Vt. Stat. Ann. » Title 11 Chapter 15
Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 1621 (2026)

Registration of assumed business names, partnership, and unincorporated nonprofit association

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section VT-LEGlegislature.vermont.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Subchapter 001 : ASSUMED BUSINESS NAMES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS

(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1621)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1967–2025 · leading case: Coty v. Ramsey Assocs., Inc., 546 A.2d 196 (Vt. 1988).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Coty v. Ramsey Assocs., Inc., 546 A.2d 196 (Vt. 1988). “Defendant Normand Ramsey concludes by questioning the standing of the Florys to sue in the name of their business because they failed to register the name of their motel pursuant to the requirements of 11 V.S.A. § 1621, and were, therefore, not entitled to maintain this action.”
Michael Long, Lynn Martin, Steven Goodkind & the Coalition for a Liveable City v. City of Burlington & BTC Mall Assocs., LLC, 199 A.3d 542 (Vt. 2018). · cites it 2× “8 We dispense quickly with the City's and BTC's arguments that CLC cannot prosecute this appeal because the unincorporated association has not registered as a business organization with the Secretary of State and is thus precluded from maintaining an action in court.”
Giroux v. Lussier, 238 A.2d 63 (Vt. 1967). · cites it 2× “Lussier and Son, as provided in 11 V.S.A. §1621. To be sure, it does not appear from the certified copy of the registration, marked as an exhibit in the case, that the defendant signed the statement of his partnership with Noel.”
Dep't of Soc. Welfare v. Berlin Dev. Assocs., 411 A.2d 1353 (Vt. 1980). “§ 1392(a) (2), the registrations and re-registrations of business name filed with the town clerks and the Secretary of State pursuant to 11 V.S.A. §§ 1621 and 1635, and an affidavit by one of the attorneys for the several co-defendant limited partnerships.”
Giroux v. Lussier, 253 A.2d 151 (Vt. 1969). “Later, that year Noel registered under the provisions of 11 V.S.A. §1621 *522 as doing business as a cattle dealer with defendant.”
TLOC Senior Living, LLC v. Albert R. (Alpine) Bingham III, 2016 VT 44 (Vt. 2016). · cites it 4× “2d 196, 208 (1988) (noting that party may not have standing to sue in name of their business because they failed to register its name pursuant to requirements of 11 V.S.A. § 1621). The court added that it had no power to invalidate defendant’s registration.”
Senesac v. Duclos, 270 A.2d 156 (Vt. 1970). “11 V.S.A. § 1621. The motion was heard below and denied.”
In re Cummings, 669 A.2d 555 (Vt. 1995). “Burdo had failed to register his company as a foreign business in accordance with 11 VS.A. §§ 1621 and 1634, the court promptly dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction.”
paige v. fahey (Vt. Super. Ct. 2023). “However, under 11 V.S.A. § 1621, a person, including a non-resident, is only required to register a business name if “doing business in this state under any name other than his or her own.”
Chompupong DRB Decision Appeal - Decision on Motion (Vt. Super. Ct. 2025). “11 V.S.A. § 1621. As such, documents like a restaurant license for High Ridge Plaza, LLC/Cold Cow Creamery/Nipper’s Café at 4645 Main Street in Manchester only prove that the corporate entity occupies the property at that address, not Appellants.”
Hart v. Chaves Londonderry Gravel Pit, LLC (Vt. Super. Ct. 2010). “601, 602 (1970) (statutory purpose is notice); 11 V.S.A. § 1621 (person doing business must provide: (1) assumed name; (2) town; (3) description of business; and (4) names and residences of individuals).”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 1621(c) — 1 case
TLOC Senior Living, LLC v. Albert R. (Alpine) Bingham III, 2016 VT 44 (Vt. 2016). “2d 196, 208 (1988) (noting that party may not have standing to sue in name of their business because they failed to register its name pursuant to requirements of 11 V.S.A. § 1621). The court added that it had no power to invalidate defendant’s registration.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.