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State website: www.alabama.gov State law reference for name registration: Code of Alabama, Title 8, Sections 8-12-7+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is optional. Alabama does not have a fictitious name statute, but has a trade name statute. A trade name is essentially a business name other than the owner’s name. The applicant must register [...]

State website: www.state.ak.us State law reference for name registration: Alaska Statutes, Sections 10.35.010+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is voluntary. Any person may register a business name by filing an application with the Commissioner of Corporations. Registration gives the person the exclusive right to use the name. (Sections 10.35.040- 10.35.070). Registration fee: $25.00 Term [...]

State website: www.azleg.gov/ State law reference for name registration: Arizona Revised Statutes, Sections 44-1460+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is voluntary. Any person, partnership, corporation, firm, association, society, foundation, federation, or organization doing business in Arizona may register the name of the business. (Section 44-1460). Registration fee: $10.00 Term of registration: Five years. (Section [...]

State website: www.arkleg.state.ar.us State law reference for name registration: Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, Sections 4-70-203+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register in the office of the County Clerk in the county in which the person conducts or intends to conduct business. (Section 4-70-203). Registration fee: not available Term [...]

State website: www.state.ca.us State law reference for name registration: California Codes Annotated, Business and Professional Code, Sections 17900+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register with the County Clerk in the county where the person conducts or intends to conduct business. (Sections 17910, 17915). Registration fee: not available Term of [...]

State website: www.leg.state.co.us State law reference for name registration: Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated, Sections 7-71-101+. Registration of business name requirements: Colorado does not have a statute for registration of assumed names for sole proprietors, However, tradenames for other business organization forms are registerable. The applicant must register with the Secretary of State and record a [...]

State website: www.cga.ct.gov State law reference for name registration: Connecticut General Statutes Annotated, Sections 35-1+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register with the Town Clerk where the business is or where the person intends to conduct business. (Section 35-1). Online form: not available online Registration fee: not available Term [...]

State website: www.delaware.gov State law reference for name registration: Delaware Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 31, Sections 3101+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register with the office of the Prothonotary in the county where the person is transacting business. (Section 3101). Registration fee: not available Term of registration: None [...]

State website: dccouncil.washington .dc.us State law reference for name registration: District of Columbia Code 1981, Title 47, Sections 47-2855.2+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory affairs. (Section 47-2855.2). Registration fee: $50.00 Term of registration: None stated in statute. Name requirements: None stated [...]

State website: www.leg.state.fl.us State law reference for name registration: Florida Statutes, Chapter 865. Sections 865.09+. Registration of business name requirements: Registration is mandatory. The applicant must register with the Department of State. (Section 865.09). Registration fee: $50.00 Term of registration: Five years. (Section 865.09). Name requirements: The name may not contain the words incorporated or [...]