Arizona Laws 29-3114. Registration of name by a foreign limited liability company
A. A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under article 9 of this chapter may register its name, or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 29-3906, if the name is distinguishable on the records of the commission or the secretary of state from the names that are not available under section 29-3112.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 29-3114
- Commission: means the corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity that is formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and that would be a limited liability company if the unincorporated entity were formed under the law of this state and includes a foreign series for the purposes of this article. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and that is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- 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 Arizona Laws 29-3102
B. To register its name or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 29-3906, a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the commission for filing an application stating the company’s name, the jurisdiction and the date of its formation and any alternate name adopted pursuant to section 29-3906. If the commission finds that the name applied for is available, the commission shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use.
C. The registration of a name under this section is effective for one year after the date of registration.
D. 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 commission for filing a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for a succeeding one-year period.
E. 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.