KRS 14A.3-020: Reserved name.

(1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a name, including a fictitious name for a

foreign entity whose real name is not available, by delivering an application to the

Secretary of State for filing. The application shall set forth the real 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 distinguishable from any name of record

with the Secretary of State, that name shall be reserved for the applicant's exclusive

use for a o ne hundred twenty (120) day period. During the thirty (30) days prior to

the expiration of a reservation, the holder thereof may apply to renew the

reservation on such form as shall be provided by the Secretary of State. The renewal

shall be effective as o f the expiration of the current reservation and shall renew the

reservation for an additional one hundred twenty (120) days from the otherwise

applicable expiration.

(2) A reserved name shall satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.3-010.

(3) The applicant hol ding a reserved name may transfer the reservation to another

person by delivering to the Secretary of State a signed notice of the transfer that

states the name and address of the transferee.

(4) The holder of a reserved name may cancel the reservation by delivery to the

Secretary of State of a notice of cancellation, executed by the applicant for whom

the name is reserved, that states the reserved name and its initial date of reservation.

(5) It shall not be necessary that a foreign entity desiring to rese rve a name be qualified

to transact business in this Commonwealth.