(a) Any person who transacts business in Idaho under an assumed business name without having complied with the requirements of this chapter shall not be entitled to maintain any legal action in the courts of this state until the person has filed a certificate of assumed business name as required by this chapter.
(b) Any person who suffers a loss because of another person’s noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be entitled to recover damages in the amount of the loss and attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection with recovery of damages.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 30-21-810

  • Assumed business name: means :
Idaho Code 30-21-803
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
    • (c) Noncompliance shall be held to include false, misleading or incomplete information in a certificate of assumed business name, as well as failure to file.