California Corporations Code

§ 17708.05

CORP § 17708.05 Effective Jan 1, 2023Title 2.6 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)A foreign limited liability company whose name does not comply with Section 17701.08 shall not obtain a certificate of registration until it adopts, for the purpose of transacting intrastate business in this state, an alternate name that complies with Section 17701.08. A foreign limited liability company that adopts an alternate name under this subdivision and obtains a certificate of registration with the alternate name need not comply with fictitious or assumed name statutes. After obtaining a certificate of registration with an alternate name, a foreign limited liability company shall transact intrastate business in this state under the alternate name unless the limited liability company is authorized under fictitious or assumed name statutes to transact intrastate business in this state under another name.

(b)(1) If a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact intrastate business in this state changes its name or its alternate name or relinquishes its alternate name, the foreign limited liability company shall not thereafter transact intrastate business in this state under that name or alternate name until it delivers an amended application to register, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, to the Secretary of State for filing. A foreign limited liability company shall not change its alternate name unless its name does not comply with Section 17701.08.

(A)If the new name of the foreign limited liability company does not comply with Section 17701.08, an alternate name, if one has not been adopted, shall be adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 617, Sec. 124. (SB 1202) Effective January 1, 2023.