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Colorado Secretary
of State Jena Griswold
www.coloradosos.gov | www.sos.state.co.us

Colorado Secretary of State logo - cube with a C in it

Colorado Secretary
of State Jena Griswold
www.coloradosos.gov

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Colorado Secretary of State logo - cube with a C in it

Colorado
Secretary of State
Jena Griswold

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Uniform Commercial Code FAQs

Ending noise words

Q1. What are "ending noise words"?

A1. When you enter an organization name into a debtor search, our standard search logic will ignore certain noise words found at the end of the name, referred to as ending noise words.

A "noise word" is a word that is so common that it is not useful in searches. For example, many searches treat "the" as a noise word and will ignore it.

Ending noise words are words in a business or organization's name that indicate its existence or nature. Some example are "Association", "Company", or "Inc".

Q2. What ending noise words does your search ignore?

A2.

  • Association
  • Assn
  • Assoc
  • Co
  • Company
  • Corporation
  • Corp
  • General Partnership
  • GP
  • Incorporated
  • Inc
  • L3C
  • Limited
  • Limited Liability Co
  • Limited Liability Company
  • Limited Liability Limited Partnership
  • Limited Liability Partnership
  • Limited Partnership
  • Limited Partnership Association
  • LLC
  • LLLC
  • LLLP
  • LLP
  • Low Profit Limited Liability Company
  • LP
  • LPA
  • Ltd
  • Ltd Liability Co
  • Ltd Liability Company
  • PA
  • PC
  • PLLC
  • PLLLP
  • PLLP
  • PLP
  • PLPA
  • Prof Assn
  • Prof Corp
  • Professional Association
  • Professional Company
  • Professional Corporation
  • Professional Limited Liability Co
  • Professional Limited Liability Company
  • Professional Limited Liability Limited Partnership
  • Professional Limited Liability Partnership
  • Professional Limited Partnership
  • Professional Limited Partnership Association
  • Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership
  • Registered Limited Liability Partnership
  • RLLLP
  • RLLP
  • Series Limited Liability Company
  • Series LLC
  • Series Business Trust
  • Series Investment Trust
  • Series Statutory Trust