Kentucky Statutes 14A.3-030 – Registered name
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(1) A foreign entity may register its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS § 14A.3-010, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State.
(2) A foreign entity shall register its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS § 14A.3-010, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application setting forth:
(a) Its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS § 14A.3-010; (b) The state or country of its organization;
(c) Its form of organization;
(d) Its principal office address; and
(e) A brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged.
(3) The name shall be registered for the applicant’s exclusive use upon the effective date of the application. A registration not renewed as provided in subsection (4) of this section shall expire on the next January 1.
(4) A foreign entity whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed shall renew the registration for the following calendar year.
(5) A foreign entity whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign entity under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by an entity thereafter organized under the laws of the Commonwealth or by another foreign entity thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth. The registration shall terminate when the domestic entity is organized or the foreign entity qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign entity under the registered name.
Effective: January 1, 2011
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 25, effective January 1, 2011.
(2) A foreign entity shall register its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS § 14A.3-010, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application setting forth:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 14A.3-030
- Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
- Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Entity: means a corporation, business or statutory trust, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, or unincorporated nonprofit association, governed as to its internal affairs by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
- Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Organized: means organized, incorporated, or formed. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
- Principal office: means the address required by this chapter or the organic act to be of record with the Secretary of State as the principal office, the principal place of business address, the designated office of a limited partnership, or the chief executive office of a limited liability partnership. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(a) Its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS § 14A.3-010; (b) The state or country of its organization;
(c) Its form of organization;
(d) Its principal office address; and
(e) A brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged.
(3) The name shall be registered for the applicant’s exclusive use upon the effective date of the application. A registration not renewed as provided in subsection (4) of this section shall expire on the next January 1.
(4) A foreign entity whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed shall renew the registration for the following calendar year.
(5) A foreign entity whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign entity under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by an entity thereafter organized under the laws of the Commonwealth or by another foreign entity thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth. The registration shall terminate when the domestic entity is organized or the foreign entity qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign entity under the registered name.
Effective: January 1, 2011
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 25, effective January 1, 2011.