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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17920 — Fictitious Business Names

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17920

Type
Statute
Source
California Business and Professions Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
2024-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(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 the office of the county clerk.

Citator

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17920 — Fictitious Business Names is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(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 the office of the county clerk.

(b) 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.

(c) A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.