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If you will be operating your sole proprietorship under a name that is different from your own name or which does not readily identify you as the business owner, you will need to file a Registration of Fictitious Name form [DSCB:54-311].
- Overview
- Penalty For Not Advertising Your Fictitious Name
- What Are The Costs For Advertising A Fictitious Name?
- Does Fictitious Name Ownership Affect The Advertising Requirement?
- Advertising Can Be Done Before Or After Your Filing Is Approved
- Your Ad only Needs to Appear Once
- Make Sure You Get “Proof of Publication”
- Proof of Publication Doesn’T Need to Be Sent to The State
- Example Ads For Notice of Fictitious Name
- Pennsylvania Legal Newspapers
After your Fictitious Name filing is approved, you are required to advertise a Notice of Fictitious Name. 1. The advertisement must be made in two newspapers of general circulation 2. The newspapers must be in the same county where your principal place of business is located (#3 on the Registration of Fictitious Name form) 3. One of the newspapers ...
If you do not advertise your Notice of Fictitious Names, Pennsylvania courts may see this as being the same thing as non-registration. In this case, your business won’t be allowed to maintain any action in the courts against parties it did business with under its Fictitious Name. This means you can’t ask for payment, demand performance of a contrac...
The advertising costs will vary depending on the county in which you need to publish. Since there are 67 counties in Pennsylvania, the fees can vary quite a bit. But usually counties with smaller populations are cheaper than counties with larger populations. In smaller counties, the fees can range from $25 to $80. In larger counties (like Philadelp...
Yes, it does. The advertising requirement has often been an area of confusion. For many years, the state took the stance that Fictitious Names owned by people and companies need to advertise in the newspaper. This is no longer the case. Only Fictitious Names owned by people need to advertise. This includes Fictitious Names owned by Sole Proprietors...
The laws in Pennsylvania allow you to publish your Notice of Fictitious Name in the newspaper either before the Fictitious Name filing is made, or afterthe Fictitious Name filing is made. However, we don’t recommendadvertising your Fictitious Name until it is approved by the state. The reason for this is there is a chance your Fictitious Name will ...
Unlike newspaper publication requirements in other states (like New York, which requires a notice to be run for 6 weeks), the requirement in Pennsylvania is that your notice of Fictitious Name just needs to appear once. Said another way, if the newspaper prints every day, your notice just needs to appear for one of those days. And the same thing ap...
Depending on the county in which you publish, the newspaper will send you some type of document as “proof” that your ad has run. This will often come in the form of either an Affidavit of Publication or a Certificate of Publication. Make sure to request this from the newspaper at the time you send them your ad text (or when you are placing your ord...
Once you receive back your Affidavit of Publication or your Certificate of Publication, you do not need to send this to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations. Instead, you just need to keep the Affidavit of Publication or Certificate of Publication on file with your business records. Said another way, just keep a printed copy with your business p...
Note:If your county has a fill-in-the-blank form, you don’t need to use the example ads below. However, if your county wants you to send them the full ad text, then feel free to use our ad text below. Just make sure to replace the bold terms with your information.
Note: In most counties, the legal newspaper is called a Legal Journal or Legal Reporter, however, the following names may also be used: 1. Jurist or The Jurist 2. Law Journal 3. Law Review 4. Law Reporter 5. Legal Bulletin 6. Legal Intelligencer 7. Legal Record 8. Legal Register 9. Legal Report 10. Report, Reports, or Reporter They all refer to the...
Jun 7, 2022 · In order to register a fictitious name, you must file the Fictitious Name Registration Form DSCB:54-311 with the Pennsylvania Department of State, enclosed with the $70 fee. This may also be done online through the Department of State’s online portal.
In Pennsylvania, the process for obtaining a name change for an adult begins with the filing of a Petition to Change Name which sets forth the reasons for the change with the Court of Common Pleas in the jurisdiction in which the adult resides.
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This chapter cited in 19 Pa. Code § 11.11 (relating to requirements to be met by filed documents); 19 Pa. Code § 13.10 (relating to names); 19 Pa. Code § 23.2 (relating to business corporation names); and 19 Pa. Code § 41.3 (relating to nonprofit corporation names).
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May 21, 2024 · Here are two ways you can submit your Registration of Fictitious Name Form, Form 54-311 paperwork: Mail to the Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations at P.O. Box 8722 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8722; File your form online at the PENN File website; Expect this process to take 7-10 business days.
