Nevada § 82.5239 - Defaulting corporations: Reinstatement or revival under old or new name; regulations

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 82.5239 — Defaulting corporations: Reinstatement or revival under old or new name; regulations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 82.5239. Defaulting corporations: Reinstatement or revival under old or new name; regulations

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a foreign nonprofit corporation

applies to reinstate or revive its charter but its name has been legally reserved

or acquired by another artificial person formed, organized, registered or qualified

pursuant to the provisions of this title and that name is on file with the Office

of the Secretary of State or reserved in the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant

to the provisions of this title, the foreign nonprofit corporation must in its application

for reinstatement or revival submit in writing to the Secretary of State some other

name under which it desires its existence to be reinstated or revived. If that name is distinguishable from all other names reserved or otherwise on file,

the Secretary of State shall reinstate or revive the foreign nonprofit corporation

under that new name. 2. If the applying foreign nonprofit corporation submits the written, acknowledged

consent of the artificial person having a name, or who has reserved a name, which

is not distinguishable from the old name of the applying foreign nonprofit corporation

or a new name it has submitted, it may be reinstated or revived under that name. 3. For the purposes of this section, a proposed name is not distinguishable from a

name on file or reserved solely because one or the other contains distinctive lettering,

a distinctive mark, a trademark or a trade name, or any combination thereof. 4. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations that interpret the requirements of

this section.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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