The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 11 : Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 015 : Assumed Business Names, Partnerships, And Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations; Administrative Authority; Administrative Provisions
Subchapter 003 : ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1652)-
§ 1652. Reserved name
(a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a business name by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application shall state the name and address of the applicant and the name to be reserved. If the Secretary finds that the entity name is available, the Secretary shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for 120 days.
(b) The owner of a reserved name may transfer the reservation to another person by submitting to the Secretary of State for filing a notice of the transfer, which states the name and address of the transferee. (Added 2025, No. 10, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)
