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Iowa Code Title XII. Business Entities [Chs. 486-504C] § 501A.302. Reserved name

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1. A person may reserve the exclusive use of a cooperative name, including a fictitious name for a foreign cooperative whose cooperative name is not available, by delivering an application to the secretary for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary finds that the cooperative name applied for is available, the secretary shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable one-hundred-twenty-day period.

2. The owner of a reserved cooperative name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.

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