| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | A.__The limited liability company name; |
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| | | B.__That the limited liability company intends to transact | | business under an assumed or fictitious name; |
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| | | C.__The assumed or fictitious name that the limited | | liability company proposes to use; |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | E.__If the company is a foreign limited liability company: |
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| | | (1)__The jurisdiction of organization; and |
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| | | (2)__The date on which it was authorized to transact | | business in this State. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 5.__Compliance required.__An assumed or fictitious name must | | comply with the requirements of section 603-A. |
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| | | 6.__Enjoin use of assumed or fictitious name.__If a limited | | liability company uses an assumed or fictitious name without |
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