(1)  A person may reserve the exclusive use of a name that complies with Section 48-2e-108 by delivering an application to the division for filing. The application must state the name and address of the applicant and the name to be reserved. If the division finds that the name is available, the division shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for 120 days.

Terms Used In Utah Code 48-2e-109

  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Transfer: includes :
(a) an assignment;
(b) a conveyance;
(c) a sale;
(d) a lease;
(e) an encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest;
(f) a gift; and
(g) a transfer by operation of law. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • (2)  The owner of a reserved name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the division a signed notice in a record of the transfer which states the name and address of the transferee.

    Enacted by Chapter 412, 2013 General Session