Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-69 — Certificate required of person transacting business under assumed name

Virginia § 59.1-69
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 59.1Trade and Commerce
Ch. 5Transacting Business Under Assumed Name

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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-69 (2026).

Text

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.

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Legislative History

Code 1950, § 59-169; 1968, c. 439; 1987, c. 702; 1995, c. 168; 1996, c. 904; 2017, c. 594.

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