AI-assisted research summary: A foreign limited liability company may register its name in Iowa if the name is distinguishable and the filing requirements are met.
1. A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under subchapter IX may register its name, or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, if the name is distinguishable on the records of the secretary of state from the names that are not available under section 489.112. 2. To register its name or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an application stating the company’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906. If the secretary of state finds that the name applied for is available, the secretary of state shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use. 3. The registration of a name under this section is effective for one year after the date of registration. 4. A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may renew the registration for successive one-year periods by delivering, not earlier than three months before the expiration of the registration, to the secretary of state for filing a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for a succeeding one-year period. 5. A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual. 2023 Acts, ch 152, §13, 143, 161 Referred to in §488.108, 489.112, 490.401, 504.401, 504.403, 524.310 Former §489.114 transferred to §489.116; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §143, 161