2005 Idaho Code - 53-509 — CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE

                                  TITLE  53
                                 PARTNERSHIP
                                  CHAPTER 5
                            ASSUMED BUSINESS NAMES
    53-509.  CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE. (1) Any person who transacts
business in Idaho under an assumed business name without having complied with
the requirements of this chapter shall not be entitled to maintain any legal
action in the courts of this state until the person has filed a certificate of
assumed business name as required by this chapter.
    (2)  Any person who suffers a loss because of another person's
noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be entitled to
recover damages in the amount of the loss, and attorney fees and costs
incurred in connection with recovery of damages.
    (3)  Noncompliance shall be held to include false, misleading or
incomplete information in a certificate of assumed business name, as well as
failure to file.