Section 17.201. General checklist for registering fictitious names

(a) The following is a checklist for registration of a fictitious name:

(1) Submit a written request to the Department to determine whether the proposed name is available for use.

(2) If the proposed name is available, submit a properly completed and executed Form DSCB:54-311 (Application for Registration of Fictitious Name).

(3) Submit a check or money order payable to the Department of State in the amount of $52. Cash is not accepted.

(4) If the registering entity is one which includes an individual party, officially publish a notice as required by § 17.208 (relating to official advertising of fictitious names involving individual parties), either prior to or after the application is submitted to the Department. Proofs of publication may not be submitted to the Department.

(b) The Department will process the Form DSCB:54-311, will endorse the fact and date of filing thereon, and return the form to the applicant. A separate certificate will not be issued.

(c) The filing of fictitious name documents in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas or Prothonotary of the several counties of this Commonwealth has been abolished. Amendments to, withdrawals from and cancellations of filings originally made in a county row office under one or more of the statutes specified in § 17.212(d) (relating to effect of registration) shall be made only in the Department.

The provisions of this § 17.201 adopted June 22, 1973, effective June 23, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 1164; amended April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (87024).