IACA list of Ending Noise Words
The North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State adopted the IACA list of Ending Noise Words pursuant to Administrative Rule 503.4.
The following words and abbreviations indicate the existence or nature of an entity. These business endings will be ignored in a UCC search.
- Agency
- Association
- Assn
- Associates
- Assc
- Assoc
- Attorneys at Law
- Bank
- National Bank
- Business Trust
- Charter
- Chartered
- Company
- Co
- Corporation
- Corp
- Credit Union
- CU
- Federal Savings Bank
- FSB
- General Partnership
- Gen part
- GP
- Incorporated
- Inc
- Limited
- Ltd
- Ltee
- Limited Liability Company
- LC
- LLC
- Limited Liability Partnership
- LLP
- Limited Partnership
- LP
- Medical Doctors Professional Association
- MDPA
- Medical Doctors Professional Corporation
- MDPC
- National Association
- NA
- Partners
- Partnership
- Professional Association
- Prof Assn
- PA
- Professional Corporation
- Prof Corp
- PC
- Professional Limited Liability Company
- Professional Limited Liability Co
- PLLC
- Railroad
- RR
- Real Estate Investment Trust
- REIT
- Registered Limited Liability Partnership
- RLLP
- Savings Association
- SA
- Service Corporation
- SC
- Sole Proprietorship
- SP
- SPA
- Trust
- Trustee
- As Trustee