Assumed Business Names Manual
Business Registration
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The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina’s Business Forms page has owner and salesperson downloadable applications in PDF format.
Scroll down to the Assumed Business Name Forms (DBA) section. See Figure 16.
Effective December 1, 2017, all certificates of assumed business names must comply with the new law, NCGS Ch. 66, Article 14A. The filing is done at your local county register of deeds. It will also be updated to a statewide database of assumed business name information,, housed at the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office.