State website: www.ohio.gov
State law reference for partnership regulation:
Ohio Revised Code, Sections 1775.01+. (Please see
Uniform Partnership Act).
State law reference for name registration: Ohio
Revised Code, Sections 1329.01+.
Registration of business name requirements: Registration
is optional. Ohio’s statute is for trade names.
Generally, a trade name is a name used to identify a
person’s business, and to which the owner(s) asserts
the exclusive right to use. The applicant must register
with the Secretary of State. (Section 1329.01).
Business Name Registration fee: $50.00
Term of registration: Five years. (Section 1329.04).
Name requirements: The name cannot imply that the
business is connected with a government entity if not
so connected, the name can not imply that the business
is incorporated if not incorporated, and the name shall
not be indistinguishable from any other previously
registered business name. (Section 1329.02).
Registration application requirements: The application
must state the name of the owner(s), the business
address of the owner(s), the trade name to be registered,
the general nature of the business, and the length of
time the name has been in use. (Section 1329.01).
Publication requirements: None stated.
Office for registration:
Ohio Secretary of State
P O Box 670
Columbus, OH 43216
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