Effective Monday, July 20, 2020, the Clerk-Recorder Department will be closing its branch offices in Anaheim, Laguna Hills and at the Old County Courthouse in Santa Ana.
The department's office at the County Service Center in Santa Ana will remain open but only offer over-the-counter service for birth, death, and marriage certificates, all professional registrations, and real property document recordings. All other services will be offered by mail only.
Effective July 20, 2020, the following services must be requested via mail. No over-the-counter service will be available until further notice:
Fictitious Business Name Statements
Official Records Copies
Notary Registrations
EIR Filings
For more information about the services being offered by the Clerk-Recorder Department, please call the department's information line at (714) 834-2500, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays.
Fictitious Business Name
Purpose
To make available to the public the identities of those persons or entities doing business under fictitious business names. A business name that DOES NOT include the surname of an individual owner.
Who Should File?
Persons or entities doing business for profit under a fictitious name (does not include surname).
Where to File?
The statement must be filed in the county of the principal place of business. After filing in the county of principal, the statement may be filed in other counties.
No over-the-counter services is available at this time. See instructions below to mail your statement.
Location
Address
Hours
(Monday – Friday)
Central Office
601 N. Ross St.
Santa Ana, CA 92701
8am – 4:30pm
North County Branch Office
222 S. Harbor Blvd, Ste. 110A
Anaheim, CA 92805
9am – 4:30pm
South County Branch Office
24031 El Toro Rd.
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
9am – 4:30pm
To complete your online FBN application before visiting our office, please click here
Payment Options
In-person payment can be made by check, money order or one of the following debit/credit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard or Visa.
Mail Requests
Please complete an online application. All FBN applications sent by mail must contain an original wet signature and include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Please mail to:
OC Clerk-Recorder
PO BOX 238
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Payments by Mail
Payment by mail can be made by check or money order, payable to OC Clerk-Recorder.
Fees
Filing fee for one business name and one registrant
$23.00
Each additional business name
$7.00
Each additional registrant after the first two
$7.00
Abandonment
$23.00
Withdrawal
$23.00
Certified Copy
$2.30
Publication
The registrant must publish the statement once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a legally adjudicated newspaper of general circulation in the county where the fictitious business name is filed.
The first publication of the statement must appear in the newspaper within 30 days from the filing date or it becomes obsolete and must be refiled as a new statement.
Note: A refile does not require publication.
Please click here for a non-exclusive list of adjudicated newspapers. There may be other adjudicated newspapers that do not appear on this list.
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