Utah Code 48-3a-110. Registration of name
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(1) A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under Part 9, Foreign Limited Liability Companies, may register its name, or an alternate name adopted pursuant to Section 48-3a-906, if the name is distinguishable on the records of the division from the names that are not available under Section 48-3a-108.
Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-110
- Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
- Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state, which would be a limited liability company, including a low-profit limited liability company, if formed under the law of this state. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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 48-3a-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 48-3a-102
(2) To register its name or an alternate name adopted pursuant to Section 48-3a-906, a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the division for filing an application stating the foreign limited liability company’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any alternate name adopted pursuant to Section 48-3a-906. If the division finds that the name applied for is available, the division shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use.
(3) The registration of a name under this section is effective for one year after the date of registration.
(4) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may renew the registration for successive one-year periods by delivering, not earlier than three months before the expiration of the registration, to the division for filing a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for a succeeding one-year period.
(5) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual.