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§ 208. Reservation of name

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated AssociationsEffective: July 1, 2015

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Preliminary Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Entities Generally (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter A. Names (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2015
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 208
Formerly cited as PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 1305;  PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 5305;  PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 8505
§ 208. Reservation of name
Currentness
(a) General rule.--The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by any person. The reservation shall be made by delivering to the department an application to reserve a specified name, signed by the applicant. If the department finds that the name is available for use, it shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days.
(b) Transfer of reservation.--The right to exclusive use of a name reserved pursuant to subsection (a) may be transferred to any other person by delivering to the department a notice in record form of the transfer, signed by the person who reserved the name, and specifying the name and address of the other person.
(c) Cross references.--See:
Section 134 (relating to docketing statement).
Section 135 (relating to requirements to be met by filed documents).
Section 209 (relating to registration of name of nonregistered foreign association).

Credits

2014, Oct. 22, P.L. 2640, No. 172, § 9, effective July 1, 2015.
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 208, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 208
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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