2009 Alabama Code
Title 10 — CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Chapter 2B — BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Section 10-2B-15.06 Corporate name of foreign corporation.

Corporate name of foreign corporation.

REPEALED IN THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2009-513, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

(a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of Section 10-2B-4.01, the foreign corporation to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state:

(1) May add the word "corporation" or "incorporated" or an abbreviation of one of such words, or if a banking corporation the words "bank," "banking," or "bankers" to its corporate name for use in this state; or

(2) May use a fictitious name that satisfies the requirements of Section 10-2B-4.01 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.

(b) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d), the corporate name (including a fictitious name) of a foreign corporation must not be the same as or deceptively similar to:

(1) The corporate name of a corporation incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state;

(2) A corporate name reserved or registered under Section 10-2B-4.02 or 10-2B-4.03; or

(3) The fictitious name of another foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.

(c) 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 the same as or deceptively similar to the name applied for. The Secretary of State shall authorize use of the name applied for if:

(1) 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 not the same as or deceptively similar to the name of the applying corporation; or

(2) 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.

(d) 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:

(1) Has merged with the other corporation;

(2) Has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or

(3) Has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name, of the other corporation.

(e) 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 10-2B-4.01, it may not transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of Section 10-2B-4.01 and obtains an amended certificate of authority under Section 10-2B-15.04.