2018 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Article 5 - Names of Entities; Registered Agents and Registered Officers.
Division A - General Provisions.
Section 10A-1-5.03 - Names prohibited.
(a) A filing entity may not have a name and a foreign filing entity may not register to transact business in this state under a name that is the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from:
(1) the name of another existing filing entity or registered limited liability partnership with an effective current registration;
(2) the name of a foreign filing entity that is registered under Article 7;
(3) a name that is reserved under Division B.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved consents in writing to the use of a name not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State, and submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the Secretary of State to change its name to a name that is distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from the name for which application was made.
(c) In determining whether a name is the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from the name of another entity, words, phrases, or abbreviations indicating the type of entity, such as "corporation," "corp.," "incorporated," "Inc.," "limited partnership," "limited liability partnership," "LLP," "registered limited liability partnership," "RLLP," "limited liability company," or "LLC" shall not be taken into account unless waived in writing by the incumbent holder of the name.
(Act 2009-513, p. 967, §35; Act 2013-338, p. 1196, §1.)
