SECTION 180:10-1-4. Change in name  


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  • (a)   A credit union desiring to change its name shall furnish the following to the Commissioner:
    (1)   a resolution by the board of directors approving the new name, which resolution appears in the minutes of their meeting; and
    (2)   proposed amended corporate documents evidencing the new name;
    (b)   After the credit union has been notified of the Commissioner's approval of its new name, it must file the necessary corporate documents with the Oklahoma Secretary of State and must submit certified copies of such filed documents to the Department and to the National Credit Union Administration.
    (c)   It shall be the credit union's responsibility to review governmental records with respect to the availability for use of the new name as well as whether the new name or mark used in connection with the new name will violate or infringe on some other company's name or mark. Any approval provided by the Commissioner will not be taken to mean that such new name or mark is available or eligible for use in any community nor will it mean that such new name or mark does not infringe on the rights of any other company.
    (d)   In advance of obtaining the Commissioner's approval of its new name, the credit union may take action necessary to reserve the proposed name at the office of the Oklahoma Secretary of State.
[Source: Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1413, eff 6-11-09]