This is a copy of the original fictitious name registration from 1999. Florida requires when you set up a company name that you do business under (D.B.A.), that your register the name that you are using.  For the internet the name we work under is outboardparts.com.  Since "outboardparts.com"  is not a real person, it is required by the state of Florida that the name is registered. The corporation that runs the business is then listed with the state of Florida.  This as termed a "fictitious" name registration. All Florida corporations not using the last name of the owner of the corporation are then "fictitious" names.

The parent corporation is InterCoastal Copiers. All Florida corporations like "InterCoastal Copiers" are registered "fictitious" names.   Fictitious names are registered in Florida as the "name" that a business uses. Like "Nabisco" or "Nike". They are brand names or corporate names. You need to register the name so that people can find corporate owners in the case of legal matters.   Internet names are also "fictitious" names since people don't live in cyberspace.

Displayed here is a copy of the registration certificate that shows registration of the name "outboardparts.com"

Outboardparts.com is the registered name under which InterCoastal Copiers sells parts on the Internet.  The parent corporation that owns the name "outboardparts.com" is InterCoastal Copiers. This name registration is a Florida Department of State requirement.