EXPIRATION OF STATEMENT - 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 the Office of the County Clerk.
- Except as provided in Section 17923, a fictitious business 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 business mailing address of an individual, general partner, or trustee does not cause the statement to expire.
- A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.
NOTICE TO REGISTRANT
If your filing requires publication:
- Your fictitious business name statement must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the County Clerk within 45 days after publication has been accomplished. The statement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located.
- Pursuant to Section 17917, the publishing of the fictitious business name must commence within 45 days of filing this statement.
- Pursuant to Section 17930, any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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