Section 489.109 - Reservation of name.

IA Code § 489.109 (2019) (N/A)
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489.109 Reservation of name.

1. A person may reserve the exclusive use of the name of a limited liability company, including a fictitious or assumed name for a foreign limited liability company whose name is not available, by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must state the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary of state finds that the name applied for is available, it must be reserved for the applicant’s exclusive use for a one-hundred-twenty-day period.

2. The owner of a name reserved for a limited liability company may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a signed notice of the transfer which states the name and address of the transferee.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §9, 155

Referred to in §488.108, 489.108, 490.401, 504.401, 504.403, 524.310