DBA Filing Preparation in California

The law says whoever regularly transacts business for profit under a fictitious name must file a fictitious business name statement with the county clerk within 40 days of starting to do so. We prepare the statement from your details.

Yes, the law says the registrant must publish the notice after filing in a newspaper of general circulation in the filing county, and file an affidavit of publication with the county clerk. San Luis Obispo County, for example, says to publish once a week for four consecutive weeks.

The law says a statement expires five years from filing, 40 days after any change in the facts, or when a statement of abandonment is filed. A timely refiling needs publication only if the information changed. We prepare renewals and abandonments at your direction.

With the county clerk in the county where you do business. Kern County's clerk is at 1115 Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield. San Luis Obispo County's Clerk-Recorder is at 1055 Monterey Street. Each county lists its own fees and methods on its website.

The law says the filer must show identification, county clerks set their own identification rules for agents and mail-in filers.