Name/DBA Fictitious Business Name Notice

IDAHO CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME WORKSHEET

Use this worksheet to prepare the Idaho Secretary of State's current Certificate of Assumed Business Name. It is not a newspaper notice and is not itself the Secretary's filing form.

1. FILING INFORMATION

Assumed Business Name: [NAME]

General Type of Business: [SELECT THE CATEGORY USED ON THE CURRENT FORM]

Persons with a Financial or Control Interest:

Mailing Address for Correspondence: [ADDRESS]

2. INITIAL FILING

2.1 File before use. A person proposing or intending to transact business in Idaho under an assumed business name must file a certificate with the Secretary of State before beginning to transact business under that name.

2.2 Separate certificate. File one certificate for each assumed business name used.

2.3 Required content. The certificate must include:

• the assumed business name as used;
• the true names and business addresses of every person with a financial or control interest;
• the general business type using the Secretary's prescribed categories;
• each listed person's signature, or an agent's signature on behalf of all listed persons; and
• other information the Secretary requires.

2.4 Name limitations. The assumed name must satisfy Idaho Code § 30-21-804, including the applicable distinguishability and government-affiliation rules. The current official form also warns that entity-type words or abbreviations may not be used to imply an entity form that does not exist.

2.5 Submission and fees. File through the current SOSBiz process or submit the current paper form. The paper form reviewed for this template lists a $25 base filing fee plus $20 for manual processing; verify current fees and service options when filing.

2.6 No publication or notarization requirement. Part 8 and the current statewide certificate reviewed for this template do not require newspaper publication or a notarial acknowledgment.

3. DURATION, AMENDMENT, AND CANCELLATION

3.1 No renewal. A filed certificate remains in effect until canceled under Idaho Code § 30-21-809. There is no ten-year term or six-month renewal window.

3.2 Amend within 90 days. If the identity or business address of a person with a financial or control interest changes, or the certificate becomes materially misleading in another way, file the prescribed certificate of amendment within 90 days.

3.3 Cancellation. A person who discontinues use of the assumed business name may file the Secretary's certificate of cancellation. Use the current combined Cancellation or Amendment form or online process.

4. EFFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE

4.1 Filing does not create a legal entity separate from the person doing business under the assumed name and does not confer an exclusive right to use the name.

4.2 A person transacting business under an assumed name without complying may not maintain an action in an Idaho court until the required certificate is filed.

4.3 A person who suffers a loss because of another person's noncompliance may recover the amount of the loss and the attorney fees and costs incurred to recover it. False, misleading, or incomplete certificate information also counts as noncompliance.

5. SIGNATURE

__________________________________________

Printed Name: [NAME]

Capacity: [OWNER / AUTHORIZED AGENT]

Date: [DATE]

Add signatures or use an agent signature as permitted by the current Secretary of State form.

6. PRACTITIONER NOTES

• Confirm name availability, but do not treat acceptance as trademark clearance or exclusive name protection.
• This worksheet creates no 30-day amendment rule, four-year record-retention mandate, private 15-day cure period, prevailing-party clause beyond the statutory loss remedy, or exclusive county venue.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-802
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-803
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-804
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-805
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-806
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-807
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-808
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-809
• Idaho Legislature — Idaho Code § 30-21-810
• Idaho Secretary of State — Certificate of Assumed Business Name
• Idaho Secretary of State — Cancellation or Amendment