Fictitious Business Name Statement {ACR 500}

ACR 500 - FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. Your fictitious business name statement must be published in a newspaper within 45 days after the statement has been filed with the County Clerk. The statement must be published once a week for four consecutive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the County Clerk within 45 days after publication has been completed. The statement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County where the principal place of business is located. The statement should be published in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is to be conducted. (Section 17917, B&PC). For renewal of 5-year expiration: If any change has occurred in the facts in your original statement, your new statement must be published as required above. If no changes have occurred, and a new filing is filed within 40 days of expiration of the previous statement, publication is not required. The determination whether or not publication is required is ENTIRELY the responsibility of the registrant. (Section 17917(c) B&PC). Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) (Section 17930 B&PC). www.FormsWorkflow.com