R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-1-1.1
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§ 6-1-1.1. Definitions.
Official statutory text
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) Business means an occupation, profession, or employment engaged in for the purpose of seeking a profit.
(2) Department means the department of state.
(3) Distinguishable upon the record means the standard used by the department of state in its name availability guidelines for domestic entities.
(4) Electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
(5) Filing means delivered to the secretary of state in either paper format or electronic transmission through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state.
(6) Municipality means and includes any city or town within the state.
(7) Person means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation conducting or having an interest in a business in the state.
(8) Signature or signed or executed means an original signature, facsimile, or an electronically transmitted signature submitted through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state.
(9) Trade name means a word(s) or names(s), or any combination of a word(s) or name(s), used by a person to identify the persons business that:
(i) Is not, or does not include, the true and real name of all persons conducting the business; or
(ii) Includes words that suggest additional parties of interest such as company, and sons, or and associates.
(10) True and real name means:
(i) The last name of an individual coupled with the first name, middle names, initials, or any combination thereof; or
(ii) The designation or identifying name by which an individual is best known and called in the business community where that individual transacts business, if this designation or identifying name is used as that individuals legal signature.
(1) Business means an occupation, profession, or employment engaged in for the purpose of seeking a profit.
(2) Department means the department of state.
(3) Distinguishable upon the record means the standard used by the department of state in its name availability guidelines for domestic entities.
(4) Electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
(5) Filing means delivered to the secretary of state in either paper format or electronic transmission through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state.
(6) Municipality means and includes any city or town within the state.
(7) Person means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation conducting or having an interest in a business in the state.
(8) Signature or signed or executed means an original signature, facsimile, or an electronically transmitted signature submitted through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state.
(9) Trade name means a word(s) or names(s), or any combination of a word(s) or name(s), used by a person to identify the persons business that:
(i) Is not, or does not include, the true and real name of all persons conducting the business; or
(ii) Includes words that suggest additional parties of interest such as company, and sons, or and associates.
(10) True and real name means:
(i) The last name of an individual coupled with the first name, middle names, initials, or any combination thereof; or
(ii) The designation or identifying name by which an individual is best known and called in the business community where that individual transacts business, if this designation or identifying name is used as that individuals legal signature.
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