2009 Iowa Code
Title 12 - Business Entities
Subtitle 2 - Business and Professional Corporations and Companies
CHAPTER 490 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
490.1506 - CORPORATE NAME OF FOREIGN CORPORATION.

        490.1506  CORPORATE NAME OF FOREIGN CORPORATION.
         1.  If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not
      satisfy the requirements of section 490.401, the foreign corporation,
      to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business
      in this state, may do either of the following:
         a.  Add the word "corporation", "incorporated", "company", or
      "limited", or the abbreviation "corp.", "inc.", "co.", or "ltd.", to
      its corporate name for use in this state.
         b.  Use a fictitious name to transact business in this state
      if its real name is unavailable and it delivers to the secretary of
      state for filing a copy of the resolution of its board of directors,
      certified by its secretary, adopting the fictitious name.
         2.  Except as authorized by subsections 3 and 4, the corporate
      name, including a fictitious name, of a foreign corporation must be
      distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state from all
      of the following:
         a.  The corporate name of a corporation incorporated or
      authorized to transact business in this state.
         b.  A name reserved, registered, or protected as provided in
      section 490.402 or 490.403.
         c.  The fictitious name of another foreign corporation
      authorized to transact business in this state.
         d.  The corporate name of a not-for-profit corporation
      incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state.
         3.  A foreign corporation may apply to the secretary of state for
      authorization to use in this state the name of another corporation
      incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state that is
      not distinguishable upon the secretary of state's records from the
      name applied for.  The secretary of state shall authorize use of the
      name applied for if either of the following apply:
         a.  The other corporation consents to the use in writing and
      submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the secretary of state
      to change its name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records
      of the secretary of state from the name of the applying corporation.

         b.  The applicant delivers to the secretary of state a
      certified copy of a final judgment of a court of competent
      jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name
      applied for in this state.
         4.  A foreign corporation may use in this state the name,
      including the fictitious name, of another domestic or foreign
      corporation that is used in this state if the other corporation is
      incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state and the
      foreign corporation has filed documentation satisfactory to the
      secretary of state of the occurrence of any of the following:
         a.  The foreign corporation has merged with the other
      corporation.
         b.  The foreign corporation has been formed by reorganization
      of the other corporation.
         c.  The foreign corporation has acquired all or substantially
      all of the assets, including the corporate name, of the other
      corporation.
         5.  If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in
      this state changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy
      the requirements of section 490.401, it shall not transact business
      in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name
      satisfying the requirements of section 490.401 and obtains an amended
      certificate of authority under section 490.1504.  

         89 Acts, ch 288, §166; 96 Acts, ch 1170, § 15; 2006 Acts, ch 1089,
      §13
         Referred to in § 490.403, 490.1503