{"id":4064,"date":"2018-11-23T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/?page_id=4064"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:36:09","slug":"florida-fictitious-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/florida-fictitious-name","title":{"rendered":"Register your Fictitious Name in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h1>Register your Fictitious Name in Florida<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"www.amerilawyer.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4074 size-full alignright\" style=\"margin-right: 70px;\" src=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/florida-fictitious-name-2.png\" alt=\"florida-fictitious-name\" width=\"261\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/florida-fictitious-name-2.png 261w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/florida-fictitious-name-2-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/florida-fictitious-name-2-102x144.png 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA fictitious name (also known as a \u201cdoing business as\u201d or \u201cdba\u201d) 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 \u201cfictitious name\u201d or \u201cdba\u201d name with the State of Florida prior to conducting business in Florida.<br \/>\n<!--BEGINNING OF MOBILE FORM -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:30px\">\r\n<div style=\"border-style: solid none solid none; background-color: #FFFFCC; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: #000000; border-bottom-color: #000000;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:5px;\">\r\n                <span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px\"><strong>Submit contact details for immediate assistance:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"everest-forms\"><div class=\"evf-container default\" id=\"evf-24400\"><form id=\"evf-form-24400\" class=\"everest-form\" data-formid=\"24400\" data-ajax_submission=\"1\" data-keyboard_friendly_form=\"0\" data-form_state_type=\"\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4064\"><div class=\"evf-field-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce24400\" name=\"_wpnonce24400\" value=\"c1daa77f78\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4064\" \/><div class=\"evf-frontend-row\" data-row=\"row_1\" conditional_rules=\"[]\"><div class=\"evf-frontend-grid evf-grid-3\" data-grid=\"grid_1\"><\/div><div class=\"evf-frontend-grid evf-grid-3\" data-grid=\"grid_2\"><div id=\"evf-24400-field_s5CVsrkW3h-5-container\" class=\"evf-field evf-field-last-name form-row validate-required\" data-required-field-message=\"This field is required.\" data-field-id=\"s5CVsrkW3h-5\"><label class=\"evf-field-label\" for=\"evf-24400-field_s5CVsrkW3h-5\"><span class=\"evf-label\">Full Name<\/span> <abbr class=\"required\" title=\"Required\">*<\/abbr><\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"evf-24400-field_s5CVsrkW3h-5\" class=\"input-text\" name=\"everest_forms[form_fields][s5CVsrkW3h-5]\" required><\/div><div id=\"evf-24400-field_BE8xVHTOUb-6-container\" class=\"evf-field evf-field-last-name form-row validate-required\" data-required-field-message=\"This field is required.\" data-field-id=\"BE8xVHTOUb-6\"><label class=\"evf-field-label\" for=\"evf-24400-field_BE8xVHTOUb-6\"><span class=\"evf-label\">Phone<\/span> <abbr class=\"required\" title=\"Required\">*<\/abbr><\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"evf-24400-field_BE8xVHTOUb-6\" class=\"input-text\" name=\"everest_forms[form_fields][BE8xVHTOUb-6]\" required><\/div><div id=\"evf-24400-field_CXyDYJpCsP-7-container\" class=\"evf-field evf-field-email form-row validate-required validate-email\" data-required-field-message=\"Please enter a valid email address.\" data-field-id=\"CXyDYJpCsP-7\"><label class=\"evf-field-label\" for=\"evf-24400-field_CXyDYJpCsP-7\"><span class=\"evf-label\">Email<\/span> <abbr class=\"required\" title=\"Required\">*<\/abbr><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"evf-24400-field_CXyDYJpCsP-7\" class=\"input-text\" name=\"everest_forms[form_fields][CXyDYJpCsP-7]\" required ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"evf-frontend-grid evf-grid-3\" data-grid=\"grid_3\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"evf-honeypot-container evf-field-hp\"><label for=\"evf-24400-field-hp\" class=\"evf-field-label\">Message<\/label><input type=\"text\" name=\"everest_forms[hp]\" id=\"evf-24400-field-hp\" class=\"input-text\"><\/div><div class=\"evf-submit-container \" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"everest_forms[id]\" value=\"24400\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"everest_forms[author]\" value=\"2\"><button type='submit' name='everest_forms[submit]' class='everest-forms-submit-button button evf-submit ' id='evf-submit-24400' value='evf-submit' data-process-text=\"Processing\u2026\" conditional_rules='&quot;&quot;' conditional_id='evf-submit-24400'  id=\"evf-submit-24400\" aria-live=\"assertive\">Click Here to Get Assistance &gt;&gt;<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div><!-- .evf-container --><\/div> \r\n<\/div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size:11px\">* Please give our attorneys up to 4 business hours to contact you. Thank you.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!--END OF MOBILE FORM-->\r\n<\/p>\n<h2>Florida Fictitious Name Registration<\/h2>\n<p>If you are planning to start your own business, especially if you are interested in a sole proprietorship, you may want Spiegel &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/dba.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4075\" src=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/button-69.png\" alt=\"name registration online\" width=\"396\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/button-69.png 396w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/button-69-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/button-69-144x18.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Penalties For Not Filing a Fictitious Name<\/h3>\n<p>In Florida, failure to file a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/dba.htm\">fictitious name registration<\/a> is a misdemeanor of the second degree and punishable by law.<br \/>\nAt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\">AmeriLawyer.com<\/a> we don\u2019t 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/florida-business-license\/\">business license<\/a> you may require. Also, we can help you do a preliminary name search included when you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/index.htm\">incorporate with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Choosing the right name goes hand-in-hand with choosing the right location for your business; check out the video below to get some good ol&#8217; gold nuggets of information. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best State to Start a Business and Best Type of Business Entity\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lb3nPlBmvLQ?start=13&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Related Articles:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/starting-a-business-in-florida\/\">Incorporate or Form an LLC in Florida<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/incorporate\/lost-corporate-records\/\">Lost Corporate Records? Create or Replace your Corporate Kit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/florida-business-license\/\">Get Your Florida Business License<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>REVIEWS:<\/h4>\n<!-- Shortcode [review01] does not exist -->\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4064","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}