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Selected District of Columbia Corporate Statutes

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• § 29-101.08. Corporate name. The corporate name:
  1. Shall contain the word "corporation," "company," "incorporated," or "limited," or shall contain an abbreviation of 1 of such words;
  2. Shall not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than 1 or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation;
  3. Shall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any domestic corporation, or that of any corporation organized under any act of Congress authorizing the formation of corporations under the laws of the District of Columbia, or that of any corporation created pursuant to any special act of Congress to transact business in the District of Columbia, or that of any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the District of Columbia, or a name the exclusive right to which is at the time reserved in the manner provided in this chapter; and
  4. Shall not indicate, nor shall any statement be made, that the corporation is organized under an act of Congress.

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