Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 160 - SECRETARY OF STATE, CORPORATION DIVISION
Division 10 - BUSINESS REGISTRY SECTION
Section 160-010-0013 - Not Distinguishable on Record
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
A name is not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State Business Registry office from the name of any other active organized entity, or from a reserved or registered name, if the names only differ in one or more of the following ways:
(1) Entity identifiers at the end of a name
(2) Punctuation or special characters
(3) Capitalization
(4) Spacing
(5) The presence or absence of an article, preposition, or conjunction, or a symbol for that word, including "a," "an," "and," "at," "by," "for," "in," "plus," "the," "to," and "with." Examples of symbols include "&," "@," and "+."
(6) An "s" is added or deleted to make the word plural, singular, or possessive.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, 128, 183, 554 & 648
Stats. Implemented: ORS 58.085, 60.094, 62.131, 63.094, 65.094, 68.735, 70.010, 128.580; 554.005 &648.051