Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 14. MONTANA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT(Effective June 1, 2020)

Part 15. Foreign Corporations(Effective June 1, 2020)

Noncomplying Name Of Foreign Corporation

35-14-1506. Noncomplying name of foreign corporation. (1) A foreign corporation whose name does not comply with 35-14-401 may not register to do business in this state until it adopts, for the purpose of doing business in this state, an alternate name that complies with 35-14-401 by filing a foreign registration statement under 35-14-1503 or, if applicable, a transfer of registration statement under 35-14-1510 setting forth that alternate name. A foreign corporation adopting an alternate name as provided in this subsection need not file under Title 30, chapter 13, part 2, with respect to that alternate name. After registering to do business in this state with an alternate name, a foreign corporation shall do business in this state under:

(a) the alternate name;

(b) the foreign corporation's name, with the addition of its jurisdiction of formation; or

(c) a name the foreign corporation is authorized to use under Title 30, chapter 13, part 2.

(2) If a registered foreign corporation changes its name after registration to a name that does not comply with 35-14-401, it may not do business in this state until it complies with subsection (1) of this section by amending its registration statement to adopt an alternate name that complies with 35-14-401.

History: En. Sec. 208, Ch. 271, L. 2019.