490.403  Registered name.
  1.  A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section 490.1506, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state from the corporate names that are not available under section 490.401, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
  2.  A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section 490.1506, by delivering to the secretary of state for filing an application:
  a.  Setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by section 490.1506, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged.
  b.  Accompanied by a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, from the state or country of incorporation.
  3.  The name is registered for the applicant’s exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.
  4.  A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a renewal application which complies with the requirements of subsection 2 between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application renews the registration for the following calendar year.
  5.  A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign corporation under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this state. The first registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated with that name or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.
89 Acts, ch 288, §31