How will you Help me File my Los Angeles Doing business as  DBA / fictitious business / company / name?

       After you purchase our Los Angeles Fictitious Business Name, DBA service you are going to receive a doing business as (dba) form to fill out.    - we send you a confirmation email about your company name / business  name filing purchase.

       If you pay for your Los Angeles Fictitious Business Name by phone  (877-588-7974) , we direct you both on the Fictitious Business Name web page, where you download a Fictitious Business Name form,  and email/fax/or mail you the fictitious business name form.

       We will   send to you the  Los Angeles Fictitious Business Nameforms 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 Company Name dba forms, and return the dba forms to us for processing and official filing. You must sign, because the government requires an original signature.

       Mailing  the business name dba form to us by regular mail.  Takes about one day to reach our office.    

       We then take the Fictitious Business Name filed documents to the Los Angeles fictitious name statement filing office for dba recording and payment of the company name filing fees.

       We then take the Los Angeles certified copy and  publish your company name, dba in a Los Angeles legally adjudicated newspaper for 4 consecutive weeks.

       We then  email, fax and/or mail the original filed  Fictitious Business Name along with a receipt of the newspaper publication.

       Subsequently, the Los Angeles government sends a proof of publication of your Los Angeles business name.

       NOTE YOU ONLY NEED THE Los Angeles Fictitious Business Name PUBLICATION RECEIPT AND THE CERTIFIED Fictitious Business Name COPY TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT

Benefits:

       A Los Angeles County Fictitious Business  Name Statement allows you to open bank accounts in the DBA  name. 

       Can file as many company names as you wish.

Disadvantages 

       Other Los Angeles County business or Los Angeles / California corporations may have the same name Fictitious Business Name, doing business as business name. 

       Other business may file the same name even after you file yours

       A DBA is simply a filing of  the business name and the real name of the business owner or Corporporation.

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

"DBA" 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 DBA company name registration is required, unless he uses "Tony Soprano" as his company name or even Tony Soprano, the Robber" as his business name because in the latter case his real name is incorporated in the business name. 

The same applies  when a Corporation, an LLC, a General Partnership, etc. wants  to do business in another name.   Example, your corporation name is "Rob 'em and Cheat 'em"  and you want to do business as "Rob 'em".  You need to obtain a DBA for that business name.

How will you Help me File and Publish my DBA?