§ 17920

California Business and Professions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Unless the statement expires earlier under subdivision (b) or (c), a fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

(b) Except as provided in Section 17923, a fictitious business name statement expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913.

(c) A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 3. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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