Sole Proprietorship Information – Kentucky

By | February 20, 2008

State website: www.lrc.state.ky.us
State law reference for name registration:
Kentucky Revised Statutes
Annotated, Chapter 365, Sections
365.015+.
Registration of business name requirements:
Registration is mandatory. The
applicant must file the certificate with
the County Clerk where the person resides.
(Section 365.015).
Registration fee: not available
Term of registration: Five years. (Section
365.015).
Name requirements: None stated in
statute.
Registration application requirements:
The applicant must file a certificate
before the person intends to conduct
business. The certificate must state the
assumed name of the business, the
name of the owner(s), and the address
of the owner(s). (Section 365.015).
Publication requirements: None
stated.
Office for registration: The applicant
must file the certificate with the County
Clerk where the person resides. (Section
Appendix 11
365.015).