Register your Fictitious Name in Florida

A fictitious name (also known as a “doing business as” or “dba”) is different from your personal name, if doing business as a sole proprietor or different from your legal name if you are a Corporation, LLC, Partnership or Trust. The Florida Fictitious Name Act requires any person, which, by definition, includes an individual, as well as a Corporation, LLC, Partnership or Trust, to register their “fictitious name” or “dba” name with the State of Florida prior to conducting business in Florida.

Florida Fictitious Name Registration

If you are planning to start your own business, especially if you are interested in a sole proprietorship, you may want Spiegel & Utrera, P.A. to handle your Fictitious Name / DBA or Assumed Name Registration. Registering a fictitious name, dba or assumed name is valuable for corporations. The corporation may always use its name. If, however, the corporation wishes to use any name other than its name, it must file a fictitious name, dba or assumed name. One advantage of registering a fictitious name, dba or assumed name is that you can obtain a Federal Identification Number for the fictitious name, dba or assumed name to enable you to open a bank account for the business under that name.

Penalties For Not Filing a Fictitious Name

In Florida, failure to file a fictitious name registration is a misdemeanor of the second degree and punishable by law.
At AmeriLawyer.com we don’t want you to violate the law and be subject to penalty. Allow us to file your Florida Fictitious Name for you and help you obtain any business license you may require. Also, we can help you do a preliminary name search included when you incorporate with us.

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