Riverside County DBA filing, fees, and publication

A DBA records who is behind a business name. If your main business location is in Riverside County, file the required name statement with its County Clerk. The base fee is $66, including one name, one owner, and a certified copy. Each extra name at the same address or extra owner adds $5. Start the county filing.

For a sole owner, a name without your surname generally needs a filing. A name suggesting extra owners can need one too. For an LLC, compare the trade name with the company’s filed name, not the owner’s surname. The name test depends on the business type.

Filing is only the first deadline

File within 40 days after first doing business under the name. Keep the online order number. Corporations, LLCs, and limited partnerships also need a California Secretary of State Certificate of Status for the county filing.

New filings normally need a newspaper notice once a week for four weeks. Start within 45 days of filing, using an approved newspaper from the county list. Ask the newspaper about its separate charge.

File proof of publication with the clerk within 45 days after the notices finish. Ask whether the newspaper handles that filing; keep the proof. Publication rules.

Renewals and the next step

A statement normally lasts five years, but changes can require an earlier filing. An unchanged renewal filed within 40 days after expiration does not need another newspaper notice. That exception does not erase the need to renew.

The DBA is not a city business license or seller’s permit. Next, check the business licenses and tax accounts for your location.