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.
Code 1950, § 59-169; 1968, c. 439; 1987, c. 702; 1995, c. 168; 1996, c. 904; 2017, c. 594.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 5 - Transacting Business under Assumed Name
§ 59.1-69. Certificate required of person transacting business under assumed name
§ 59.1-70. Filing a certificate with State Corporation Commission; fee
§ 59.1-70.1. Certificate of release
§ 59.1-74. Recordation of certificate and registration of names
§ 59.1-75. Penalty for violation
§ 59.1-75.1. Penalty for signing false certificate
§ 59.1-76. Effect of failure to file certificate on right of action