Iowa Code 489.114 – Registration of name
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1. A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under subchapter IX may register its name, or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, if the name is distinguishable on the records of the secretary of state from the names that are not available under section 489.112.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.114
- 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 if formed under the law of this state. See Iowa Code 489.102
- 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: includes a protected series, however denominated, of an entity if the protected series is established under law that limits, or limits if conditions specified under law are satisfied, the ability of a creditor of the entity or of any other protected series of the entity to satisfy a claim from assets of the protected series. See Iowa Code 489.102
- 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 Iowa Code 489.102
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. To register its name or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an application stating the company’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906. If the secretary of state finds that the name applied for is available, the secretary of state 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 secretary of state 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.