OAR 160-010-0014: Prohibitions

(1) An entity identifier, except for “company” and abbreviations thereof, cannot be used with an assumed business name, unless all the registrants on the assumed business name are entities identified in the name. (2) The Secretary of State Business Registry office shall not approve requested names that imply in any way that the business is an agency of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, without proof of authorization to register such a name.