§ 130. Filing of certificates by persons conducting business under\nassumed name or as partners. 1. No person shall hereafter (i) carry on\nor conduct or transact business in this state under any name or\ndesignation other than his or its real name, or (ii) carry on or conduct\nor transact business in this state as a member of a partnership, unless:\n (a) Such person, if other than a corporation, limited partnership or\nlimited liability company, shall file in the office of the clerk of each\ncounty in which such business is conducted or transacted a certificate\nsetting forth the name or designation under which and the address within\nthe county at which such business is conducted or transacted, the full\nname or names of the person or persons conducting or transacting the\nsame, including the names of all partners, with the residence address of\neach such person, and the age of any person less than eighteen years of\nage. Each certificate shall be executed and duly acknowledged by the\nperson or, if there be more than one, by all of the persons conducting\nthe business.\n (b) Such person, if a corporation, limited partnership or limited\nliability company, shall file, together with the fees as set forth in\nsubdivision five of this section, in the office of the secretary of\nstate a certificate setting forth the name or designation under which\nbusiness is carried on or conducted or transacted, its corporate,\nlimited partnership or limited liability company name, the location\nincluding number and street, if any, of its principal place of business\nin the state, the name of each county in which it does business or\nintends to do business, and the location including number and street, if\nany, of each place where it carries on or conducts or transacts business\nin this state. Each certificate shall be executed by an officer of the\ncorporation, a general partner of the limited partnership, a member or\nmanager of a limited liability company, or an attorney-in-fact or\nauthorized person for such corporation, limited partnership, or limited\nliability company, as the case may be. A corporation which carries on or\nconducts or transacts business in this state as a member of a\npartnership or limited liability company shall not be required solely by\nreason thereof to file the certificate required by this paragraph if the\npartners shall have filed the certificate required by paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision.\n 1-a. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:\n (a) "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, limited\npartnership, corporation, limited liability company and unincorporated\nassociation;\n (b) The "real name" of a corporation shall mean its corporate name as\nset forth in its certificate of incorporation; the "real name" of a\nlimited partnership shall mean its name as set forth in its certificate\nof limited partnership; the "real name" of a limited liability company\nshall mean its name as set forth in its articles of organization and any\ngenerally accepted, understood or recognizable abbreviations of such\nnames.\n (c) The use by a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability\ncompany of a divisional, departmental or trade name or designation, in\nconjunction with the real name of the corporation, limited partnership\nor limited liability company, shall be deemed to be the use of the real\nname of the corporation, limited partnership or limited liability\ncompany, for purposes of this section.\n 2. (a) No individual, partnership, or unincorporated association shall\nhereafter use or file a certificate for the use of any name or\ndesignation to carry on or conduct or transact business in this state\nwhich consists of or includes words, or initials and a word or words,\nwhich are or appear to be the full name or names, or the initial or\ninitials and family name of a person or persons, or a colorable\nsimulation thereof, unless:\n (1) the words or initials and word or wor
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