Oregon Statutes - Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names

• 648.005   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “Assumed business name” means one or more words or numerals, or a combination of words and numerals, that a...
• 648.007   Requirement to register assumed business name and service mark; exceptions.
  (1) No person shall carry on, conduct or transact business under an assumed business name in a county where the business is located, where a...
• 648.008   Optional registration of real and true name.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a person that will carry on, conduct or transact business under the real and true name of the...
• 648.010   Registration of assumed business name; contents of application; designation of representative; effect.
  (1) Each person who will carry on, conduct or transact business under an assumed business name shall sign an application to register the assumed business...
• 648.012   Registration duty of Secretary of State.
  (1) If an application delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of ORS 648.010, the Secretary of State...
• 648.014   Forms; rules.
  (1) Upon request, the Secretary of State may furnish forms for documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter. (2) The Secretary of...
• 648.015   [1963 c.551 §7; 1967 c.233 §3; 1969 c.154 §2; 1971 c.318 §13; 1981 c.633 §74; repealed by 1985 c.728 §110]
• 648.017   Renewal of registration; fee; contents of application; rules; effect of failure to renew; notice.
  (1) A registrant must apply to renew a registration of an assumed business name within 30 days before the second anniversary of the date that...
• 648.020   [Repealed by 1963 c.551 §21]
• 648.025   Amendment of registration; application; required signatures; statement of withdrawal, incapacity or death; designation of representative.
  (1) An application to amend a registration of an assumed business name shall be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing...
• 648.029   Alteration of registration to reflect corporate structure change.
  Where a domestic corporation is the registrant of an assumed business name and the corporation merges or amends its articles of incorporation to change its...
• 648.030   [Repealed by 1963 c.551 §21]
• 648.035   [1963 c.551 §5; 1967 c.233 §1; repealed by 1969 c.154 §10]
• 648.040   [Repealed by 1963 c.551 §21]
• 648.045   [1963 c.551 §4; repealed by 1981 c.633 §83]
• 648.050   [Amended by 1955 c.661 §1; 1963 c.551 §8; 1969 c.154 §4; repealed by 1985 c.728 §110]
• 648.051   When registration refused; affidavit of applicant; registration effective until canceled.
  (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of State shall register the assumed business name contained in the application. (2) The Secretary...
• 648.055   Cancellation of registration upon dissolution or when corporate authority withdrawn or revoked.
  (1) If the only registrant of an assumed business name is a domestic corporation that has been dissolved, the Secretary of State may cancel the...
• 648.057   Cancellation of registration upon termination of business; signature of registrant; delivery.
  (1) An assumed business name must be canceled not later than the 60th day after the registrant or registrants of the assumed business name cease...
• 648.060   [Amended by 1963 c.551 §9; repealed by 1967 c.152 §1 (648.061 enacted in lieu of 648.060)]
• 648.061   Consent of nonresident persons to service of process.
  Any of the persons not domiciled within this state or foreign persons not authorized to do business within this state who appear as persons who...
• 648.070   Service of process on nonresident.
  A person making service of process authorized by ORS 648.061 shall make the service by delivering a copy of the process in person or by...
• 648.080   [Amended by 1963 c.551 §11; repealed by 1985 c.728 §110]
• 648.081   False or fraudulent registration prohibited; cancellation of conflicting registration; effect on other remedies.
  (1) No person shall procure or maintain the registration of an assumed business name with the Office of the Secretary of State by knowingly making...
• 648.090   [Amended by 1963 c.551 §12; repealed by 1985 c.728 §110]
• 648.100   [Amended by 1961 c.355 §2; repealed by 1963 c.551 §21]
• 648.105   [1963 c.551 §13; repealed by 1983 c.717 §42]
• 648.110   [Repealed by 1963 c.551 §21]
• 648.115   Filing, service, copying and certification fees.
  The Secretary of State shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for filing under this chapter and for process served...
• 648.125   Rules.
  In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Secretary of State may adopt rules the secretary considers necessary or proper for the...
• 648.130   [1971 c.194 §4; repealed by 1985 c.728 §110]
• 648.135   Effect of violation of ORS 648.007; damages and attorney fees; effect on other laws.
  (1) A person who carries on, conducts or transacts business in violation of ORS 648.007 shall lack standing before the courts of this state to...
• 648.990   Penalties.
  (1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $100. (2) A penalty imposed under this...

Last modified: August 7, 2008