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DBA LAW

Registering of a DBA is required for all business types - including eBay, Online and home businesses - State Law requires registering of a DBA if business name is not the owner's own personal or Legal name.
(I.e., personal name being the first and last name for individuals and the legal corporate name for corporations)).
Note that alternatively you can Register a corporation to register your business name if the business name and the corporation name are exactly the same.
- Recommended: Most small business advisors recommend that you Register a Doing Business As (DBA) business name instead of using your first and last name to do business.
- To whose name would you rather write a check to? A business or an individual.
- Obviously, you would prefer to write a check or pay a registered business instead of paying an individual.
- Can you imagine Microsoft having the business name "Bill Gates Software".

Also called Assumed, DBA, Trade Name, or Firm Name Certificate

In general, in most states, you are required by law to

notarize,

Register, and

publISH

a DBA statement, if your business name is not your own personal legal name (e.g., John Doe).

Note that some states do not require notarization, and others do not require publication. It varies.

In other words, if your business name is a "doing business as" (d/b/a) (e.g., "Peter's Carpet Cleaning"), then you are required by law to Register / record & publish in a legally adjudicated newspaper for four consecutive weeks a DBA statement.

Then, a month later you must also Register a proof of publication.

The purpose of the Ficticious Name Statement (also called a "DBA" for "doing business as") is the protection of the public by identifying the person doing business under a DBA.

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