Sec. 33-657. Registered name.
Sec. 33-657. Registered name. (a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate
name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section 33-925, if the name
is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of the State from the names that are
not available under subsection (b) of section 33-655.
(b) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with
any addition required by section 33-925, by delivering to the Secretary of the State for
filing an application: (1) Setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with
any addition required by section 33-925, the state or country and date of its incorporation,
and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and (2)
accompanied by a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, from the
state or country of incorporation.
(c) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date
of the application until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed.
(d) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive
years by delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing a renewal application, which
complies with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, between October first
and December thirty-first of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed
renews the registration for the following calendar year.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 34, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 28, 254; P.A. 97-246, S. 6, 99.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "corporate names that are
not available under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 33-655" with "names that are not available under subsection
(b) of section 33-655", effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the name is registered
until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed, effective June 27, 1997.