| Chapter 237 |
| 2022 -- H 8001 Enacted 06/28/2022 |
| 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 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 6-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-1 entitled "Filing of Assumed |
| Name" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 6-1-1. Filing of business name required. |
| No person or persons shall carry on or conduct or transact business in this state under any |
| assumed name, or under any designation, name, or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real |
| name or names of the individual or individuals conducting or transacting business, unless the person |
| or persons shall file, in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the town or city clerk in |
| the town or city in which the person or persons conduct or transact, or intend to conduct or transact, |
| business, a certificate stating the name under which the business is, or is to be, conducted or |
| transacted, and the true or real full name or names, both the first name and surname, of the person |
| or persons conducting or transacting the business, with the post office address or addresses of the |
| person or persons. The certificate shall be executed and sworn to by the person or persons so |
| conducting or intending to conduct the business, before some person authorized to administer oaths, |
| and the email address of the person or persons. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2023. |
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