210.00.09 Ark. Code R. 001
Prior to filing an application with the State Bank Department for a charter amendment to change the corporate name of a state bank, the bank must complete the following procedures:
Once the charter amendment is received by the State Bank Department, notice of the filing of the application will be sent to all state-chartered banks by electronic transmission. Any protestants will have seven (7) days from the date the Department notice was sent to file an official protest to the application. An official protest must be provided to the Department in written form delineating the reasons for the protest and must be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200).
The State Bank Department will accept a reservation for a bank corporate name only prior to and for the purpose of formation of a new state bank or prior to the consummation of an interstate merger transaction. The reservation will be for a nonrenewable two hundred seventy day period. A name not used permanently prior to the expiration of this period will be cancelled. Prior to filing a reservation of corporate name an applicant must:
Request a current check of both state and federal trademark or servicemark filings on the proposed name. Evidence must accompany the application for reservation of corporate name verifying the applicant has made a trademark or servicemark search and no trademark or servicemark exists for the proposed name.
210.00.09 Ark. Code R. 001