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Lt. Governor Warns Businesses to Renew Trade Names on Time or Risk Losing Them

Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach is reminding Virgin Islands business owners that trade names can be renewed for two, six, or 10 years, but those who fail to renew within six months of expiration risk losing all rights to the name. The notice also reiterates that anyone doing business under a name other than their own must first register that trade name with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor before applying for a business license or beginning operations. In a release announcing trade name registration and renewal requirements, Roach said persons wishing to conduct business in a name other than their own are required to register that name with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor under Title 11 of the Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 21. The requirement applies to a person doing business in the United States Virgin Islands under any name other than his own, and to every copartnership or association of individuals, except corporations, doing business in the territory, whether reside...