In General:

1. After you purchase your FICTITIOUS NAME  / Fictitious Business Name

2. We Will Send You Links so you can

   • Check the Availability of You Business Name

   • Check Zip Code for Correct Business Location Filing Office

   • We will send you A Brief Form You Will Fill Out and Mail to Us - (takes one day to get to our office in L.A. area)

3. We Wil File your FICTITIOUS NAME  and Publish it in a Legally Adjudicated Newspaper  for four weeks (legally required to start a business in a  name other than your personal  name)

4. We will send you a Certified Original Statement Copy and  a Receipt of Payment for its publication.

5. You will take them to a bank and open a bank  account

6. We will file a proof of publication, after the four weeks of publication of your business name  (legally required)

7. You will be a legal Business Doing Business As the Name you Specify in Statement for Five Years.

8. You will need to renew your name within five years, otherwise you will lose it.

Here is how we will you Help me File my Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside Doing business as  FICTITIOUS NAME  / fictitious business company name?

• FICTITIOUS NAME : After you purchase our Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside Fictitious Business Name, FICTITIOUS NAME  service,  you are going to receive a doing business as (FICTITIOUS NAME ) form to fill out.    - we send you by a confirmation email about your company name / business  name filing purchase.
• after you pay for your Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside Fictitious Business Name Statement, we direct you both on the FICTITIOUS NAME  web page, where you download a FICTITIOUS NAME  form,  and email/fax/or mail you the fictitious business name form.
• We will   send to you the  Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside FICTITIOUS NAME  forms by email, (or if you don't have an email address, by fax or regular mail)  and a return envelope.
  • You MUST sign the Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside Company Name FICTITIOUS NAME  forms, and return the FICTITIOUS NAME  forms to us for processing and official filing. You must sign, because the government requires an original signature.
  • Mailing  the business name FICTITIOUS NAME  form to us by regular mail.  Takes about one day to reach our office.    
• FICTITIOUS NAME : We then take the business name filed documents to the Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside FICTITIOUS NAME   statement filing office for FICTITIOUS NAME  recording and payment of the company name filing fees.
  • FICTITIOUS NAME : We then take the Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside certified copy and  publish your company name, FICTITIOUS NAME  in a Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside legally adjudicated newspaper for 4 consecutive weeks.
  • We then  email, fax and/or mail the original filed  FICTITIOUS NAME  along with a receipt of the newspaper publication.
• FICTITIOUS NAME : Subsequently, the Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside government sends a proof of publication of your Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside business name.
• NOTE YOU ONLY NEED THE Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside BUSINESS NAME PUBLICATION RECEIPT AND THE CERTIFIED FICTITIOUS NAME  COPY TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT

 Benefits:

• A Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside County Fictitious Business  Name Statement allows you to open bank accounts in the FICTITIOUS NAME   name. 
• Can file as many company names as you wish.

Disadvantages 

• Other Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside County business or Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, or  Riverside / California corporations may have the same name FICTITIOUS NAME , doing business as business name. 
• Other business may file the same name even after you file yours
• A FICTITIOUS NAME   is simply a filing of  the business name and the real name of the business owner or Corporation.

"FICTITIOUS NAME " or Fictitious Business Name (FBN).  What is it?

"FICTITIOUS NAME " means   "Doing Business As..."    A person or a company is using a business name other than their personal or corporation name. 

Example:  Tony Soprano starts a business with the business name "Rob 'em and Cheat 'em".  Obviously, he does not want  his own name to be associated with the  business name, so a FICTITIOUS NAME  company name registration is required - unless, of course,  he uses "Tony Soprano" as his company name or even Tony Soprano, the Robber" as his business name, in which case, his real name is incorporated in the business name and a FICTITIOUS NAME  is not necessary.  However, if he used "Clinton and Associates," he needs a FICTITIOUS NAME .

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