New Jersey § 56:1-2

§ 56:1-2.

No person shall conduct or transact business under any assumed name, or under any

designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names

of the individual or individuals conducting or transacting such business, unless such

person shall file a certificate in the office of the clerk of the county or counties

in which such person conducts or transacts, or intends to conduct or transact, such

business, together with a duplicate thereof for filing in the office of the Secretary

of State, as provided in section 56:1-3 of this Title. Such certificate shall set forth the name under which such business is conducted

or transacted, or is to be conducted or transacted, and the true name or names of

the person or persons conducting or transacting the same, with his or their post-office

address or addresses, and shall be duly executed and sworn to by the person or persons

conducting or transacting, or intending to conduct or transact, such business, before

some person authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and if any person

or persons conducting or transacting business as aforesaid is or are not resident

in this State, such statement shall contain a power of attorney constituting the county

clerk of the county, his successors in office, the true and lawful attorney of said

nonresident person or persons, upon whom all original process in an action or legal

proceeding against said person or persons for any debt, damages or liability, contracted

or incurred by them in, or growing out of, the conduct or transaction of said business,

may be served and therein he or they shall agree that such original process which

may be served on the county clerk shall be of the same force and validity as if served

upon said nonresident person or persons and that the authority thereof shall continue

in force so long as the person or persons conduct or transact said business in this

State.