LD 1539
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1.__Assumed name defined.__As used in this section, "assumed
name" means a trade name or any name other than the real name of
a limited liability company except a fictitious name.

 
2.__Fictitious name defined.__As used in this section,
"fictitious name" means a name adopted by a foreign limited
liability company authorized to transact business in this State
because its real name is unavailable pursuant to section 603-A.

 
3.__Authorized to transact business.__Upon complying with this
section, a domestic or foreign limited liability company
authorized to transact business in this State may transact its
business in this State under one or more assumed or fictitious
names.

 
4.__File statement indicating use of assumed or fictitious
name.__Prior to transacting business in this State under an
assumed or fictitious name, a limited liability company shall
execute and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a
statement setting forth:

 
A.__The limited liability company name;

 
B.__That the limited liability company intends to transact
business under an assumed or fictitious name;

 
C.__The assumed or fictitious name that the limited
liability company proposes to use;

 
D.__If the assumed name is not to be used at all of the
limited liability company's places of business in this
State, the locations where that name will be used; and

 
E.__If the company is a foreign limited liability company:

 
(1)__The jurisdiction of organization; and

 
(2)__The date on which it was authorized to transact
business in this State.

 
A separate statement must be executed and delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing with respect to each assumed or
fictitious name that the limited liability company proposes to
use.

 
5.__Compliance required.__An assumed or fictitious name must
comply with the requirements of section 603-A.

 
6.__Enjoin use of assumed or fictitious name.__If a limited
liability company uses an assumed or fictitious name without


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