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DOING BUSINESS AS
DOING BUSINESS AS
Articles of Incorporation or Organization
Number (if applicable)
Street Address & City of Principal Place of
Business in California (CA) (P.O. Box alone not acceptable) Zip
Code
Full name of Registrant (if corporation -
incorporated in what state)
Residence Street Address City State Zip Code
Full name of Registrant (if corporation -
incorporated in what state)
Residence Street Address City State Zip Code
Full name of Registrant (if corporation -
incorporated in what state)
Residence Street Address City State Zip Code
Signature Corporation or Company Name
Business Fictitious Trade Name (s)
BUSINESS FILING AND REGISTRATION
LOS ANGELES, CA
(A registrant who declares as true information
which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)
Signature of Registrant(s) If Registrant IS a
CORPORATION, sign below
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF STATEMENT
Box A. Insert the name and address of the
person who should receive this original and certified copy.
Box 2. Insert exact name of business. If
you are registering more than one business located at the same
address, number each name entered.
Box 3. Insert street address of principal
place of business (Post Office Boxes are not acceptable).
Box 4. Registrants: list each owner or
partner and his/her residence address separately (Post Office
Boxes are not acceptable). If the owner is a corporation
insert the name of the corporation and the
business address. Do not list stockholders or officers of the
corporation. If a Business Fictitious Trade Name or a registrant’s name
includes the words Corporation, Incorporated,
or Inc., Limited Liability Company (whether using the complete
words or abbreviations LLC and Co. or either of
them) or LLC or LC, the County Clerk of Los
Angeles requires either a certified copy of the Articles of
Incorporation or Organization or an Affidavit signed under
penalty of perjury by one of the officers of
the Corporations or Organizations.
Box 5. Check one item which bests
describes who is conducting business.
Box 6. Do not leave blank.
Box 7. Signatures are required as follows
( ) individual - the individual ( ) Partnership or other
association of other persons - A general partner ( ) Joint
Venture
- All parties of the joint venture ( )
Business Trust - A trustee ( ) Co Partners - All partners ( )
Husband and Wife.
Box 7A. Corporation/Limited Liability Co. -
An officer must sign, state the title, and attach a copy
of the Articles of Incorporation or Affidavit signed under
penalty of perjury by an officer.
California (CA) BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 14411, 14412 - TRADE NAME REGISTRATION
The filing of any Business Fictitious Trade Name
statement by a person required to file such statement shall
establish a rebuttable presumption that the registrant has
the exclusive right to use the
Business Fictitious Trade Name as a trade name as well as any confusingly
similar trade name, in the county in which the statement is
filed, if the registrant is the first to file
such a statement containing the Business Fictitious Trade Name in
the county. The rebuttable presumption shall be applicable
until the statement is abandoned or otherwise
expires and no new statement has been filed by the registrant.
SECTION 17900 -
(a)- as used in this chapter, ‘
Business Fictitious Trade Name ’ means:
(1) In the case of an individual, a name
that does not include the surname of the individual or a name
that suggests the existence of additional
owners.
(2) In the case of a partnership or other
association of persons, other than a limited partnership which
has filed a certificate of limited partnership
with the Secretary of State pursuant to
Section 15621 of the Corporations Code, a name that does not
include the surname of each general
partner or a name that suggests the existence
of additional owners.
(3) In the case of a corporation, any name
other than the corporate name stated in its articles of
incorporation.
(4) In the case of a limited partnership
which has filed a certificate of limited partnership with the
Secretary of State pursuant to Section 15621 of
the Corporations Code and in the case of a
foreign limited partnership which has filed an application for
registration with the Secretary of State
pursuant to Section 15621 of the Corporations
Code, any name other than the name of the limited partnership
as on file with the Secretary of
State.
(b) A name that suggests the existence of
additional owners within the meaning of subdivision (a) is one
which includes such words as ‘Company’,
‘& Company,’ ‘Son,’ ‘& Associates,’
‘Brothers,’ and the like, but not words that merely describe
the business being conducted.
SECTION 17910 - Every person who regularly
transacts business in this state for profit under a
Business Fictitious Trade Name shall:
(a) File a Business Fictitious Trade Name
statement in accordance with this chapter not later than 40
days from the time he commences to transact such
business; and
(b) File a new statement in accordance
with this chapter on or before the date of expiration of the
statement on file.
SECTION 17910.5 -
(a) No person shall adopt any
Business Fictitious Trade Name which includes ‘Corporation,’ ‘Incorporated,’ or
‘Inc,’ unless such person is a corporation
organized pursuant to the laws of this state
or some other jurisdiction.
(b) No person shall adopt any
Business Fictitious Trade Name which includes "Limited Liability Company"
(whether using the complete words or the
abbreviations "LTD and Co." or either of them)
or "LLC" or "LC" unless such a person is a Limited Company
organized pursuant to the laws of this
state or some other jurisdiction.
SECTION 17917 -
(a) Within 30 days after a
Business Fictitious Trade Name statement has been filed pursuant to this
chapter, the registrant shall cause a statement in the form
prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 17913
to be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6064 (once
per week for four successive
weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation
in the County in which the principal place of business of the
registrant is located or, if there is no such
newspaper in that county, then in a newspaper
of general circulation in an adjoining county. If the
registrant does not have a place of business in this
state, the notice shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in Sacramento County.
(b) Subject to the requirements of
subdivision (a), the newspaper selected for the publication of
the statement should be one that circulates in the
area where the business is to be conducted..
(c) If a refilling is required because the
prior statement has expired, the refilling need not be
publishes unless there has been a change in the
information required in the expired statement,
provided
the refilling is filed within 40 days of the date the
statement expires.
(d) An affidavit showing the publication
of the statement shall be filed with the county clerk within
30 days after the completion of the publication.
SECTION 17920. Expiration of statement
(a) Unless the statement expires earlier
under subdivision (b) or (c), a Business Fictitious Trade Name
statement expires five years from the date it was filed
in the office of the county clerk.
(b) Except as provided in Section 17923, a
Business Fictitious Trade Name statement expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to Section 17913, except that a
change in the residence address of an individual, general
partner or trustee does not cause the statement to
expire.
(c) A Business Fictitious Trade Name statement
expires when registrant files a statement of abandonment of
the Business Fictitious Trade Name described in the
statement.
SECTION 17930 - Any person who executes,
files, or publishes any statement under this chapter, knowing
that such statement is false, in whole or in part,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
one thousand dollars ($1,000).
* NOTE: It is your responsibility not to
file the same name or one confusingly similar to one already
registered on the County FBN Index or Secretary of State
Corporate Index. We suggest you search
available records before filing.
Backer will be screened 50%.
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Registration under the law
is for public notice only and gives rise to no presumption
of the registrant's rights to own or use the name
registered nor does it affect trademark, service mark, or
corporate name rights previously acquired by others in the
same or similar name. Registration does not reserve
a name against future use.
Register a
name.
State Corporations Law
will not deny a registration for a duplicate name. Every
name application will be registered if
statutory filing requirements are met. Applicants that are
licensed under other sections of statute should insure
that a proposed name is acceptable under the provisions of
their respective regulating law prior to submission of an
application .
Filing responsibility for
name registration is in most local governments'
jurisdiction.
A person may engage in
business under a name by registering the name
with the appropriate authorities.
If a change of ownership
occurs, the owner(s) of record must file an abandonment
and re-registration within 30 days of the change.
names are valid
for 5 years
Each Name
Registration must be renewed.
Requests for a certificate
of status or a certified copy of a Name
Registration, if other than on the initial registration,
should be directed to the appropriate department.
For information regarding
names on file, after payment, you will receive
a link to make an online search.
on-line registration of names
| Registration of Name |
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| Certified Copy of Name
Registration |
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| Certificate of Status of
Name Registration |
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For questions regarding on-line registration of
names call (877) 588-7974. |
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