417.200. Fictitious names to be registered. - Missouri Statutes

Fictitious names to be registered.

417.200. That every name under which any person shall do ortransact any business in this state, other than the true name ofsuch person, is hereby declared to be a fictitious name, and itshall be unlawful for any person to engage in or transact anybusiness in this state under a fictitious name without firstregistering same with the secretary of state as herein required.

(RSMo 1939 § 15466)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 14342; 1919 § 13276

CROSS REFERENCE:

Corporate names, reservation of, exclusive use, RSMo 351.110, 351.115

(1957) Failure to register fictitious name is not a defense to action to enjoin use of confusing similar name in absence of claim of bad faith or other wrong. Better Business Bureau v. Chappell (A.), 307 S.W.2d 510.