Title 4, Business and Commercial Law

(a) Any person owning, carrying on, or transacting business as designated in this subchapter who fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b)…

(a) No person shall conduct or transact business in this state under an assumed name or under any designated name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name of the individual conducting or transacting such business, unless the person files a certificate in the off…

Wherever there is a change in ownership of any business operated under an assumed name, each person disposing of his or her interest in the business or withdrawing therefrom shall file a certificate with the county clerk of each county in which the business is being conducted. Th…

A copy of the certificate duly certified by the county clerk in whose office the certificate was filed shall be presumptive evidence in all courts in this state of the facts therein contained.

(a) Each county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of persons filing certificates provided for in this subchapter. (b) For indexing and filing the certificate, the clerk shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1.00).

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commission” means compensation paid a sales representative by a principal in an amount based on a percentage of the dollar amount of certain orders for, or sales of, the principal's product;(2) “Principal”…

(a) A contract between a principal and a sales representative under which the sales representative is to solicit wholesale orders within this state must be in writing and set forth the method by which the sales representative's commission is to be computed and paid. (b) The princ…

If a compensation agreement between a sales representative and a principal that is not in writing is terminated, the principal shall pay all commissions due the sales representative within thirty (30) working days after the date of the termination.

A principal who is not a resident of this state and who enters into a contract subject to this subchapter is considered to be doing business in this state for purposes of the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the principal.

A provision of this subchapter may not be waived, whether by express waiver or by attempt to make a contract or agreement subject to the laws of another state. A waiver of a provision of this subchapter is void.

A principal who fails to comply with a provision of a contract under § 4-70-302 relating to payment of a commission or fails to pay a commission as required by § 4-70-303 is liable to the sales representative in a civil action for three (3) times the damages sustained by the sale…