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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 with the Secretary
of State. (Section 8-12-7).
Registration fee: $30.00
Term of registration: [...]

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 of registration: Five years. (Section
10.35.070).
Name requirements: The intended
name must not be the same [...]

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
44-1460.02).
Name requirements: The name to
be registered must be distinguishable
from other business names and [...]

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 of registration: Perpetual until
withdrawn. (Section 4-70-204).
Name requirements: None stated in
statute.
Registration application [...]

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 registration: Five years. (Section
17913).
Name requirements: None stated in
statute.
Registration application requirements:
The applicant must [...]

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 statement of trade name with
the clerk in any county in which [...]

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 of registration: None stated in
statute.
Name requirements: None stated in
statute.
Registration application requirements:
The certificate [...]

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 stated in
statute.
Name requirements: None stated in
statute.
Registration application requirements:
The certificate shall contain [...]

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 in
statute.
Registration application requirements:
The certificate shall contain the name of
the business, the name of [...]

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 corporation in the name. (Section
865.09).
Registration application requirements:
Before conducting the business, the person
must file [...]