Section 500-109A - Reservation of name(a) The exclusive right to the use of a name that complies with Section 8 of this act may be reserved by:(1) a person intending to organize a limited partnership under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2010 and to adopt the name;(2) a limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state intending to adopt the name;(3) a foreign limited partnership intending to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and adopt the name;(4) a person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have it obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and adopt the name;(5) a foreign limited partnership formed under the name; or(6) a foreign limited partnership formed under a name that does not comply with subsection (b) or (c) of Section 8 of this act, but the name reserved under this paragraph may differ from the foreign limited partnership's name only to the extent necessary to comply with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 8 of this act.(b) A person may apply to reserve a name under subsection (a) of this section by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application that states the name to be reserved and the paragraph of subsection (a) of this section which applies. If the Secretary of State finds that the name is available for use by the applicant, the Secretary of State shall file a statement of name reservation and thereby reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for sixty (60) days.(c) An applicant that has reserved a name pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may reserve the same name for additional sixty-day periods. A person having a current reservation for a name may not apply for another sixty-day period for the same name until sixty (60) days have elapsed in the current reservation.(d) A person that has reserved a name under this section may deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a notice of transfer that states the reserved name, the name and street and mailing address of some other person to which the reservation is to be transferred, and the paragraph of subsection (a) of this section which applies to the other person. Subject to subsection (c) of Section 24 of this act, the transfer is effective when the Secretary of State files the notice of transfer.Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 500-109A
Added by Laws 2010 , SB 1132, c. 384, § 9, eff. 1/1/2011.