Name/DBA Fictitious Business Name Notice - Connecticut
CONNECTICUT TRADE NAME / DBA FILING NOTICE
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To: [RECIPIENT OR PUBLICATION NAME]
From: [LEGAL NAME OF REGISTRANT]
Trade name: [TRADE NAME / DBA]
Principal business address: [STREET ADDRESS, TOWN, CONNECTICUT ZIP]
NOTICE
The undersigned gives notice that [LEGAL NAME OF REGISTRANT] intends to conduct, or is conducting, business under the trade name [TRADE NAME / DBA] at the principal business address stated above.
Trade name certificate status (select one):
☐ An application has been submitted to the town clerk of [TOWN] on [__/__/____]; issuance remains pending.
☐ The town clerk of [TOWN] issued the trade name certificate on [__/__/____]. Certificate or recording number, if assigned: [________________].
This notice may be delivered to customers, counterparties, or a publisher at the registrant's choice. Connecticut's trade name statute does not require newspaper publication to obtain a trade name certificate; this notice is not the certificate and does not replace the official application. No particular number of newspaper insertions is prescribed for this notice by Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 35-1a to 35-1e.
The registrant must use the Secretary of the State's prescribed application form and file it with the town clerk where the business is or will be principally transacted. An application by natural persons and an application by a registered business organization require different identifying information under § 35-1a(b). The application must be signed and acknowledged as § 35-1a(c) requires. A pending application alone does not authorize use of the trade name; § 35-1a(a) requires issuance of the certificate.
If the registrant later needs to amend its filing or cancel the certificate, § 35-1b(b)-(c) permits those filings with the town clerk. This notice does not set an amendment or cancellation deadline.
REGISTRANT SIGNATURE
I confirm that the identifying information in this notice is accurate to the best of my knowledge on the date signed.
Registrant legal name: [________________________________]
Authorized signer's name and title: [________________________________]
Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Contact email: [________________________________]
Official law: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 35-1a to 35-1b.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 25, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Category
- Corporate & Business
Legal authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1a — Transacting business under assumed/fictitious name; application for and issuance of trade name certificate; 5-year validity (P.A. 24-111, eff. Jan. 1, 2025)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1b — Renewal, amendment or cancellation of trade name certificate (6-month pre-expiration renewal window; 5-year renewal term)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1c — Alphabetical index; Secretary of the State electronic system
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1d — Exception for registered entities using their filed names; penalty (fine ≤ $500 / imprisonment ≤ 1 year); CUTPA
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1e — Restrictions on municipal names in printed advertisements
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-110b — Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-34a — Town clerk filing fees
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 25, 2026.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1a(a)-(d) (checked October 21, 2026): "An application for a trade name certificate shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State in the office of the town clerk in the town in which such business is, or will be, principally transacted."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1a (checked October 25, 2026): "No person shall transact business in this state under any assumed or fictitious name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the person or persons transacting such business, unless a trade name certificate has been issued in accordance with this section or section 35-1b."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1b(a)-(c) (checked October 21, 2026): "Any information contained on an original application for a trade name certificate or a renewal application may be amended by the filer at any time prior to the expiration of the trade name certificate"
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-1b (checked October 25, 2026): "A trade name certificate may be renewed not earlier than six months prior to the expiration date of such certificate and not later than the expiration date of such certificate."
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