The next copy is the customer copy. (Your copy)
Over the next 5 years you may be asked for your fictitious business name statement for legal purposes.
Know where it is and KEEP IT SAFE!
The last form is the newspaper publication copy.
If your from San Bernardino county, you can send, fax or stop in our office with your fictitious business name statement and a check for $39.00 we also accept credit cards. Our address is: Valley Wide Newspapers PO BOX 4009897 Hesperia, CA 92345 (760) 244-0021
Fax (760)244-6609
If your from Los Angeles County, you will send your fictitious business name statement and a check for $59.00 to Antelope Valley Journal 3166 East Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93550 (661) 947-5009
Fax (760) 244-6609
Hears what happens next;
Your fictitious business name statement will publish once a week for four successive weeks in a legally adjudicated newspaper of general circulation in the county where the fictitious business name is filed. The first publication of the statement must appear in the newspaper within 30 days from the filing date or it becomes obsolete and must be refiled again with another filing fee.
Los Angeles County
Fictitious
Business
Names
Only
$59.00
(plus county filing fees)
Search Your Business Name Here
(661) 947-5009
Antelope Valley Journal
3166 East Palmdale Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93550
Valley Wide Newspapers, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Here is how this all works;
Search and choose your business name at the county recorders office where you live.
(Los Angeles or San Bernardino Counties)
Go to the download forms button located at the bottom of this page and print out the fictitious business name statement form.
Fill out the fictitious business name form, following all the directions listed at the top of the page.
Mail or take your form to the county where you live.If you mail, remember to include your check $40.00 for San Bernardino County or $29.00 for Los Angeles County to your county recorders office, the addresses are listed below
San Bernardino Auditor/Controller-Recorder
222 West Hospitality Lane
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0022
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK
12400 IMPERIAL HIGHWAY
NORWALK, CA 90650
1-800-815-2666
After your fictitious business has been filed with the county recorders office, you will be given 3 copies of your filed fictitious name form. If you mail in your form, allow a little time to get your forms back.
After you get your copies, the first copy will is a certified copy, that copy is needed to open your new bank account. When you decided to open up a bank account you must have the stamped form.
Publishing Your Fictitious Business Name Statement
For your convenience we accept
Visa, Mastercard & Checks.
If you need assistance with publishing
call the office in your area.
Office (760) 244-0021
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San Bernardino County
Fictitious
Business
Names
Only
$39.00
Search Your Business Name Here
(760) 244-0021
Valleywide Newspapers
PO Box 400937
Hesperia, CA 92345
(plus county filing fees)
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