Suppliers may be scared that a CC has no money to pay. Suppliers therefore often make sure that somebody signs surety for the CC, which means that if the CC does not have the money to pay, the person who has signed the surety will have to pay (be liable for) the debt.

Members of a close corporation must always write CC behind the name of the close corporation, for example Cool Leathers CC. If members do not put CC behind the name whenever they write it, then the law does not see the CC as separate from its members and the debts and assets of the CC are not separate from the debts and assets of the members.

If the business is a CC and the business has a letterhead, the registration number of the CC and the full names of the members must be printed on the letterhead. The number will look something like this: CK2008/031666/23.

If the business has an office, then the owner must have a sign up showing the business is a CC. For example, if Anna has a dry cleaning business, then she must have a sign up saying ANNA’S DRY-CLEANING SERVICES CC.