Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-2009
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Reservation and transfer of company name
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 544
A. The exclusive right to use a specified name for a domestic
or foreign limited liability company, in good faith, may be reserved
by:
1. A person who intends to organize a domestic limited
liability company or a foreign limited liability company to be
registered in this state and to adopt that name;
2. A domestic limited liability company or a foreign limited
liability company registered in this state which proposes to adopt
that name; or
3. A foreign limited liability company which intends to
register in this state and adopt that name.
B. A person seeking to reserve a specified name shall file an
application executed by the applicant with the Secretary of State
and pay the filing fee required by law. If the Secretary of State
finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign
limited liability company, he shall reserve the name for the
exclusive use of the applicant for a period of sixty (60) days.
C. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be
transferred to any other person by filing in the Office of the
Secretary of State a notice of the transfer, executed by the
applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and
address of the transferee.
A. The exclusive right to use a specified name for a domestic
or foreign limited liability company, in good faith, may be reserved
by:
1. A person who intends to organize a domestic limited
liability company or a foreign limited liability company to be
registered in this state and to adopt that name;
2. A domestic limited liability company or a foreign limited
liability company registered in this state which proposes to adopt
that name; or
3. A foreign limited liability company which intends to
register in this state and adopt that name.
B. A person seeking to reserve a specified name shall file an
application executed by the applicant with the Secretary of State
and pay the filing fee required by law. If the Secretary of State
finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign
limited liability company, he shall reserve the name for the
exclusive use of the applicant for a period of sixty (60) days.
C. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be
transferred to any other person by filing in the Office of the
Secretary of State a notice of the transfer, executed by the
applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and
address of the transferee.
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