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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 273 RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL SOCIETIES -- NONSTOCK, NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS
273.364 Corporate name of foreign corporation. (Repealed, effective January 1, 2011)
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(a) May 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; or (b) May 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 subsection (3) of this section, the corporate name, including a fictitious name, of a foreign corporation shall be distinguishable from any name of
record with the Secretary of State. (3) A foreign corporation may apply for authorization to use in this state a name that is not distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the name applied
for. The Secretary of State shall authorize use of the name applied for if:
(a) The other entity 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; or (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) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of KRS 273.177, it
may not transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a
name satisfying the requirements of KRS 273.177 and obtains an amended
certificate of authority under KRS 273.3611. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 83, effective July 15, 2010; and repealed ch. 151, sec. 151, effective January 1, 2011. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts
ch. 137, sec. 83, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 149,
sec. 229, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 235, effective
January 1, 1989. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 183, provides, "The specific textual provisions of Sections 1 to 178 of this Act which
reflect amendments made to those sections by 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137 shall be deemed
effective as of June 26, 2007, and those provisions are hereby made expressly
retroactive to that date, with the remainder of the text of those sections being
unaffected by the provisions of this section." Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2011). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 151, has repealed this statute effective January 1, 2011.
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