North Carolina Application of Name Reservation

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File this Name Reservation form to reserve a unique business name for your corporation.

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Reserving the name allows you to protect it for a certain period of time usually 120 days, although the exact time period does vary a bit depending on your state. During that period, no one else can incorporate under the name you've chosen.

To see if a specific company name exists and is trademarked, search for the name using the USPTO website's electronic search system. This search is especially important because failure to check existing trademarks could result in charges of willful infringement of a company's trademark rights.

Name reservation is registering the name of a business with the state in order to reserve that name for the business owner. Most states will reserve a name that is not an exact duplicate of an existing name, with no attention given to confusingly similar names that may infringe existing trademarks.

Mailing an Application to Reserve a Business Entity Name to the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State along with the $30 filing fee. Or, by filling the form out online.

You can find information on any corporation or business entity in North Carolina or another state by performing a search on the Secretary of State website of the state or territory where that corporation is registered.

North Carolina LLCs have to file the completed Limited Liability Company Amendment of Articles of Organization with the Corporations Division of the Secretary of State. You can submit by mail, online, or in person.

You can file your North Carolina LLC Articles of Organization by mail or online. The filing fee is $125 for both methods. If you form your LLC by mail, it will be approved in 10-15 days (this accounts for mail time). If you form your LLC online, it will be approved in 7-10 business days.

The Name Reservation application takes 2-3 working days. However, If there is a delay from CIPC due to excessive workload, the process could take longer.

Just go to the business name search tool and enter your proposed business name. You can search the register of the North Carolina Secretary of State, which will tell you if there are any NC corporations or LLCs with that name.

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North Carolina Application of Name Reservation