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Georgia bill would centralize county trade-name filings with Superior Court clerks' database
Summary
Rep. Franklin said HB 158 would require county trade-name registrations to be uploaded to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority database so searches need not be made county-by-county; the committee approved the bill after members received the corrected substitute language.
Rep. Matthew Franklin told the House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee that HB 158 (LC 442992S) would require county trade-name filings — commonly called “doing business as” registrations — to be submitted to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority so the information is searchable in a single statewide database.
"It's a bill to ... consolidate and make our government more transparent and easier to function," Franklin said, adding the bill would not change the…
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