79-16-7 - Name of foreign business trust. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 79-16-7. Name of foreign business trust.
 

(1)  The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust must be such as to distinguish it upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi or qualified to do business or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership, foreign limited liability company, foreign investment trust or foreign limited liability partnership in the State of Mississippi; provided, however, that a foreign business trust may register under any name which is not such as to distinguish it upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of any domestic or foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi with the written consent of the other corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership which written consent shall be filed with the Secretary of State. 

(2)  The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust may contain the name of a beneficial owner, a trustee or any other person. 

(3)  The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust may contain the following words: "company," "association," "club," "foundation," "fund," "institute," "society," "union," "syndicate," "limited," or "trust" or abbreviations of like import. 

(4)  The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by a foreign business trust in accordance with the Mississippi Business Corporation Act. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1998, ch. 428, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1998.