547.1  Use of trade name--verified statement required.

A person or copartnership shall not engage in or conduct a business under a trade name, or an assumed name of a character other than the true surname of each person owning or having an interest in the business, unless the person first records with the county recorder of the county in which the business is to be conducted a verified statement showing the name, post office address, and residence address of each person owning or having an interest in the business, and the address where the business is to be conducted. However, this provision does not apply to any corporation or limited liability company incorporated or organized in this state or any foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in this state or doing business pursuant to an exemption in chapter 490 or 490A.

Section History: Early form

  [C27, 31, 35, § 9866-a1; C39, § 9866.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 547.1]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 102, § 3; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §23


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