Tennessee Statutes

§ 45-8-205 — Corporate names

Tennessee § 45-8-205

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-8-205 (2026).

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person transacting business in this state, other than a licensee, shall not use a name or title that indicates that the person is a business and industrial development corporation, including, but not limited to, use of the term "BIDCO," and shall not otherwise represent that the person is a business and industrial development corporation or a licensee.
(b)Before being issued a license under this part, a Tennessee corporation that proposes to apply for a license or that applies for a license may perform, under a name that indicates that the corporation is a business and industrial development corporation, the acts necessary to apply for and obtain a license and to otherwise prepare to commence transacting business as a licensee. The cor

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Legislative History

Acts 1989, ch. 124, § 5; 1997, ch. 131, § 2.

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