Tennessee § 43-38-106 Reservation of cooperative name with secretary of state

Tennessee Statutes

§ 43-38-106 — Reservation of cooperative name with secretary of state

Tennessee § 43-38-106

Title43

This text of Tennessee § 43-38-106 (Reservation of cooperative name with secretary of state) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 43-38-106 (2026).

Text

(a)A person may reserve the exclusive use of a cooperative name, including an assumed cooperative name, by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary of state finds that the cooperative name applied for meets the requirements of § 43-38-105 and is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a four-month period. Upon the expiration of the four-month period, the same or any other party may apply to reserve the same name.

(b)The owner of a reserved cooperative name, including an assumed cooperative name, may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state a notice

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a cooperative name, including an assumed cooperative name, by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary of state finds that the cooperative name applied for meets the requirements of § 43-38-105 and is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a four-month period. Upon the expiration of the four-month period, the same or any other party may apply to reserve the same name. (b) The owner of a reserved cooperative name, including an assumed cooperative name, may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state a notice of the transfer signed by the owner that states the name and address of the transferee. (c) The reservation of a specific name may be cancelled by filing with the secretary of state a notice, executed by the applicant or transferee, specifying the name reservation to be cancelled and the name and address of the applicant or transferee.