§ 17920

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 3. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.
(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.

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