N.Y. Banking Law 3001 – Corporate name; general
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§ 3001. Corporate name; general. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the name of a corporation or a foreign corporation, or the name of representative and other offices in this state, which are open to the general public and maintained by any banking corporation, wherever located, shall not be the same as the name of a corporation of any type or kind, as such name appears on the index of names of existing corporations and foreign corporations of any type or kind in the department of financial services or a name so similar to such name as to tend to confuse or deceive.
Terms Used In N.Y. Banking Law 3001
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means and includes all banks, trust companies, safe deposit companies, investment companies, mutual trust investment companies, and, to the extent not provided otherwise under any regulation of the superintendent of financial services promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen-e of this chapter, stock-form savings banks and stock-form savings and loan associations. See N.Y. Banking Law 1001