EXPIRATION OF STATEMENT

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.

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 within 45 days after publication has been accomplished. The statement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located.
2. Pursuant to Section 17917, the publishing of the fictitious business name must commence within 45 days of filing this statement.
3. Pursuant to Section 17930, 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 punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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