Special characters.

72-03-02-06. Special characters. 1. A name or proposed name may contain the following special characters if those special characters are printable characters in the American standard code for information interchange table (character code 32-127): a. ! exclamation mark; b. " double quotes; c. # number sign; d. $ dollar; e. % percent; f. & ampersand; g. ' single quote; h. ( open parenthesis (or open bracket); i. ) closed parenthesis (or close bracket); j. * asterisk; k. + plus; l. , comma; m. - hyphen (or minus); 3 n. . period (or dot or full stop); o. / slash (or divide); p. : colon; q. ; semicolon; r. < less than (or open angled bracket); s. > greater than (or close angled bracket); t. = equals; u. ? question mark; v. @ at sign; w. [ opening bracket; x. ] closing bracket; y. \ backslash; z. ^ caret; aa. _ underscore; bb. ` grave accent; cc. { opening brace; dd. } closing brace; ee. | vertical bar; or ff. ~ equivalency similarity sign (or tilde). 2. The following special characters may be disregarded for the purpose of determining name availability if the proposed name is likely to mislead the public in accordance with section 72-03-02-09: a. ! exclamation mark; b. * asterisk; c. + plus; d. < less than; e. > greater than; f. = equal sign; or g. ~ equivalency similarity sign (or tilde). 3. A name or proposed name using a special character to represent a word is distinguishable from a name or proposed name using the actual word. History: Effective January 1, 2026. 4 General Authority: NDCC 10-15-08.1(3), 10-19.1-13(2), 10-32.1-11(2), 10-33-10(2), 10-34-04(3)(a), 45-10.2-10(2), 45-11-01(4), 45-13-04.1(2), 45-22-04(2), 45-23-03(2), 47-25-03(2) Law Implemented: NDCC 10-15-08.1(1)(a), 10-19.1-13(1)(a), 10-32.1-11(1)(a), 10-33-10(1)(a), 45-10.2-10(1)(a), 45-11-01(3)(a), 45-13-04.1(1)(a), 45-22-04(1)(a), 45-23-03(1)(a), 47-25-03(1)(a)