Sections
28 entriesSection 17900Defines “fictitious business name” according to business form, generally covering names that omit required owner surnames or differ from official entity names,…Section 17901Defines general partner for a partnership as a general partner under the referenced Corporations Code definition. For another unincorporated association, it means…Section 17901.5Defines “manager,” as used in the chapter, to mean a manager of a limited liability company. The definition identifies the role encompassed…Section 17902Defines “person,” for purposes of the chapter, to include individuals, limited liability companies, partnerships and other associations, and corporations. The definition establishes…Section 17903Defines registrant as a person or entity that is filing or has filed a fictitious business name statement and is the legal…Section 17905Allows the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, by resolution, to designate another county officer to perform the county clerk’s duties under the…Section 17910Requires every person regularly conducting for-profit business in California under a fictitious business name to file a fictitious business name statement no…Section 17910.5Prohibits use of Corporation, Corp., Incorporated, or Inc. in a fictitious business name unless the person is a corporation, and Limited Liability…Section 17911Exempts nonprofit corporations and associations from the chapter, including churches, labor unions, fraternal and charitable organizations, foundations, and similar organizations. Those nonprofit…Section 17912Exempts a real estate investment trust, as defined by the referenced Corporations Code provision, from the chapter if it either has on…Section 17913Requires a fictitious-business-name statement to provide the prescribed business name, address, ownership, business form, commencement information, truthful declaration, and filing identification. A…Section 17914Requires a fictitious business name statement to be signed by the individual registrant; either spouse for married registrants; a general partner for…Section 17915Requires a fictitious-business-name statement to be filed with the county clerk where the registrant has its principal California place of business, or…Section 17916Defines filing of a fictitious business name statement as presenting the original and one copy with proper identification, any required notarized identity…Section 17917Requires publication of a filed fictitious business name statement within 45 days in the specified county newspaper, or Sacramento County if the…Section 17918Bars a person doing business under a fictitious business name contrary to the chapter, and that person’s assignee, from maintaining a California…Section 17919Allows a trustee in bankruptcy, conservator, executor, administrator, business assignee, or purchaser to execute, file, and publish a fictitious-business-name statement after the…Section 17920Sets a fictitious business name statement to expire five years after county-clerk filing unless it expires earlier. Subject to the stated exception,…Section 17921Requires the fictitious-business-name statement form to include notice of the statement’s expiration date. The rule concerns the content of the official form…Section 17922Requires a registrant that stops doing business under a fictitious name filed within the previous five years to file and publish a…Section 17923Allows a general partner withdrawing from a partnership using a fictitious business name to file a withdrawal statement with the county clerk…Section 17924Requires the county clerk to provide without charge a compliant fictitious-business-name form and accompanying statements explaining four-week publication and the misdemeanor penalty,…Section 17925Requires the county clerk to maintain indices showing whether specified fictitious names, individuals, general partners, corporations, abandonments, and partnership withdrawals are on…Section 17926Requires a county clerk, for a $2 fee, to provide a requested certified copy of a filed fictitious-business-name, abandonment, or partnership-withdrawal statement.…Section 17927Requires county clerks to file-number, date, and retain fictitious business name statements and related abandonment or withdrawal statements, while allowing destruction of…Section 17928Allows a county clerk, after prepayment of the required fee, to provide any requesting person with daily or less frequent summaries or…Section 17929Sets filing fees of $10 for the first fictitious business name and owner plus $2 for each additional name or owner at…Section 17930Sets knowingly executing, filing, or publishing a statement under the chapter that is false in whole or in part as a misdemeanor…