5. Run the required notice, if any, in newspaper. In California, the notice has to be run within 40 days of filing.
Instructions
1. Evaluation the agname you demand to cause calling as. Whether the autograph is so comparable to an existing denomination that customers would get confused, you cannot register it. Check phone books, official records and, most importantly, the secretary of state website for the state you want to DBA in. It will not register your name if it is the same as another on file.
2. Get the required form from your county office
3. Fill out the form completely. If you change your mind about the business name, you do have to fill out another form.
4. Pay fee (if applicable). This is usually just a small fee if you don't have the form.
Your incident term is your ego or Trade-mark. The alias you choose is as considerable as the affair you serve. Provided your Trade-mark is not your personal eponym, liking Donald Trump, then you Testament keep to complete DBA (Doing Calling As). It is valid for five years. It has to be published four consecutive weeks with at least five days between notices, not counting the day of publication.
6. If your name is unique, trademark it: If the company will be local, you would just file with the state for a small fee. Getting a national trademark will cost at minimum $248.
