Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 60 § 60.717 — Corporate name of foreign corporation
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 60 ·
Oregon Code § 60.717·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Corporate name of foreign corporation.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the
Secretary of State shall not authorize a foreign corporation to transact
business in this state if the corporate name of the corporation does not
conform to ORS 60.094.
(2) The name of
the corporation must contain a word or abbreviation required by ORS 60.094 (1)
unless the corporate name contains some other word, phrase or abbreviation that
the laws of the place of incorporation require to denote a person of limited liability.
(3) If a
corporate name, professional corporate name, nonprofit corporate name,
cooperative name, limited partnership name, business trust name, reserved name,
registered corporate name or assumed business name of active record with the
office is not distinguishable on the records of the office from the corporate
name of the applicant foreign corporation, the Secretary of State shall not
authorize the applicant to transact business in this state unless the foreign
corporation states the corporate name on the application for authority to
transact business in this state under ORS 60.707 as (name under which
incorporated), a corporation of (place of incorporation), the entirety of which
shall be the real and true name of the corporation under ORS chapter 648.
(4) If a foreign
corporation authorized to transact business in this state changes its corporate
name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of this section, it may not
transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying
the requirements of this section and ORS 60.711. [1987 c.52 §160]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 60.717
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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