(a) A foreign limited liability company may register its name, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the names of any limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, or corporation existing under the laws of this state or authorized to transact business in this state.
(b) A foreign limited liability company registers its name by delivering it to the Secretary of State for filing an application:
(1) Setting forth its name, or its name with any addition required by § 4-32-103, the state or country and date of its formation, 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 in which it was formed.
(c) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.
(d)
(1) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may renew the registration for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year.
(2) The renewal application when filed renews the registration for the following calendar year.
(e)
(1) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a limited liability company thereafter incorporated under this chapter, or by another foreign limited liability company thereafter authorized to transact business in this state.
(2) The registration terminates when the domestic limited liability company is incorporated or the foreign limited liability company qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign limited liability company under the registered name.
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