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OR Rev Stat § 648.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.010 - Registration of assumed business name; contents of application; designation of representative; effect.

(1) Each person who will carry on, conduct or transact business under an assumed business name shall sign an application to register the assumed business name and shall submit the application to the Office of the Secretary of State, with the fee prescribed by this chapter. All of the persons who will carry on, conduct or transact a single business under an assumed business name shall file a consolidated application to register the assumed business name. (2) The application shall state: (a) The assumed business name to be registered. The applicant shall write the assumed business name in the alphabet used to write the English language. The assumed business name may include numerals and incidental punctuation. (b) The real and true name and street address of each person who intends to carry on, conduct or transact business under the assumed business name. (c) The principal address at which the applicant intends to carry on, conduct or transact business and a listing of each county in which the applicant intends to carry on, conduct or transact business to the extent that ORS 648.007 would require the applicant to register the assumed business name for that county. (d) The name and the mailing address of the person whom the applicant authorizes to represent the applicant in transactions with the Office of the Secretary of State with respect to the registration. All of the registrants of an assumed business name for a single business shall designate the same person under this subsection. (e) The applicant’s primary business activity. (f) Any other information that the Secretary of State by rule may require. (3) The person named in the application to be authorized to represent the applicant is authorized to receive notices under this chapter and to perform any duty that this chapter requires of the registrant of the assumed business name, but is not by the application or registration made the registrant’s agent for the service of process. [Amended by 1961 c.355 §1; 1963 c.551 §2; 1969 c.154 §1; 1971 c.194 §2; 1985 c.728 §94; 1987 c.843 §21; 1995 c.454 §4; 2007 c.186 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 648.012 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.012 - Registration duty of Secretary of State.

(1) If an application delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of ORS 648.010, the Secretary of State shall register it. (2) The Secretary of State registers an application by indicating thereon that it has been filed by the Secretary of State and the date of registration. (3) If the Secretary of State refuses to register an assumed business name, the Secretary of State shall return the application to the applicant within 10 business days after the application was delivered together with a brief written explanation of the reason for the refusal. (4) The duty of the Secretary of State to register assumed business names under this section is ministerial. The Secretary of State is not required to verify or inquire into the legality or truth of any matter included in any application delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s registering or refusing to register an assumed business name does not: (a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the application in whole or part; or (b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the application. (5) The Secretary of State’s refusal to register an assumed business name does not create a presumption that the application is invalid or that information contained in the application is incorrect. [1995 c.454 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 648.014 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.014 - Forms; rules.

(1) Upon request, the Secretary of State may furnish forms for documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter. (2) The Secretary of State may by rule require the use of the forms. [1995 c.454 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 648.017 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.017 - Renewal of registration; fee; contents of application; rules; effect of failure to renew; notice.

(1) A registrant must apply to renew a registration of an assumed business name within 30 days before the second anniversary of the date that the Secretary of State registered the assumed business name and each second anniversary thereafter. The registrant must apply to the Office of the Secretary of State for renewal of the registration and submit with the renewal a renewal fee. The application for renewal must include all identifying information required by rule of the Secretary of State. Failure to apply for renewal and pay the required fee is grounds for administrative cancellation of the registration. (2) Not less than 30 days before the application for renewal is due, the Secretary of State shall notify each authorized representative of the requirement to apply for renewal. The notice shall indicate the date by which the renewal application must be submitted, and shall include the renewal application. The notice shall state that if the registrant fails to submit the renewal application and renewal fee on or before the renewal deadline, the registration of the assumed business name will be canceled without further notice. (3) If the Secretary of State finds that the application for renewal conforms to the requirements of this section, and all fees have been paid, the Secretary of State shall renew the registration. [1969 c.154 §6; 1977 c.78 §6; 1981 c.633 §75; 1985 c.728 §98; 1987 c.94 §161]
OR Rev Stat § 648.018 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.018 - Reactivation of assumed business name; application; notification of denial; appeal.

(1) A registrant, within five years after the date on which the Secretary of State administratively canceled an assumed business name under ORS 648.017, may apply to the Secretary of State to reactivate the assumed business name. The application must comply with the requirements set forth in ORS 648.010. (2) The application must: (a) State the assumed business name and the date on which the Secretary of State administratively canceled the registration for the assumed business name; and (b) State that the grounds for the cancellation do not exist or have been eliminated. (3) The registrant or an authorized representative of the registrant shall sign and deliver the application described in subsection (1) of this section to the office of the Secretary of State for filing. (4) If the Secretary of State determines that the application described in subsection (1) of this section contains the information required under subsection (2) of this section, that the information is correct, that the application otherwise complies with the requirements of ORS 648.010 and that the registrant has paid all fees and charges due since the date of cancellation, the Secretary of State shall reactivate the assumed business name. The reactivation is effective when the Secretary of State files the application. (5) If the Secretary of State denies a registrant’s application for reactivation under this section, the Secretary of State shall notify the registrant in writing and explain the reason for the denial. (6) A registrant may appeal the Secretary of State’s decision to deny an application the registrant submitted under this section. The registrant’s appeal is subject to the provisions of ORS chapter 183. [2011 c.147 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 648.029 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.029 - Alteration of registration to reflect corporate structure change.

Where a domestic corporation is the registrant of an assumed business name and the corporation merges or amends its articles of incorporation to change its corporate name or a foreign corporation procures an amended certificate of authority, the Secretary of State may alter the assumed business name registration to indicate the surviving or changed corporate name. [1969 c.154 §8; 1995 c.454 §7] Note: 648.029 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 648 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 648.051 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.051 - When registration refused; affidavit of applicant; registration effective until canceled.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of State shall register the assumed business name contained in the application. (2) The Secretary of State shall not register the assumed business name if the Secretary of State determines that the assumed business name is not distinguishable on the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from another assumed business name or from the name of a person, including a reserved name or registered name of active record with the Office of the Secretary of State except as provided in subsection (3) of this section. (3) The Secretary of State shall register an assumed business name if the applicant submits for filing an affidavit that the applicant has a right to use the assumed business name in the county or counties stated in the application for the character of business that the applicant will carry on, conduct or transact under the assumed business name. The affidavit shall state: (a) That the affiant has been advised of the penalties for false swearing; (b) The facts upon which the affidavit is based and that the affiant swears to the existence of the facts from the affiant’s own knowledge; and (c) That the affiant believes that the facts stated are sufficient to establish either: (A) That prior use of the name by the applicant or by the licensor of the applicant has vested in the applicant a right to use the assumed business name for the character of business stated in the application in the county or counties listed in the application; or (B) That the character of business that the applicant intends to carry on, conduct or transact under the assumed business name will not so resemble the character of business, if any, that the person who filed, reserved or registered the assumed business name or the name of the person identified under subsection (2) of this section conducts under the name in the county or any of the counties listed in the application as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive. (4) The registration of an assumed business name remains in effect until canceled. [1985 c.728 §96; 1995 c.454 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 648.055 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.055 - Cancellation of registration upon dissolution or when corporate authority withdrawn or revoked.

(1) If the only registrant of an assumed business name is a domestic corporation that has been dissolved, the Secretary of State may cancel the registration. (2) If the only registrant of an assumed business name is a foreign corporation whose authority to transact business in this state has been withdrawn or revoked, the Secretary of State may cancel the registration. [1969 c.154 §7; 1987 c.94 §165; 2005 c.22 §452]
OR Rev Stat § 648.057 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.057 - Cancellation of registration upon termination of business; signature of registrant; delivery.

(1) An assumed business name must be canceled not later than the 60th day after the registrant or registrants of the assumed business name cease doing business under that name. (2) The application required by subsection (1) of this section shall be signed by the registrant or registrants of the assumed business name or by the authorized representative of the registrant or registrants and shall be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. [1987 c.94 §164]
OR Rev Stat § 648.061 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.061 - Consent of nonresident persons to service of process.

Any of the persons not domiciled within this state or foreign persons not authorized to do business within this state who appear as persons who will carry on, conduct or transact business under an assumed business name in an application for registration filed under ORS 648.010 shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as agent upon whom may be served at any time any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon them. [1967 c.152 §2 (enacted in lieu of 648.060); 1995 c.454 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 648.070 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.070 - Service of process on nonresident.

A person making service of process authorized by ORS 648.061 shall make the service by delivering a copy of the process in person or by certified mail to the Office of the Secretary of State. The service shall be sufficient and valid personal service upon the persons not domiciled in this state to whom ORS 648.061 applies if the plaintiff immediately sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by certified mail to the principal office of the persons against whom the process or pleadings are directed, and the return receipt of the latter and plaintiff’s affidavit of compliance with this section are appended to the process and entered as a part of the return thereof. The defendant persons against whom the process or pleadings are directed shall have 30 days after the date of mailing of the process or pleadings in which to appear and plead. Personal service outside the state in accordance with the statutes of Oregon relating to personal service of summons outside the state shall relieve the plaintiff from mailing copies of the summons or process by registered mail as provided in this section. [Amended by 1963 c.551 §10; 1983 c.717 §33; 1991 c.132 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 648.081 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.081 - False or fraudulent registration prohibited; cancellation of conflicting registration; effect on other remedies.

(1) No person shall procure or maintain the registration of an assumed business name with the Office of the Secretary of State by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means. No person shall register or use an assumed business name with an intent to create a likelihood of confusion with another person. (2) A person that is not a corporation, limited liability company, business trust or limited partnership violates subsection (1) of this section if the person registers an assumed business name that contains the words "corporation," "incorporated," "limited liability company," "limited partnership" or "business trust" or an abbreviation of any of those terms. (3) A foreign or domestic profit or nonprofit corporation may register as an assumed business name its corporate name minus the word, abbreviation or phrase that ORS 60.094 or 60.717 requires. (4) A foreign or domestic limited liability company may register as an assumed business name its limited liability company name minus the word, abbreviation or phrase that ORS 63.094 or 63.717 requires. (5) A foreign or domestic limited partnership may register as an assumed business name its limited partnership name minus the word, abbreviation or phrase that ORS 70.010 or 70.365 requires. (6) A foreign or domestic business trust may register as an assumed business name its business trust name minus the word, abbreviation or phrase that ORS 60.094 or 60.717 requires. (7) The Secretary of State shall cancel the registration of a conflicting assumed business name if a person other than the registrant submits to the Office of the Secretary of State a certified copy of a final judgment of a court that finds that the person has a right superior to that of the registrant to use the name in this state. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Secretary of State from seeking a civil penalty under ORS 648.990 after cancellation if the former registrant continues to carry on, to conduct or to transact business under the assumed business name. (8) Nothing in this section shall limit any person’s right to seek a remedy under ORS 646.638 or to seek an injunction under ORS 647.107. [1985 c.728 §97; 1987 c.94 §106; 1995 c.454 §10; 2003 c.576 §529]
OR Rev Stat § 648.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.115 - Filing, service, copying and certification fees.

The Secretary of State shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for filing under this chapter and for process served on the secretary under this chapter. The secretary may collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for copying any public record under this chapter, certifying the copy or certifying to other facts of record under this chapter. [1963 c.551 §15; 1967 c.233 §2; 1969 c.154 §9; 1981 c.633 §77; 1985 c.351 §26; 1987 c.94 §166; 1989 c.383 §5; 1991 c.132 §25; 1995 c.454 §11; 1999 c.652 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 648.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.125 - Rules.

In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Secretary of State may adopt rules the secretary considers necessary or proper for the administration of this chapter. [1963 c.551 §14; 2003 c.14 §393]
OR Rev Stat § 648.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.135 - Effect of violation of ORS 648.007; damages and attorney fees; effect on other laws.

(1) A person who carries on, conducts or transacts business in violation of ORS 648.007 shall lack standing before the courts of this state to maintain a cause of action for the benefit of the business. The person may cure the incapacity at any time by complying with ORS 648.007. Nothing in this section shall extend any statute of limitations. (2) In any action or suit in which the cause of action arises out of business that the defendant carried on, conducted or transacted in violation of ORS 648.007, the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover $500 or the actual costs that the court determines that the plaintiff reasonably incurred to ascertain the real and true name of the defendant, whichever is greater. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this subsection. (3) Except as provided in this section, nothing in this chapter shall abrogate or limit the law as to unfair competition or unfair trade practices or derogate from the common law, the principles of equity or the statutes of this state or of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and to protect trade names. [1985 c.728 §93; 1987 c.390 §1; 1995 c.454 §12; 1995 c.618 §106]
OR Rev Stat § 648.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.990 - Penalties.

(1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $100. (2) A penalty imposed under this section is in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed by the state or a political subdivision of this state under any other civil or criminal statute. [Amended by 1963 c.551 §17; 1985 c.728 §101]
OR Rev Stat § 648.992 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 648 - Assumed Business Names|Section 648.992 - Penalty for signing false document.

(1) A person commits the crime of signing a false document for filing if the person: (a) Knows the document is false in any material respect; and (b) Signs the document with an intent that the document be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing under this chapter. (2) Signing a false document for filing is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) This section does not limit or affect any civil penalty the Secretary of State may impose for violating a provision of this chapter or any person’s right to seek a remedy that is otherwise available under this chapter. [2013 c.158 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 649.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 649 - Insignia and Names of Organizations|Section 649.010 - Definitions for ORS 649.010 to 649.080.

As used in ORS 649.010 to 649.080: (1) "Organization" means any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military or veterans’ organization, labor union, foundation, federation or any other society, organization or association, degree, branch, subordinate lodge or auxiliary, incorporated or unincorporated, the activities of which are lawful. (2) "Insignia" means a badge, mark, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem or rosette. [Amended by 2003 c.45 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 649.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 649 - Insignia and Names of Organizations|Section 649.020 - Registration of name or insignia of organization; certificate of registration; fees.

(1) An organization that uses a name or insignia may file an application to register the name or insignia with the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements, procedures and policies set forth for registering marks under ORS 647.015. The Secretary of State shall evaluate the application as provided in ORS 647.029 and 647.035, shall determine whether the name or insignia is in use as provided in ORS 647.017 and may issue a certificate of registration for the name or insignia as provided in ORS 647.045. (2) A certificate of registration that the Secretary of State issues under this section is: (a) Effective for the term set forth in ORS 647.055; (b) Subject to renewal as provided in ORS 647.055; and (c) Subject to cancellation as provided in ORS 647.075. (3) For registrations under this section, the Secretary of State shall collect fees as provided in ORS 647.009. (4) For the purpose of proving in an action or proceeding in a court in this state that an organization registered a name or insignia under this section, a certificate of registration that the Secretary of State issues for a name or insignia has the same effect as a certificate of registration that the Secretary of State issues for marks under ORS 647.045. (5) A person must bring an action to compel or to cancel a registration for a name or insignia in accordance with the procedures set forth in ORS 647.077 for actions to compel or cancel registrations for marks. [Amended by 2015 c.277 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 649.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 649 - Insignia and Names of Organizations|Section 649.030 - Unauthorized use of registered name or insignia.

A person may not wear, exhibit, display, print or use, for any purpose, an organization’s name or insignia if the organization registered the name or insignia under ORS 649.020 unless the person is entitled to wear, exhibit, display, print or use the name or insignia under the constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations of the organization. [Amended by 2015 c.277 §6]