30-13-210. Filing amendment to registration of assumed business name -- issuance of certificate. (1) One original and one copy of an amendment to the registration of an assumed business name must be delivered to the secretary of state. The application for amended registration of an assumed business name must include but is not limited to the following information:
(a) complete assumed business name prior to adoption of amendment;
(b) complete new assumed business name, if applicable;
(c) name and address of the registrant, including street name and number of the business office;
(d) if the name of any person having an interest in the business with a registered assumed business name is to be changed, the new name of the person having an interest in the business with the registered assumed business name;
(e) if a person or persons having an interest in a business with a registered assumed name withdraws or dies, a statement of that fact; and
(f) a statement that the amended registration of assumed business name supersedes the original registration and all amendments to the original registration.
(2) If the secretary of state finds that the application for amended registration of the assumed business name complies with this part, the secretary of state shall, when all fees have been paid as provided in this part:
(a) endorse on the original and the copy the word "filed" and the month, day, and year of the filing;
(b) file the original in the secretary of state's office; and
(c) issue a certificate of amendment, to which the secretary of state shall affix the copy.
(3) The certificate of amendment, together with the copy of the amendment required in subsection (1), must be returned to the registrant.
(4) The failure of the registrant of an assumed business name to comply with the requirements of this section results in the cancellation by the secretary of state of the registration.
History: En Sec. 10, Ch. 260, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 131, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 366, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 229, L. 1999.
