PDFWAC 480-14-210
Change of carrier name and business structure.
(1) An application to change carrier name or business structure is required when:
(a) The carrier changes its registered name, with no change in ownership or business structure.
(b) The carrier changes its business structure:
(i) From an individual to a corporation or limited liability corporation (LLC), when the individual is the majority stockholder.
(ii) From an individual to a partnership, when the individual is the majority partner.
(iii) From a corporation or LLC to a proprietorship of the majority shareholder.
(iv) From a partnership to a proprietorship of the majority partner.
(c) The carrier changes its name because of a change in business structure from a partnership to a corporation or LLC when the partners are the majority stockholders in the same proportionate ownership.
(d) The carrier changes its name resulting from a change in business structure from a corporation or LLC to another corporation or LLC where both corporations are wholly owned by the same stockholders in the same proportions.
(2) A carrier must file a new permanent common carrier application when the resulting business entity does either more or less than assume all of the existing business.
(3) A carrier must file a new permanent common carrier application when the transaction involves the sale or acquisition of assets other than the property of the acquired or substituted business or if the carrier conducts different activities.