181.0401 Corporate name.
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181.0401 Corporate name.
(1)General requirements.
(a)The corporate name of a corporation:
1. Must contain the word “corporation”, “incorporated”, “company” or “limited” or the abbreviation “corp.”, “inc.”, “co.” or “ltd.” or a variation of these words or abbreviations, of like import in another language, except as provided in par.
(b), or that differs only with respect to capitalization of letters or punctuation.
2. May not contain language stating or implying that the corporation is organized for a purpose other than that permitted by s. 181.0301 and its articles of incorporation.
3. May not contain language stating or implying that the entity is organized for a purpose subject to regulation under another statute of this state, unless its purpose is not prohibited by, and the entity is subject to all the limitations of, the other statute.
(b)A corporation in existence on January 1, 1999, need not change its name to comply with par.
(a)1.
(2)Distinguishability.
(a)Except as provided in subs.
(3)and
(4), the corporate name of a domestic corporation must be distinguishable upon the records of the department from all of the following names: