(a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a domestic or foreign corporate name including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the department director for filing. The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the department director finds that the corporate name applied for is available, the department director shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for a one hundred twenty-day period.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-52

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Person: includes individual and entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
(b) The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the department director a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.

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