2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process › 303 - Reservation of Name.

§ 303. Reservation of name.
(a) A corporate name may be reserved by:
(1) Any person intending to form a domestic corporation.
(2) Any domestic corporation intending to change its name.
(3)  Any  foreign  corporation  intending  to  apply  for authority to
conduct activities in this state.
(4) Any authorized foreign corporation intending to change its name.
(5) Any person intending to incorporate a foreign corporation  and  to
have it apply for authority to conduct activities in this state.
(6)  Any  domestic  corporation  intending  to file the consent of the
attorney general to reinstate such corporation pursuant to section  1014
of this chapter.
(b) A fictitious name for use pursuant to section 1301 of this chapter
may be reserved by:
(1)  Any  foreign  corporation  intending to apply for authority to do
business in this state, pursuant to paragraph (d)  of  section  1301  of
this chapter.
(2)  Any  authorized  foreign  corporation  intending  to  change  its
fictitious name under which it conducts activities in this state.
(3) Any authorized foreign corporation which has changed its corporate
name in its jurisdiction, which new corporate name is not  available  in
this state.
(c)  Application to reserve a corporate name shall be delivered to the
department of state. It shall set forth the  name  and  address  of  the
applicant,  the  name  to be reserved and a statement of the basis under
paragraph (a) or (b) for the application. The  secretary  of  state  may
require  the applicant to set forth in his application the nature of the
activities to be conducted by the corporation. If the name is  available
for  corporate  use,  the department of state shall reserve the name for
the use of the applicant  for  a  period  of  sixty  days  and  issue  a
certificate   of   reservation.   The   prohibitions,  restrictions  and
qualifications set forth  in  section  301  (Corporate  name;  general),
section  302  (Corporate  name;  exceptions) and section 404 (Approvals,
notices and consents) are not waived by the issuance of a certificate of
reservation. The certificate of reservation shall include  the  name  of
the  applicant,  the  name reserved and the date of the reservation. The
certificate of reservation (or in  lieu  thereof  an  affidavit  by  the
applicant   or  by  his  agent  or  attorney  that  the  certificate  of
reservation has been lost or destroyed) shall accompany the  certificate
of  incorporation  or  the  application  for  authority  when  either is
delivered to the department of state.
(d) The secretary of state may extend the reservation  for  additional
periods  of  not  more than sixty days each, upon the written request of
the applicant, his attorney or agent  delivered  to  the  department  of
state,  to be filed before the expiration of the reservation period then
in effect. Such request shall have attached to  it  the  certificate  of
reservation of name. Not more than two such extensions shall be granted.
(e)  Upon the request of the applicant, delivered to the department of
state before the expiration of the reserved period,  together  with  the
certificate of reservation, the department shall cancel the reservation.
(f)  Any  application or request under this section shall be signed by
the applicant, his attorney or agent.