A fictitious business name (FBN) is California’s term for a DBA (“doing business as”). This post explains the State’s FBN publication requirement and describes how I have selected newspapers for this purpose.
Once you file your FBN statement with the clerk of the applicable county, you have 30 days to arrange for a “newspaper of general circulation” in that county to publish that statement once a week for four consecutive weeks. Business and Professions Code Section 17917(a)
Publication
At least one county helps you find such a newspaper. The Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder’s Publishing Information page includes a link to a court listing of newspapers of general circulation in the county.
I have used the Daily Journal Corporation’s DBAstore.com.
DBAstore.com was useful because:
- You can order publication online any time.
- The site can set up publication in any county in California.
- Once the input and payment process is completed, the publication notice was displayed for my review.
- The $35 fee was reasonable.
DBAstore.com is a good resource to publish an FBN statement.
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