§ 121-103. Reservation of partnership name. (a) Subject to section
121-102 of this article, the exclusive right to the use of a name may be
reserved by:

(1) Any person intending to organize a domestic limited partnership
under this article;

(2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited
partnership authorized to do business in this state intending to change
its name;

(3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority
to do business in this state and to adopt that name; and

(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and
intending to have it apply for authority to do business in this state.

(b) A fictitious name for use pursuant to section 121-902 of this
article may be reserved by:

(1) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority
to do business in this state pursuant to subdivision (a) of section
121-902 of this article.

(2) Any authorized foreign limited partnership intending to change its
fictitious name under which it does business in this state.

(3) Any authorized foreign limited partnership which has changed its
name in its jurisdiction, such new name not being available in this
state.

(c) Application to reserve a limited partnership name shall be
delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth the name and
address of the applicant, the name to be reserved, and a statement of
the basis for the application under subdivision (a) or (b) of this
section. The secretary of state may require that there be included in
the application a statement as to the nature of the business to be
conducted by the limited partnership. If the name is available for
limited partnership use, the department of state shall reserve the name
for the use of the applicant for a period of sixty days and issue a
certificate of reservation. The restrictions and qualifications set
forth in section 121-102 of this article are not waived by the issuance
of a certificate of reservation. The certificate of reservation shall
include the name of the applicant, the name reserved, and the date of
reservation. The certificate of reservation (or in lieu thereof an
affidavit by the applicant or by his or her agent or attorney that the
certificate of reservation has been lost or destroyed) shall accompany
the certificate of limited partnership or the application for authority
when either is delivered to the department of state.

(d) The secretary of state may extend the reservation for additional
periods of not more than sixty days each, upon the written request of
the applicant or his or her attorney or agent delivered to the
department of state, to be filed before expiration of the reservation
period then in effect. Such request shall have attached to it the
certificate of reservation of name. No more than two such extensions
shall be granted.