{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-17920","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 17920","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(c) A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500. - 17943.]","CHAPTER 5. Fictitious Business Names [17900. - 17930.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"30dee0f8ef71d767e3ef857adaa2b9ffff8ba6efc53cafacfc6ee98dd0411a1c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-17919","next":"us-ca/bpc-17921"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}