Effective: May 16, 2002
Latest Legislation: House Bill 278 - 124th General Assembly
Any person intending to organize a corporation under the laws of another state, or any foreign corporation intending to transact business in this state or intending to change its name, may file in the office of the secretary of state, in writing and on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, an application for the exclusive use of a name to be used by that proposed or existing foreign corporation. If the secretary of state finds that such a name is proper under section 1703.04 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall indorse the secretary of state's approval upon the application, and from the date of that indorsement the applicant shall have the exclusive use of that name for a period of one hundred eighty days. The rights so secured may be transferred by the holder of the rights by filing in the office of the secretary of state a written transfer setting forth the name and address of the transferee. Every application under this section shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars, which shall be returned in the event that the application is not approved.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships
Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations
Section 1703.01 | Foreign Corporation Definitions.
Section 1703.02 | Corporations Excepted.
Section 1703.03 | License Required.
Section 1703.031 | Notice of Transaction of Business.
Section 1703.04 | Application for License.
Section 1703.041 | Designated Agent.
Section 1703.05 | License Certificate.
Section 1703.06 | Exclusive Use of Name.
Section 1703.07 | Certificate of Merger or Consolidation.
Section 1703.08 | Certificate of Amendment to Articles.
Section 1703.12 | Supplemental License Certificate.
Section 1703.13 | Temporary License.
Section 1703.15 | Cancellation of License.
Section 1703.16 | Expiration or Cancellation Not to Affect Pending Actions.
Section 1703.17 | Surrender of License.
Section 1703.19 | Service of Process on Secretary of State.
Section 1703.20 | Freedom From Attachment.
Section 1703.22 | Recording of Amendment and Certificate for Change of Name.
Section 1703.23 | Notice to Foreign Corporations.
Section 1703.24 | Secretary of State to Keep Records and Make Monthly Report to Tax Commissioner.
Section 1703.25 | Action to Recover Fees Paid Under Protest.
Section 1703.27 | Foreign Nonprofit Corporations.
Section 1703.28 | Forfeiture for Transacting Business Without License.
Section 1703.30 | Officer of Unlicensed Foreign Corporation Shall Not Transact Business.