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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="4A-209" title_number="4A" title_name="Limited Liability Company Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The exclusive right to use a specified name for a domestic or foreign limited liability company may be reserved by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who intends to organize a domestic limited liability company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A domestic limited liability company that proposes to change its name;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A foreign limited liability company that intends to register to do business in this  State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A foreign limited liability company registered to do business in this State that proposes to change its name.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may reserve a specified name by filing a signed application with the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Department finds that the name is available for use by a limited liability company, the Department shall reserve the name for 30 days for the exclusive use of the applicant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The exclusive right to use a reserved name may be transferred to another person by filing with the Department a notice of the transfer which specifies the name and address of the transferee and is signed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved.</text>
  </level>
</section>
