Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 623 - Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 623.740 - Use of corporate or fictitious names

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 623.740

Current through December 12, 2024

1. Every corporate or fictitious name proposed for use by a registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation must be submitted to the Board for review and approval before it is adopted and used by the firm, partnership, association or corporation.

2. A registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation may do business under a fictitious name if the name is submitted to the Board for review and is approved by the Board before it is adopted and used by the business. The decision by the Board to approve or disapprove the name will be based upon whether the proposed name complies with the wording and intent of the Board's applicable code of ethics, guidelines for corporate and fictitious names for registered architects, interior designers or residential designers and chapter 623 of NRS.

3. The name of a registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation may include names of natural persons only as follows:

(a) The name of a living registrant who is a member of the business or a former registrant who is or was a member of the business and who is retired or deceased. The status of a retired member must be indicated on the letterhead of a registrant's business by the word "retired." The status of a deceased member must be indicated on the letterhead of a registrant's business by the word "deceased" or numerals showing the years of the member's birth and death.

(b) The name of a person who is a member of another architectural or engineering business or business for the practice of landscape architecture only if the person is a living registered architect or landscape architect or licensed professional engineer and is clearly indicated as being an architect, landscape architect or professional engineer.

(c) The name of a person who is a member of another registered interior designer business or residential designer business only if the person is a living registered interior designer or residential designer and is clearly indicated as being a registered interior designer or residential designer.

4. A firm, partnership, association or corporation which is authorized by the Board to use a corporate or fictitious name shall file with the Board the name of each stockholder, director or other member of the business and shall display all the names and the professional status of each registrant on its letterhead.

5. Every architectural firm, registered interior designer firm or residential designer firm, partnership, association or corporation shall notify the Board in writing within 30 days after:

(a) Any change in the ownership or management of the firm, partnership, association or corporation; and

(b) Any change of a fictitious name that occurs after the initial approval of the Board.

6. A licensee may not use the name of a registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation or represent a registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation in a manner which reflects the association of another licensee who is not a member of that business.

7. A registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation requesting to use the plural term "architects," "registered interior designers" or "residential designers" must have more than one such Nevada registrant employed with the firm.

8. The Board will approve or deny an application for a name based upon the protection of the general public, which may include, without limitation, the denial of an application if the Board determines the proposed name is potentially false, deceptive or misleading to the general public.

9. As used in this section:

(a) "Fictitious name" means a name that is not the real name of each registrant who is a member of a firm, partnership, association or corporation.

(b) "Member" means a person who holds not less than 1 percent financial interest in a firm, partnership, association or corporation.

(c) The terms "registrant," "registered architect," "registered landscape architect," "professional engineer," "registered interior designer" and "registered residential designer" include only persons registered or licensed in this State.

Bd. of Architecture, § 35, eff. 5-7-80-NAC A 2-24-86; 9-30-88; 10-24-91; A by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design, 5-20-96; R230-03, 4-30-2004; R012-06, 5-4-2006

NRS 623.140

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