NORTH COUNTY BRANCH OFFICE
WELLS FARGO BUILDING
222 S. HARBOR BLVD., STE 110
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92805
ORANGE COUNTY
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION SOUTH
601 N. ROSS STREET
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92701
OLD ORANGE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE
211 W. SANTA ANA BLVD. ROOM 201
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92701
SOUTH COUNTY BRANCH OFFICE
LAGUNA HILLS CIVIC CENTER
24031 EL TORO ROAD, SUITE 150
LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA 92653
(714) 834-2500 FAX (714) 834-2675 WWW.OCRECORDER.COM WWW.OCARCHIVES.COM
HUGH NGUYEN
CLERK-RECORDER
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
MARRIAGE LICENSES/RECORDS
NOTARY REGISTRATION
ORANGE COUNTY ARCHIVES
PASSPORTS
PROPERTY RECORDS
ALERT
Solicitors are not County employees.
Know who you are doing business with.
For questions or information about filing your FBN/DBA,
visit us at OCRecorder.com or call us at (714) 834-2500.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the
solicitor(s) outside our Santa Ana office, contact the City of
Santa Ana at (714) 647-5447.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the
solicitor(s) outside our Anaheim office, contact the City of
Anaheim at (714) 765-5194.
The Clerk-Recorder Department does not encourage or endorse the
solicitation by newspapers or other businesses on County premises.
Rev.8/21
● Buena Park/Anaheim Independent - Independent - Event Newspapers
Phone: (714) 952-8505 Address: 5119 Ball Rd., Cypress, CA 90630
● Coto de Caza News - Ladera Ranch News - Mission Viejo News - Newport News - San Clemente News
Phone: (949) 589-2333 Address: 520 E. Avenida Pico, #3322, San Clemente, CA 92674
● Huntington Harbour Sun Journal - Seal Beach Sun
Ph: (562) 430-7555 Address: 216 Main St., Seal Beach, CA 90740
● Huntington Voice - Irvine Oracle - Orange Voice - Santa Ana Voice - Yorba Linda Voice
Ph: (562) 438-5641 Address: 3010 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA 90804
● News Enterprise - Orange County News - Westminster Journal
Ph: (714) 894-2575 Address: 7441 Garden Grove Blvd., #G, Garden Grove, CA 92841
● Nguoi Viet Daily News, Inc
Ph: (714) 892-9414 Address: 14771 Moran St., Westminster, CA 92683
● Orange County Business Journal
Ph: (949) 833-8373 Address: 18500 Von Karman Ave., #150, Irvine, CA 92612
● Orange County Register
Ph: (714) 796-2209 Address: 2190 S. Towne Centre Pl., #100, Anaheim, CA 92806
● Orange County Reporter
Ph: (714) 543-2027 Address: 600 W. Santa Ana Blvd., #205, Santa Ana, CA 92701
● Westminster Herald
Ph: (714) 893-4501 Address: 5789 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683
Adjudicated Newspapers in Orange County
Please take into consideration that publication rates vary between each newspaper
and take appropriate measures to ensure you are provided the best rate.
New statements, changed statements, withdrawals and abandonments shall be published in
an adjudicated paper within 45 days of filing Pursuant to Business and Professions Code
17917. The transcript of which can be found on the reverse side of this listing.
Not all newspapers remit the proof of publication to us on your behalf. It is your
responsibility to verify their procedures and to provide the original proof of publication to us
pursuant to Business and Professions Codes 17917 & 17924. The transcripts of which can be
found on the reverse side of this listing.
NOTE: This list is provided as a public service to those who are required to cause
publication to their Fictitious Business Statement. No representation is made as to the
validity of the newspaper.
The County of Orange neither endorses nor recommends any publication service.
For a complete list of all Adjudicated Newspapers in Orange County please visit this link:
http://www.occourts.org/forms/local/l1116.pdf
Rev. 01/2023
Fictitious Business Name Publication Requirements
Publication Requirements Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Sections
17917 & 17924
17917. (a) Within 45 days after a fictitious business name statement has been filed pursuant
to with this chapter, the registrant shall cause a statement in the form prescribed by
subdivision (a) of Section 17913 to be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6064
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal place of business of
the registrant is located or, if there is no such newspaper in that county, then in a newspaper
of general circulation in an adjoining county. If the registrant does not have a place of
business in this state, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
Sacramento County. (b) Subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), the newspaper
selected for the publication of the statement should be one that circulates in the area where
the business is to be conducted. (c) If a refiling is required because the prior statement has
expired, the refiling need not be published unless there has been a change in the information
required in the expired statement, provided the refiling is filed within 40 days of the date the
statement expired. (d) An affidavit showing the publication of the statement shall be filed
with the county clerk where the fictitious business name statement was filed within 45 days
after the completion of the publication.
17924. (a) The county clerk shall furnish without charge a form satisfying the requirements of
subdivision (a) of Section 17913. The form prepared by the county clerk, or the material
provided by him with the form, shall include statements substantially as follows:
1) “Your fictitious business name statement must be published in a newspaper once a week
for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk when
publication has been accomplished. The statement should be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The
statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area
where the business is to be conducted (Business and Professions Code Section 17917).” (2)
“Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement,
knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business and
Professions Code Section 17930).”
Expiration of Statement Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 17920
17920. (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, except that a change in the residence address of an individual, general partner, or
trustee does not cause the statement to expire.
Rev. 01/2023
