What is a Ficticious Name
What is a Ficticious Name?

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What is a Ficticious Name?

For Corporations, LLCs, LLPs and LPs that have officially registered a company name with the state, a Ficticious Name is a business name that is different from the officially registered business name.

For unregistered sole proprietorships and partnerships, a Ficticious Name is a business name that does not include the surname of the individual owner or each of the partners.

A Ficticious Name may also be called an Assumed Name, Trade Name or DBA (Doing Business As) Name.

In most cases Ficticious Names are registered with the county clerk of the county in which the entity does business. Some states require that a Ficticious Name be filed with the Secretary of State.

The use of a registered Fictitious Name allows individuals, partnerships or businesses to use trade names without having to go to the expense of creating a separate legal entity in order to conduct business. The entity can accept payments, advertise, and perform other business activities under the Ficticious Name.

Once a Ficticious Name is registered, the registering entity has the exclusive right to use that specific name.
CORPORATE GLOSSARY
 
Administrative Dissolution
Agent for Service of Process
Apostille
Apportionment
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Organization
Assumed Name
At Will LLC
Authorized Shares
B Corporation
Benefit Corporation
Board of Directors
Business Dissolution
Business Entity
Bylaws
Certificate of Existence
Certificate of Status
Certified Copy
Close Corporation
Common Stock
Conversion
Corporate Bylaws
Corporate Name Reservation
Corporate Stock
DBA
Disregarded Entity
Dividends
ESOP
Excise Tax
Federal Tax ID
Ficticious Name
Foreign Qualification
Franchise Tax
General Partnership
Good Standing Certificate
Incorporator
Involuntary Dissolution
IRS Form 966
ITIN
Limited Liability Company
Limited Partnership
Liquidation
LLC
LP
Majority Shareholder
Meetings
Merger
Nexus
Non-Stock Corporation
Nonprofit Corporation
Obligated Member LLC
Organizer
Paid-in Capital
Paid-in Surplus
Par Value
Personal Service Corporation
Preferred Stock
Privilege Tax
Professional Corporation
Professional Service
Proxy
Registered Agent
Registered Office
Reporting Requirements
Revocation
S Corporation
Series LLC
Service Mark
Shareholder
Sole Proprietor
Stated Capital
Statutory Agent
Stock Certificate
Term LLC
Trade Name
Trademark
Trust
Trustee
Winding Up
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