California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names

• Section 17900.
  (a) (1) The purpose of this section is to protect those dealing with individuals or partnerships doing business under fictitious names, and it is not intended to...
• Section 17901.
  As used in this chapter, “general partner” means:(a) In the case of a partnership, a general partner, as defined in Section 15901.02 of the Corporations Code.(b) In...
• Section 17901.5.
  As used in this chapter, “manager” means a manager of a limited liability company.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1994.)
• Section 17902.
  As used in this chapter, “person” includes individuals, limited liability companies, partnerships and other associations, and corporations.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 4. Effective...
• Section 17903.
  As used in this chapter, “registrant” means a person or entity who is filing or has filed a fictitious business name statement, and who is...
• Section 17905.
  The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, designate another county officer to perform the duties of the county clerk pursuant to this chapter...
• Section 17910.
  Every person who regularly transacts business in this state for profit under a fictitious business name shall do all of the following:(a) File a fictitious business...
• Section 17910.5.
  (a) No person shall adopt any fictitious business name which includes “Corporation,” “Corp.,” “Incorporated,” or “Inc.” unless that person is a corporation organized pursuant to the...
• Section 17911.
  This chapter does not apply to a nonprofit corporation or association, including, but not limited to, organizations such as churches, labor unions, fraternal and charitable...
• Section 17912.
  This chapter does not apply to a real estate investment trust as defined in Section 23000 of the Corporations Code that has a statement on...
• Section 17913.
  (a) The fictitious business name statement shall contain all of the information required by this subdivision and shall be substantially in the following form:FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME...
• Section 17914.
  The fictitious business name statement shall be signed as follows:(a) If the registrant is an individual, by the individual.(b) If the registrants are a married couple, by...
• Section 17915.
  A fictitious business name statement shall be filed with the clerk of the county in which the registrant has his or her principal place of...
• Section 17916.
  Presentation for filing of an original fictitious business name statement and one copy of the statement, with proper identification, accompanied by a completed and notarized...
• Section 17917.
  (a) Within 30 days after a fictitious business name statement has been filed pursuant to this chapter, the registrant shall cause a statement in the form...
• Section 17918.
  No person transacting business under a fictitious business name contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or his assignee, may maintain any action upon or...
• Section 17919.
  (a) A fictitious business name statement may be executed, filed, and published by the trustee in bankruptcy at any time after bankruptcy where a failure to...
• Section 17920.
  (a) Unless the statement expires earlier under subdivision (b) or (c), a fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in...
• Section 17921.
  Notice of the date of expiration shall be on the fictitious business name statement form.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 581, Sec. 3.)
• Section 17922.
  (a) Upon ceasing to transact business in this state under a fictitious business name that was filed in the previous five years, a registrant who has...
• Section 17923.
  (a) Any registrant who is a general partner in a partnership that is or has been regularly transacting business under a fictitious business name may, upon...
• Section 17924.
  (a) The county clerk shall furnish without charge a form satisfying the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 17913. The form prepared by the county clerk,...
• Section 17925.
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain one or more indices which permit the determination of at least the following information:(1) Whether any business using a specific fictitious...
• Section 17926.
  (a) As used in this section, “statement” means a fictitious business name statement, a statement of abandonment of use of fictitious business name, or a statement...
• Section 17927.
  (a) The county clerk shall mark each fictitious business name statement with a file number and the date of filing and shall retain the original statement...
• Section 17928.
  (a) Upon prepayment of the fee established pursuant to subdivision (b), the county clerk may furnish to any person who so requests daily or less frequent...
• Section 17929.
  (a) The fee for filing a fictitious business name statement is ten dollars ($10) for the first fictitious business name and owner and two dollars ($2)...
• 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018