law requires. As with California as well, New York law has other requirements for LLC names. These are specified further in Section 204. I’ll go over those requirements in future posts, but feel free to read Section 204 on your own if you wish. As with all of my posts, this was not intended to address every possible permutation or possibility that might exist regarding name requirements under New York law for an LLC. If you do have a situation involving a New York LLC, hopefully this post and the links in it have helped inform you at least a little bit. If you do have a situation involving a New...
