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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2838"
article_number: "2838"
status: active
heading: "Name; designation as partnership in commendam."
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XI › Chapter 7"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109908"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1980, No. 150, §1; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1."
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  - act_year: 1980
    act_number: 150
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2025
    act_number: 488
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2838. Name; designation as partnership in commendam.

For the liability of a partner in commendam to be limited as to third persons, the partnership shall have a name that appears in the contract of partnership; the name shall include language that clearly identifies it as a partnership in commendam, such as language consisting of the words "limited partnership" or "partnership in commendam"; and the name shall not imply that the partner in commendam is a general partner