56:1-2.Ā  Certificates of true names when assumed names used;Ā  contents; filing;Ā  appointment by nonresidents of county clerk as attorney for service of process
No person shall conduct or transact business under any assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the individual or individuals conducting or transacting such business, unless such person shall file a certificate in the office of theĀ  clerk of the county or counties in which such person conducts or transacts, orĀ  intends to conduct or transact, such business, together with a duplicateĀ  thereof for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, as provided inĀ  section 56:1-3 of this Title.Ā  Such certificate shall set forth the name underĀ  which such business is conducted or transacted, or is to be conducted orĀ  transacted, and the true name or names of the person or persons conducting orĀ  transacting the same, with his or their post-office address or addresses, andĀ  shall be duly executed and sworn to by the person or persons conducting orĀ  transacting, or intending to conduct or transact, such business, before someĀ  person authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and if anyĀ  person or persons conducting or transacting business as aforesaid is or are not resident in this State, such statement shall contain a power of attorney constituting the county clerk of the county, his successors in office, the trueĀ  and lawful attorney of said nonresident person or persons, upon whom all original process in an action or legal proceeding against said person or persons for any debt, damages or liability, contracted or incurred by them in,Ā  or growing out of, the conduct or transaction of said business, may be servedĀ  and therein he or they shall agree that such original process which may beĀ  served on the county clerk shall be of the same force and validity as if servedĀ  upon said nonresident person or persons and that the authority thereof shallĀ  continue in force so long as the person or persons conduct or transact saidĀ  business in this State.

Amended by L.1951, c. 255, p. 901, s. 2.