Colorado § 31-2-402 - Name filed with secretary of state.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-2-402 — Name filed with secretary of state., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-2-402. Name filed with secretary of state.
After the presentation of the petition mentioned in section 31-2-401, the name proposed to be given to such city or town shall be filed by the clerk in the office of the secretary of state, to be retained there for a period of at least thirty days, and, upon application, the secretary of state, at any time after the expiration of said thirty days from said filing, shall grant a certificate stating that such name has not been given to any other municipality in this state if such is the fact. If such name has been adopted by any other municipality, as appears from the records in his office, the secretary of state shall so notify the clerk filing such name in his office, in which event no further proceedings shall be undertaken unless another petition, setting forth a different proposed name, is filed, which such different proposed name shall likewise be filed with the secretary of state. No further proceedings for a change of name shall be commenced until a certificate is received from the secretary of state attesting that the proposed name has not been adopted elsewhere in this state.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1020, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-1-302 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-2-402 ("Name filed with secretary of state.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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