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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING

OF ASSUMED NAME

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Cortvriend, Donovan, Speakman, Edwards,
McGaw, Ruggiero, and Abney

     Date Introduced: March 18, 2022

     Referred To: House Corporations

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 6-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-1 entitled "Filing of Assumed

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Name" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     6-1-1. Filing of business name required.

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     No person or persons shall carry on or conduct or transact business in this state under any

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assumed name, or under any designation, name, or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real

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name or names of the individual or individuals conducting or transacting business, unless the person

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or persons shall file, in person, by mail or electronically with the office of the town or city clerk in

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the town or city in which the person or persons conduct or transact, or intend to conduct or transact,

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business, a certificate stating the name under which the business is, or is to be, conducted or

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transacted, and the true or real full name or names, both the first name and surname, of the person

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or persons conducting or transacting the business, with the post office address or addresses of the

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person or persons. The certificate shall be executed and sworn to by the person or persons so

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conducting or intending to conduct the business, before some person authorized to administer oaths,

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and the email address of the person or persons.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING

OF ASSUMED NAME

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     This act would require individuals transacting business in this state under any assumed

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name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or

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real full name(s) of the person or persons transacting business and their email address.

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     This act would take effect on January 1, 2023.

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