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Assumed Name Registration

If you are planning to start your own business, you need to obtain your Certificate of Assumed Name.

An assumed name is any name under which a person/corporation or partnership transacts business other than its own legal name.

Registering an assumed name as a corporation.

If the corporation uses any name other than its name, it must register an assumed name. For example, XYZ, Inc. corporation wants to open a retail toy store and call it "Toys R U.S.A". then the corporation must Register the "Toys R U.S.A" assumed name. After registering the assumed name and obtain a Certificate of Assumed Name, the corporation may use the name or "Toys R U.S.A".

Assumed Business Names

An Assumed Business Name Statement will allow you to legally "do business as (DBA)" in a business name other than your legal or personal name. (This is called an Assumed Business Name statement in Illinois and a Business Certificate in Massachusetts.)

The Statement or Certificate must be Registered within 30-40 days of your first business transaction.

In most counties in California, if you are doing business under a business name that contains your legal name as part of the name, you will not be required to Register An Assumed Business Statement. For example, if your name is Al Pacone and you plan to conduct all your business in California as Al Pacone Co., you will not need to Register An Assumed Business Name. If, however, you plan to refer to your business as XYZ Company or Smart Internet, you will need to Register a DBA.

In Illinois, sole proprietorships and partnerships must register with the Assumed Business Names Unit. Similarly, in Boston, a Business Certificate is required for any person, partnership, or corporation conducting business under a name other than their own or legal name.

Registering Your Certificate of Assumed Name

Note that we can notarize, Register, and if necessary publish An Assumed business name in every state: California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc., as well as in any of the cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Detroit, etc. Note: Though our headquarters are close to the Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties and Metropolitan areas in California, we have representatives and partners in every county and every state in the United States.

In most States, regular registration Registering takes 4-8 business days (e.g., California), but in some states it may take 10 -20 business days because the government processing takes longer - it is not our service that takes longer. Where it is permitted by the government, there is same day Registering for an extra fee - add about $200 to regular price.

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What is a Certificate of Assumed Name or Assumed Name?

First, a Company, or Assumed Name Certificate, or DBA / D.B.A. Doing Business As Statement is the same as An Assumed Business Name Statement, an Assumed Business Name Certificate, and An Assumed Assumed Name. The term is sometimes misspelled: fictious, ficticous, ficticious, etc. All of these business, or Assumed names are just business name certificates / statements that must be Registered if the business owner (individual, partnership, corporation) is doing business in a name other than its own legal name.

What is the General Certificate of Assumed Name Law?

Registration or Registering of An Assumed / Assumed Business Name.

In general, you are required by law to notarize (some states) register (Register) and publish (in some states) An Assumed business name statement, (otherwise called An Assumed Name Certificate, DBA Doing Business As Statement, an Assumed Business Name Certificate, or An Assumed Assumed Name) if the business name is a name that is different from the name of the proprietor, partnership or corporation doing business with that name.

Example, you are Al Pacone doing business as "Business Consulting Services" - you need to register the name "Business Consulting Services". Example: you are Hulliburton Corp, doing business as Robem & Cheetem - you need to register "Robem & Cheetem" under the corporation. In addition, if the business name includes the name of the owner and implies additional owners (for example: Al Pacone & Associates,) you are required to register An Assumed business name as "Al Pacone & Associates".

Benefits of Registering your Certificate of Assumed Name:

Can use the Courts to bring a lawsuit under the business name. You can enforce any contract that you sign under a registered name.
Can open a bank account in the name of the business - banks require that you show proof of business name registration.
May prevent others from using your business name. Registering creates a rebuttable presumption that you have rights to that name ( but don't get too excited about that because you probably need An Assumed mark to protect the name). However, in general, you do acquire some rights to the business name associated with a specific product or service that you provide using the Assumed Business Name in the region that you provide the service or sell your product. More Assumed Business Name Information

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