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Business Name Registration Law

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OF NAMES OTHER THAN TRUE NAMES, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN ITS ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Act No. 3883 | 1931-11-14

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or sign, on any written or printed receipt, including receipt for tax on business, or on any written or printed contract not verified by a Notary Public, or on any written or printed evidence of any agreement or business transactions, any name used in connection with his business other than his true name, or keep conspicuously exhibited in plain view in or at the place where his business is concluded, if he is engaged in a business, any sign announcing a firm name or business name or style, without first registering such other name, or such firm name, or business name, or style, in the...