Corporation name histories

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From the Name History screen in the Corporations module, you can view the selected company’s name history. The information on this screen includes Previous name and Date changed.

The history of names is updated each time a corporation’s name is changed using the Change of name wizard (see Changing corporation names).

Corporation address histories are also maintained in Corporate Compliance (see Corporation address histories).

How to view a corporation’s name history

Select and open the corporation. See Selecting a corporation. The corporation opens at the Details tab.
Click Change former name on the Task Bar, or right-click the Details tab and select Change former name from the menu. The Change former name screen opens. From here you can:
- Add former names (see Adding former corporation names)
- Change former names (see Changing former corporation names)
- Delete former names (see Deleting former corporation names from the name history).
To return to the Corporations selection list, click Close.