AGENCY: Department of Commerce. Division of Corporations and Commercial Code

SERIES: 16642
TITLE: Foreign corporation name registration
DATES: 1963-
ARRANGEMENT: alphabetical by corporation name

DESCRIPTION: This is a record of foreign corporations organized outside of the state who have registered their corporation name with Utah. This protects their corporation name from being used by a Utah corporation. Name registrations are renewed annually. If the corporation is not formed or the name is not changed in the allotted time period, all rights to the name end. Information from this registration form is input into the corporation data file.

This series includes the name of the corporation, the type of business, the date of registration, and the applicant's signature, address, and telephone number.

All information in the data file is used for research and to answer public inquiry.

RETENTION

Retain for 4 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 03/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 4 years after registration expires and then destroy.

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 20 years and then delete.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Legal

The statute of limitations for legal action against the use of someone else's name appears to be four years under UCA 78-12-25(2). Registration is authorized under UCA 16-10-9. Previous decision: RDR 82-29: microfilm/public.

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