Dba Certificate California
When filling out the dba paperwork you must use the exact current legal name of the company or your own name if youre a sole.
Dba certificate california. California dba filing and registration. Everything you need to know. Search the index of fictitious business names located at the recordercounty clerks office or online to ensure the name you intend to file is not already registered. If form dsf stk is filed form elec stk and form diss stk are not required.
You can obtain the requisite dba certificate andor form from the appropriate county clerks andor recorders office or you can use legalzoom to file your dba. A certificate by an authorized public official of the state or place of incorporation to the effect that the corporation is an existing corporation in good standing in that state or place must be attached to the registration of corporate name by foreign corporation form at the time of filing with the california secretary of state. In california is called fictitious business name and it is registered by filing a fictitious business name statement with the county clerk of the county of the registrants principal place of business and not with secretary of states office. You may not practice public accounting using a name other than the one printed on your certificate unless you have also registered that name with the cba.
The fee to file a fictitious business name statement varies depending on the county where it is filed. A dba name also called a fictitious or assumed name grants an individual or company the right to do business under a name other than the individuals or companys legal name. Certificate of aliveness certificate of authority for admitted sureties certificate of employee signature certificate of notary public signature translation certificate county clerk the office of the county clerk. To file a fictitious business name statement in person.
Complete the filing form provided. Registering a dba in california. California provides entrepreneurs with a relatively simple and straightforward process for setting up a dba which can be accomplished. Short form dissolution certificate stock if a california stock corporation incorporated within the last twelve 12 months and the corporation meets all remaining requirements listed in form dsf stk the corporation may file form dsf stk.