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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="1-505" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Entity Names">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may reserve the exclusive use of an entity name, including a disclosed assumed name for a foreign entity whose entity name is not available, by delivering an application to the Department for filing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the entity name proposed to be reserved.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Department finds that the entity name applied for is available, the Department shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for a 30-day period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner of a reserved entity name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the Department a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The transferee under this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Has the exclusive use of the reserved entity name for a 30-day period starting from the date of the owner’s signed notice of the transfer provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not transfer the reserved entity name to another person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
