§414D-276 Corporate name of foreign corporation. (a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of section 414D-61, the foreign corporation, to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State, may use a fictitious name to transact business in this State if its real name is unavailable and it delivers to the department director for filing a certificate of registration of a trade name by the foreign corporation under which the foreign corporation will transact business in this State.
(b) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d), the corporate name (including a fictitious name) of a foreign corporation shall not be the same as or substantially identical to:
(c) A foreign corporation may apply to the department director for authorization to use in this State the name of another corporation (incorporated or authorized to transact business in this State) that is substantially identical based upon the records of the department director to the name applied for. The department director shall authorize use of the name applied for if:
(d) A foreign corporation may use in this State the name (including the fictitious name) of another domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation that is used in this State if the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to transact business in this State and the foreign corporation:
(e) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of section 414D-61, it shall not transact business in this State under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of section 414D-61 and obtains an amended certificate of authority under section 414D-274. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §63]