Virginia Code 59.1-69: Certificate required of person transacting business under assumed name
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-69
- Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 59.1-69
- 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.
- Person: has the meaning prescribed in § 1-230. See Virginia Code 59.1-69
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
“Commission” means the State Corporation Commission.
“Person” has the meaning prescribed in § 1-230.
B. No person shall conduct or transact business in the Commonwealth under any assumed or fictitious name unless such person files in the office of the clerk of the Commission a certificate of assumed or fictitious name.
C. No person shall use an assumed or fictitious name in the conduct of the person’s business to intentionally misrepresent the geographic origin or location of the person.
Code 1950, § 59-169; 1968, c. 439; 1987, c. 702; 1995, c. 168; 1996, c. 904; 2017, c. 594.