Section 63-1-42 - Change of corporate name; filing of certificate.
63-1-42. [Change of corporate name; filing of certificate.]
Any corporation heretofore or hereafter formed under the laws of this state may at any time by resolution of their [its] stockholders, at a regular or special meeting, change its corporate name. After said resolution shall have been adopted, the president of said company or corporation seeking to change its name, and the secretary thereof, shall sign a certificate, attested with the seal of said company, which shall state, substantially, that said company or corporation, by resolution duly adopted, agreed to change the original corporate name of such corporation, to whatever name has been agreed on, and under such new corporate name such corporation proposes, from and after the date of said certificate, to do, carry on and transact all business pertaining to said corporation, which shall be filed in the office of the state corporation commission [public regulation commission], and immediately upon the filing of said certificate as aforesaid, the name of the corporation shall be changed to the name set forth in said certificate.