KRS 14A.3-030: Registered name.

(1) A foreign entity may register its real name, or its real name with any addition

required by KRS 14A.3 -010, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the

Secretary of State.

(2) A foreign entity shall register its real name, or its real name with a ny addition

required by KRS 14A.3 -010, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an

application setting forth:

(a) Its real name, or its real name with any addition required by KRS 14A.3-010;

(b) The state or country of its organization;

(c) Its form of organization;

(d) Its principal office address; and

(e) A brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged.

(3) The name shall be registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective

date of the application. A regist ration not renewed as provided in subsection (4) of

this section shall expire on the next January 1.

(4) A foreign entity whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by

delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal applica tion, which complies

with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, between October 1 and

December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed shall renew

the registration for the following calendar year.

(5) A foreign entity who se registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign

entity under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by an

entity thereafter organized under the laws of the Commonwealth or by another

foreign entity thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth. The

registration shall terminate when the domestic entity is organized or the foreign

entity qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign entity under the

registered name.