John, I echo David's point coming from California. My ARIN resources are under my legal name, which was approved by the team that handles org tickets, and the legal team.
A sole proprietor without a DBA, can legally conduct business in several states and potentially provinces too, and that also includes signing ARIN's agreements. Kind regards, Ryan Hamel ________________________________ From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> on behalf of David Farmer via ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 4:58:48 PM To: John Curran <[email protected]> Cc: arin-ppml <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] distributing resources for individuals Caution: This is an external email and may be malicious. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Apr 16, 2025, at 6:02 PM, Paul E McNary <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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. Paul - 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 _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any issues. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[email protected]<mailto:email%[email protected]> Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================
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