All requirements must be met to complete the filing of a Fictitious Business Name Statement:

• Owner must sign
  • Corporate officer if corporation
  • Manager or officer if limited liability company
  • General partner if partnership; trustee if trust)
• Street address of principal place of business and county must be listed
  • Corporation/limited liability companies must include address as set out in its articles of incorporation on file with the Secretary of State and the state of incorporation/organization
• All owners and their business mailing addresses must be listed
• Pursuant to Senate Bill 1467, a Notarized Affidavit of Identity form must accompany all Fictitious Business Name Statements (Original, Refile and New)
• If the registrant is a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited partnership, or a limited liability partnership, the County Clerk will require a print-out issued by the California Secretary of State indicating the current existence and good standing of that business entity, no other state evidence will be accepted
• Filed copy of statement must be published once per week for four consecutive weeks in an adjudicated newspaper in Los Angeles County
• Publication must begin within 30 days after a fictitious business name statement has been filed, pursuant to Business & Professions Code 17917(a)