Who must file for a DBA in El Dorado County?
An individual is starting a business in El Dorado County under a own name and using a business name to advertise is required to register an Assumed name in El Dorado County California as a Sole Proprietorship.
Requirement To Register A Fictitious Business Name Statement in El Dorado County ?
- Check the business name availability to ensure the name you are going to submit is available. You can send a request using InfoTaxSquare.com free business name search online form.
- 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 residence addresses must be listed.
- Within 30 days after a fictitious business name has been filed the registrant shall cause it to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the Fictitious Business Name Statement was filed. If the registrant does not have a place of business in the state, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Sacramento County. The publication must be once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication must be filed with the county clerk where the fictitious business name statement was filed , within 30 days after the completion of the publication. If a refiling is required because the prior statement has expired, the refiling need not be fublished, unless there has been a change in the information required in the expired statement, provided the refiling is filed within the 40 days of the date the staement expired.
- All assumed name applications must be signed and notarized by the owners.
- County Clerks of El Dorado County are responsible for determining the acceptability, not the legal sufficiency of all documents presented for filing.
- Processing time-You can check the estimated time to file your dba license on InfoTaxSquare.com site.
- A fictitious business name statement for a DBA expires five years from the date it was filed with the county clerk's office. A renewal statement must be filed before expiration if you continue to use the DBA and none of the information in your original filing has changed. Renewal filings do not have to be published. Whenever the information in your originally filed fictitious business name statement changes, you must file a new statement. If you stop using your DBA before your fictitious business name statement expires, you are required to file a statement of abandonment for the DBA in the same manner you filed your original statement, including publication.
