Kansas § 17-5224 Corporate name may not be same or nearly same as that of existing corporation; exceptions

Kansas Statutes

§ 17-5224 — Corporate name may not be same or nearly same as that of existing corporation; exceptions

Kansas § 17-5224

Ch. 17CORPORATIONS

Art. 52SAVINGS AND LOAN CODE; INCORPORATION AND ORGANIZATION

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-5224 (2026).

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No certificate of incorporation of a proposed association having the same name as a corporation authorized to do business under the law of this state or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, shall be issued by the commissioner, except an association formed by the reincorporation, reorganization or consolidation of other association, or upon the sale of the property or franchises of an association. An association acquiring or becoming possessed of all the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of any other association or associations by merger may have the same name as the association or one of the associations to whose franchise it succeeded.

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No certificate of incorporation of a proposed association having the same name as a corporation authorized to do business under the law of this state or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, shall be issued by the commissioner, except an association formed by the reincorporation, reorganization or consolidation of other association, or upon the sale of the property or franchises of an association. An association acquiring or becoming possessed of all the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of any other association or associations by merger may have the same name as the association or one of the associations to whose franchise it succeeded.