The name of a cooperative shall distinguish the cooperative upon the records in the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of a domestic business entity or a foreign business entity, on file, authorized or registered to do business in this state at the time of filing, or a name the right to which is, at the time of organization, reserved or provided for by law.
[See Note.]
The cooperative name shall be reserved for the cooperative during its existence.
NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2009, chapter 98, section 13, is effective July 13, 2012.
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