Business and Professions Code section 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.

Source: Section 17920, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=17920.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2024; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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