Statutes, Rules & Rulemaking

Business Name Registration Statutes

• Assumed Business Names (f.k.a. Trade Name (DBA))
• of Sole Proprietorships - 11 V.S.A. § 1621
• of General Partnerships (i.e. copartnerships) - 11 V.S.A. § 1621
• of Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations (i.e. associations of individuals) - 11 V.S.A. § 1621
• of a business entity or entities - 11 V.S.A. § 1623
   

Business Entity Registration Statutes

• Profit Corporations - Title 11A
• Professional Corporations - 11 V.S.A. ch. 3 & 11 V.S.A. ch. 4
• Close Corporations - 11A V.S.A. ch. 20
• Benefit Corporations - 11A V.S.A. ch. 21
• Nonprofit Corporations - Title 11B
• Cooperative Corporations:
• General Cooperative Corporation - 11 V.S.A. § 981
• Consumers' Cooperative Corporation - 11 V.S.A. ch.  7
• Marketing Cooperative Corporation - 11 V.S.A. ch.  7
• Railroad Cooperative Corporation - 11 V.S.A. ch.  7
• Worker Cooperative Corporation - 11 V.S.A. ch. 8
• Cooperative Housing Corporations - 11 V.S.A. ch. 14
• Electric Cooperative Corporation - 30 V.S.A. ch. 81
• Limited Liability Partnerships  - 11 V.S.A. ch. 22
• Limited Partnerships - 11 V.S.A. ch. 23
• Limited Liability Companies - 11 V.S.A. ch. 25
• Mutual Benefit Enterprise - Title 11C
   

Other Registration Statutes

• Data Brokers - 9 V.S.A. § 2446
• Telemarketers - 9 V.S.A. § 2464b
• Trademarks - 9 V.S.A. ch. 71
• Trading Stamp Companies - 9 V.S.A. ch. 103
• Fantasy Sports Operators - 9 V.S.A. ch. 116
• UCC/Lien Filings - 9A V.S.A. Art. 9

Administrative Rules

• Business Name Registration Rules - C.V.R. 04-020-001
• Uniform Commercial Code - Revised Article 9 - Administrative Rules - C.V.R. 04-020-003

Rulemaking

None pending.