Who Must File DBA in Assessor County or Riverside County, CA?
- You are required to register a sole proprietor with the state or your county if you intend to conduct business under your legal name and using a fictitious name to advertise your business.
- Filing a Fictitious Business Name for Riverside County can either be filed online with InfoTaxSquare.com or over the phone.
- Every individual, partnership and other associations and corporations who regularly transact business for profit in this state under a fictitious business name.
How to file a dba in Riverside County?
- To ensure the name you intend to file is not already registered. You can use our free name search online form for the preliminary search to check the name availability.
- File a form by mail along with the payment may be by check or Money Order payable to the Riverside County Clerk.
- Send all completed forms, along with appropriate fees and a legal-sized self-addressed stamped envelope
- Copies will not be returned without a self-addressed stamped envelope.
- Business owners will be required to fill out the entire Affidavit of Identity form and have the bottom portion acknowledged by a notary and mailed in along with the complete FBN form and payment.
- A Fictitious Business Name shall be filed within 40 days of first transacting business.
- Once registered, it is effective for 5 years.
- The fictitious business name will need to be re-registered prior to the date of expiration or if the business location changes.
- Once a Fictitious Business Name statement is filed, it must be published in an adjudicated newspaper one day per week for four consecutive weeks. Publication must start within 30 days of filing the statement with the County Clerk's office.
For individuals: A name that does not include the surname of the individual. A name that suggests existence of additional owners (such words as "Company," "& Company," "& Sons," "& Associates," "Brothers;" but not words that merely describe the business being conducted).
For partnerships or other association of persons: A name that does not include surname of each general partner or a name that suggests existence of additional owners (such as "Company," "Brothers," etc.). (In the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, a "general partner" means a person whose liability in the business is substantially the same as a general partner.)
For corporations: A name not stated in its articles of incorporation.
Organizations not included: Non-profit corporations or associations such as churches, labor unions, fraternal and charitable organizations, non-profit hospitals, and, real estate investment trusts with permits under Section 23000 of the Corporations Code.
Register Sole Proprietorship in Riverside County as a Non Resident
A nonresident who does not live in the Riverside County cannot establish a Sole Proprietorship.
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