The Florida Senate

608.4062  Foreign limited liability company; registered name; application; renewal; revocation.--

(1)  A foreign limited liability company may register its limited liability company name, or its limited liability company name with any addition required by s. 608.506, if the name otherwise meets the requirements of s. 608.406.

(2)  A foreign limited liability company registers its limited liability company name, or its limited liability company name with any addition required by s. 608.506, by delivering to the Department of State for filing an application:

(a)  Setting forth its limited liability company name, or its limited liability company name with any addition required by s. 608.506, the state or country and date of its organization, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged.

(b)  Accompanied by a certificate of existence, a certificate setting forth that such limited liability company is in good standing under the laws of the state or country wherein it is organized, or a document of similar import, from the state or country of organization.

(3)  The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application and shall be effective until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed.

(4)  A foreign limited liability company the registration of which is effective may renew it from year to year by annually filing a renewal application which complies with the requirements of subsection (2) between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application when filed renews the registration for the following calendar year.

(5)  A foreign limited liability company the registration of which is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a limited liability company thereafter organized under this chapter or by another foreign limited liability company thereafter authorized to transact business in this state. The registration terminates when the domestic limited liability company is organized or the foreign limited liability company qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign limited liability company under the registered name.

(6)  The Department of State may revoke any registration if, after a hearing, it finds that the application thereof or any renewal thereof was not made in good faith.

History.--s. 10, ch. 93-284.