Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 234

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 301

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 8, SECTION 371, OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFICATION TO DO BUSINESS IN STATE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Section 371(c), Chapter 1, Title 8, of the Delaware Code by adding the following sentence at the end of said section:

"If the name of the foreign corporation conflicts with the name of a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, or business trust organized under the laws of this State, or a name reserved for a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, or business trust to be organized under the laws of this State, or a name reserved or registered as that of a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership, or foreign limited liability company under the laws of this State, the foreign corporation may qualify to do business if it adopts an assumed name which shall be used when doing business in this State as long as the assumed name is authorized for use by this section."

Approved May 27, 1994