[arin-ppml] distributing resources for individuals

[David Farmer]

John,

The issue is in Missouri, Minnesota, and probably many other states; if you
are doing business under your own name and not a DBA, you don't need to
register with the state to operate a sole proprietorship.

So, if ARIN procedures require a lookup with the Secretary of State,
effectively, that requires more than just operating as a business; it also
requires operating that business under a fictitious name, not under the
owner's name.

Section 9 of the NRPM gives a lot of latitude for demonstrating that an
organization operates within the ARIN region. A similar amount of latitude
should be available to establish that an individual is acting as a business
and not an individual, even if the jurisdiction's laws and procedures don't
neatly align with ARIN procedures.

Thanks

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:

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> On Apr 16, 2025, at 6:02 PM, Paul E McNary <pmcnary at cameron.net> wrote:
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> Originally
> 12 years ago when I tried to get ARIN resources, I was greatly harmed by
> this.
> In Missouri at that time a Sole Proprietor did not have to register with
> the Secretary of State.
> ARIN would not issue resources unless they could verify you with Secretary
> of State database.
> We had a State Sales Tax and Employment Tax ID for 20 years, but that
> wasn't good enough.
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> Paul -
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> To be certain there’s a clear understanding of the problem that resulted
> from the organization requirement – are you saying that you were unable to
> register a DBA name with Missouri Secretary of State in 2013?  There is a
> 7$ fee associated with such registration (every 5 years) but from all
> appearances it is otherwise a rather nominal process, so if there is/was
> some other barrier it would be good to explain it so that folks understand
> the scope of the problem that you experienced when trying to do so.
>
> Thanks,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers
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