Washington Code 30B.04.010 – Name of trust institution — Use of trust in name
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(1) A state trust company or out-of-state trust institution may register any name with the department in connection with establishing an office or otherwise engaged in trust business in Washington state pursuant to this title, except that the director may determine that a name proposed to be registered is potentially misleading to the public and require the registrant to select a name which is not potentially misleading.
Terms Used In Washington Code 30B.04.010
- Company: includes a bank, trust company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, business trust, or another trust. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- Department: means the Washington state department of financial institutions. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- Director: means the director of the Washington state department of financial institutions. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- Out-of-state trust institution: means a trust institution that is not a state trust company under this title. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- Person: means an individual, a company, or any other legal entity. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
- Trust business: means the performance of, or holding out by, a person to the public by advertisement, solicitation, or other means that the person is available to perform one or more of the essential functions of trust business set forth in RCW 30B. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
(2) Use of “trust” as part of a person‘s name or fictitious trade name, or as part of a trademark or service mark in connection with transacting business with the public, or as part of advertising by any person to the public, is subject to the prohibitions and restrictions under RCW 30A.04.020.