2023 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name
NRS 602.020 - Contents and requirements of certificate and renewal certificate.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 602.020 (2023)
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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 or her residence or business; and

(3) If the mailing address is different from the street address, the mailing address of his or her residence or business;

(b) An artificial person:

(1) Its name; and

(2) Its mailing address;

(c) A general partnership:

(1) The full name of each partner who is a natural person;

(2) The street address of the residence or business of each partner who is a natural person;

(3) If the mailing address is different from the street address, the mailing address of the residence or business of each partner who is a natural person; and

(4) If one or more of the partners is an artificial person described in paragraph (b), the information required by paragraph (b) for each such partner;

(d) A trust:

(1) The full name of each trustee of the trust;

(2) The street address of the residence or business of each trustee of the trust; and

(3) If the mailing address is different from the street address, the mailing address of the residence or business of each trustee of the trust; or

(e) A series created pursuant to NRS 86.296:

(1) The name of the limited-liability company which authorized the creation of the series;

(2) The street address of the limited-liability company which authorized the creation of the series; and

(3) If the mailing address is different from the street address, the mailing address of the limited-liability company which authorized the creation of the series.

2. The certificate must be:

(a) Signed:

(1) In the case of a natural person, by that natural person;

(2) In the case of an artificial person, by an officer, director, manager, general partner, trustee or other natural person having the authority to bind the artificial person to a contract;

(3) In the case of a general partnership, by each of the partners who is a natural person and, if one or more of the partners is an artificial person described in subparagraph (2), by the person described in subparagraph (2);

(4) In the case of a trust, by each of the trustees; or

(5) In the case of a series created pursuant to NRS 86.296, by:

(I) One or more managers of the series, if the series is managed by a manager or managers;

(II) Any member associated with the series, if the series is managed by the members associated with the series;

(III) Any agent, officer, employee or other representative of the series authorized in the operating agreement or in another writing by a manager or managers of the series, if the series is managed by a manager or managers; or

(IV) Any agent, officer, employee or other representative of the series authorized in the operating agreement or in another writing by a member associated with the series, if the series is managed by its members; and

(b) Notarized, unless the board of county commissioners of the county adopts an ordinance providing that the certificate may be filed without being notarized.

3. As used in this section:

(a) "Artificial person" means any organization organized under the law of the United States, any foreign country, or a state, province, territory, possession, commonwealth or dependency of the United States or any foreign country, and as to which the government, state, province, territory, possession, commonwealth or dependency must maintain a record showing the organization to have been organized.

(b) "Record" means information which is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

[Part 1:156:1923; NCL § 4450] + [2:156:1923; NCL § 4451]—(NRS A 1969, 67; 1993, 1022; 2001, 810; 2003, 3191; 2009, 1729; 2015, 2673, 3371; 2017, 2796)

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