KRS 286.8-070: Company name.
Where this section sits in the code
(1) The use of the words "certified" or "licensed" or any form thereof separately or in
any combination thereof with other words or syllables, is prohibited as part of the
name of a mortgage loan company or a mortgage loan broker. No license of a
proposed mortgage loan company or a mortgage loan broker having the same name
as a corporation authorized to do business under the laws of this state or a name so
nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive shall be issued by the
commissioner.
(2) No person, un less lawfully authorized to do business in this state under the
provisions of this subtitle, and actually engaged in carrying on a mortgage loan or
loan broker business, shall do business under any name or title which contains the
terms "mortgage company," "mortgage loan company," "mortgage loan broker,"
"loan broker," "financial broker," or any combination employing the words
"mortgage," "loan," or "broker," with one (1) or more of the words "association,"
"institution," "society," "company," "corporation, " or words of similar import, or
use any name or represent in any manner which indicates or reasonably implies that
his or its business is that of a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker as
defined by KRS 286.8-010.
(3) A mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker required to have a license under
this subtitle shall not use the words "bank," "trust," "national," or "federal," or any
form thereof separately or in combination thereof with other words or syllables as a
part of its name or to otherwise identify itself.
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