Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000 - 18001]
( Division 7 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61. ) PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500 - 17943]
( Part 3 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63. ) CHAPTER 5. Fictitious Business Names [17900 - 17930]
( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 618. ) 17920.
(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.)