{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"17920","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17920","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500. - 17943.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Fictitious Business Names [17900. - 17930.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-3/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 3.   (AB 878)   Effective January 1, 2024.","effective":"2024-01-01","html":"<p>(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.</p><p>(b) Except as provided in Section <a href=\"/bpc/17923\">17923</a>, a fictitious business name statement expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section <a href=\"/bpc/17913\">17913</a>.</p><p>(c) A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/fictitious-business-names-17920","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}