Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXV. Business and Financial Institutions § 286.8-070.Company name

(1) The use of the words “certified” or “licensed” or any form thereof separately or in any combination thereof with other words or syllables, is prohibited as part of the name of a mortgage loan company or a mortgage loan broker. No license of a proposed mortgage loan company or a mortgage loan broker having the same name as a corporation authorized to do business under the laws of this state or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive shall be issued by the commissioner.

(2) No person, unless lawfully authorized to do business in this state under the provisions of this subtitle, and actually engaged in carrying on a mortgage loan or loan broker business, shall do business under any name or title which contains the terms “mortgage company,” “mortgage loan company,” “mortgage loan broker,” “loan broker,” “financial broker,” or any combination employing the words “mortgage,” “loan,” or “broker,” with one (1) or more of the words “association,” “institution,” “society,” “company,” “corporation,” or words of similar import, or use any name or represent in any manner which indicates or reasonably implies that his or its business is that of a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker as defined by KRS 286.8-010.

(3) A mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker required to have a license under this subtitle shall not use the words “bank,” “trust,” “national,” or “federal,” or any form thereof separately or in combination thereof with other words or syllables as a part of its name or to otherwise identify itself.