(a) A creditor of a person engaged in a mercantile, trading, or manufacturing business as an agent or doing business or trading under any designation, title, or name other than the person’s own name who fails to file the certificate required under § 1-406 of the Corporations and Associations Article, may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person or the name, title, or designation under which the business is conducted and service on the person shall be valid.
(b) All the assets used in or owned by the person’s business are subject to seizure and sale under execution in satisfaction of the judgment.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 6 - Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice
Subtitle 4 - Practice in General
Section 6-401 - Survival of Actions
Section 6-402 - Continuance Because of Legislative Duties
Section 6-403 - Formal Pleadings in District Court
Section 6-404 - Venue of Transferred Case
Section 6-405 - Settlement of Suit by Infant
Section 6-406 - Actions by and Against Unincorporated Associations
Section 6-406.1 - Actions by Creditors of Persons Using a Trade Name
Section 6-407 - Automatic Termination of Appearance of Attorney
Section 6-408 - Revisory Power of Court Over Judgment
Section 6-409 - Continuance to Attorney Entering Appearance
Section 6-410 - Service of Subpoena for Public Records
Section 6-411 - Procedure After Arrest for Failure to Appear to Show Cause