Opn. No.

Owen B. Walsh, Esq. Informal Opinion County Attorney No. 95-45 County of Nassau Nassau County Executive Bldg. One West Street Mineola, NY 11501-4820

Dear Mr. Walsh:

You have asked several questions regarding various documents to be filed with the county clerk.

First, you ask whether, pursuant to General Business Law § 130, the clerk may accept for filing a business certificate that indicates an individual is doing business under an assumed name which appears to be the name of a person. The certificate describes the "secondary, historic or geographic meaning or connotation" of the name as having…