(1) If the only registrant of an assumed business name is a domestic corporation that has been dissolved, the Secretary of State may cancel the registration.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 648.055

  • Assumed business name: includes a name that a person uses to identify a business that incorporates a word or phrase that suggests the existence of additional owners, such as 'Company,' '& Company,' '& Daughters,' '& Associates,' or a similar word or phrase, unless the name is the real and true name of the person that carries on, conducts or transacts the business. See Oregon Statutes 648.005
  • Business: means activity carried on, conducted or transacted by or on behalf of nonprofit, social, fraternal and charitable entities and unincorporated associations, or for commercial gain. See Oregon Statutes 648.005
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Registrant: means a person for which the Secretary of State has registered an application filed under ORS § 648. See Oregon Statutes 648.005

(2) If the only registrant of an assumed business name is a foreign corporation whose authority to transact business in this state has been withdrawn or revoked, the Secretary of State may cancel the registration. [1969 c.154 § 7; 1987 c.94 § 165; 2005 c.22 § 452]

 

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