MPEP § 314 — Certificates of Change of Name or of Merger

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-08.2012

Certificates issued by appropriate authorities showing a change of name of a business or a merger of businesses are recordable. Although a mere change of name does not constitute a change in legal entity, it is properly a link in the chain of title. Documents of merger are also proper links in the chain of title. They may represent a change of entity as well as a change of name.