§ 15.06. Corporate name of foreign corporation
(a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of
section 4.01 of this title, the foreign corporation to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact
business in this State:
(1) may add the word “corporation,” “incorporated,” “company,” or “limited,” or the abbreviation
“corp.,” “inc.,” “co.,” or “ltd.,” to its corporate name for use in this State; or
(2) may adopt an alternate name to transact business in this State if its corporate name
is unavailable and it delivers to the Secretary of State for filing a copy of the
resolution of its board of directors, certified by its secretary, adopting the alternate
name.
(b) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the corporate name,
including an alternate name, of a foreign corporation shall be distinguishable in
the records of the Secretary of State from any name granted, registered, or reserved
under this chapter, or the name of any other entity, whether domestic or foreign,
that is reserved, registered, or granted by or with the Secretary of State.
(c) A foreign corporation may apply to the Secretary of State for authorization to use
in this State the name of another corporation incorporated or authorized to transact
business in this State that is not distinguishable in the records from one or more
of the names described in subsection (b) of this section, by submitting to the Secretary
of State a satisfactory written form indicating the other corporation’s consent and
change of name.
(d) A foreign corporation may use in this State the name, including the alternate name,
of another domestic or foreign corporation that is used in this State if the other
corporation is incorporated or authorized to transact business in this State and the
foreign corporation:
(1) has merged with the other corporation;
(2) has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or
(3) has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name,
of the other corporation.
(e) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State changes its
corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of section 4.01 of this title, it may not transact business in this State under the changed name until it adopts
a name satisfying the requirements of section 4.01 and obtains an amended certificate
of authority under section 15.04 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; amended 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1b, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 2015, No. 17, § 10; 2025, No. 10, § 13, eff. July 1, 2025.)