(a) Characters of print acceptable in names.
(1) Names may consist of letters of the Roman alphabet,
Arabic numerals, symbols capable of being reproduced on a standard
English language keyboard, and such other symbols as permitted by
the secretary of state's database and as posted on the secretary of
state's website, or a combination thereof.
(2) No distinction will be made between upper and lower
case letters for indexing purposes. No distinction as to typeface
or font in the presentation of any name will be recognized. Subscript
or superscript characters cannot be entered into the computer records
of the secretary of state; consequently, such characters will not
appear above or below the other characters in the name. Example: H2O
will appear as H2O.
(3) Arabic numerals include 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, and 9.
(4) The symbols recognized as part of a name may include
! " $ % ' ( ) * ? # = @ [ ] / + & and -.
(b) Data entry. Data that meets the guidelines in subsection
(a) of this section are entered into the UCC information management
system exactly as provided in the UCC record, without regard to apparent
errors. Data provided in electronic form that meets the guidelines
of subsection (a) of this section is transferred to the UCC information
management system exactly as submitted by the Remitter.
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