Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 602 — Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.010

Filing of certificate with county clerk; certain series of members of limited-liability company deemed to be doing business in State under assumed or fictitious name

1. Every person doing business in this State under an assumed or fictitious name that is in any way different from the legal name of each person who owns an interest in the business must file with the county clerk of each county in which the business is being conducted a certificate containing the information required…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.017

Limitations on adoption of certain fictitious names; county clerk prohibited from accepting violative certificates

1. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes “Corporation,” “Corp.,” “Incorporated” or “Inc.” in its title, unless that person is a corporation organized or qualified to do business pursuant to the laws of this State. 2. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes “Limited-Liability Company,” “L…

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Business & Commerce Family Law

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.020

Contents and requirements of certificate and renewal certificate

1. A certificate filed pursuant to NRS 602.010 or a renewal certificate filed pursuant to NRS 602.035 must state the assumed or fictitious name under which the business is being conducted or is intended to be conducted, and if conducted by: (a) A natural person: (1) His or her full name; (2) The street address of his o…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.030

Time for filing certificate

The certificate must be filed no later than 1 month after the commencement of business under an assumed or fictitious name.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.035

Authority of county to provide for expiration of certificate; filing of renewal certificate; notice to persons who have filed certificates

1. The board of county commissioners of a county may provide, by ordinance, that a certificate filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 602.010 expires 5 years after it is filed. 2. If such an ordinance is adopted, on or before the expiration of the certificate, the person doing business in the county under an assum…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.040

Filing of new certificate upon change in partner or trustee

On every change in the partners of a general partnership or trustee of a trust doing business under an assumed or fictitious name, a new certificate containing the information required by NRS 602.020 must be filed with the county clerk within 1 month after such change.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.050

Index of assumed or fictitious names: Maintenance by county clerk; contents

Every county clerk shall keep, in alphabetical order, in a book or other suitable index provided for that purpose, a register of all the assumed or fictitious names as shown in the certificates filed pursuant to this chapter, together with the following information shown in the certificate for each assumed or fictitiou…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.055

Certificate of termination

1. Any person who has filed a certificate may, upon the termination of the business or his or her ownership in it, file with the county clerk where the certificate is on file a certificate of termination stating that the person who filed the certificate has terminated the business being conducted under the assumed or f…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.060

Certified copies of certificate and register entries prima facie evidence

A copy of the certificate so filed and copies of the entries in the county clerk’s register, when duly certified by the county clerk as true and correct, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and admissible in evidence in all courts of this state.

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Courts & Civil Procedure

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.070

Commencement of action barred when certificate not filed

No action may be commenced or maintained by any person, mentioned in NRS 602.010, or by an assignee of such a person, upon or on account of any contract made or transaction had under the assumed or fictitious name, or upon or on account of any cause of action arising or growing out of the business conducted under that…

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.080

Applicability of chapter to certain partnerships

Limited partnerships formed and foreign limited partnerships registered pursuant to chapter 87A or 88 of NRS are not required to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.085

Applicability of chapter to natural persons

The provisions of this chapter do not authorize a natural person to change his or her name pursuant to this chapter, and a natural person who desires to change his or her name must comply with the procedures set forth in NRS 41.270, 41.280 and 41.290.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 602.090

Penalty

A person doing business in this state without complying with the requirements of this chapter or having falsely filed a certificate of termination, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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