§ 59.1-69 Certificate required of person transacting business under assumed name
A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “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.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 439; in 1987, chapter 702; in 1995, chapter 168; in 1996, chapter 904; in 2017, chapter 594.
Code 1950, § 59-169; 1968, c. 439; 1987, c. 702; 1995, c. 168; 1996, c. 904; 2017, c. 594.