[§414D-63] Registered name. (a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any change required by section 414D-276, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the department director from:
(1) The corporate name of a nonprofit or business corporation incorporated or authorized to do business in this State; the name of a limited partnership or limited liability partnership existing under the laws of this State or authorized to transact business in this State; and
(2) A corporate name reserved under section 414D-62 or 415-9, or registered under this section.
(b) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any change required by section 414D-276, by delivering to the department director an application:
(1) Setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any change required by section 414D-276, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the activities in which it is engaged; and
(2) Accompanied by a certificate of good standing (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation.
(c) The name shall be registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.
(d) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive one-year periods by delivering to the department director for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (b), between October first and December thirty-first of the preceding year. The renewal application renews the registration for the following calendar year.
(e) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign corporation under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this State. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated, or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]