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Reserve an LLC name in California Sun Document Filings is able to
perform a LLC name search with the California Secretary of
State's office. If a Limited Liability Company's (LLC) name
is available, we are able to reserve the California LLC
name. All California LLC name availability searches are
considered preliminary and are conducted by California Secretary of State's
LLC name search unit. In most cases, we can check the
California LLC name availability and/or reserve an LLC
name within 4 business hours or less.
Step 1: Choose a LLC name - Have your client provide you with
their first LLC name choice, a second LLC name choice, and a third LLC name choice.
FAQ: My client really wants their first LLC name choice. Why
do I have to provide a second and third LLC name choice?
You are not required to provide a second or third LLC
name choice, just keep in mind that many times, the first LLC name choice
will already be taken by another LLC or the first name choice is considered
by the California Secretary of State name reservation unit as "deceptively similar to an existing
LLC" and the California Secretary of State will not allow your client to file their Articles of
Organization if they
attempt to use the name. Secondly, we charge a service fee per phone call. If you only
provide us with one LLC name choice and it is not available, you will be charged
another name availability service fee for the second phone call to the Secretary
of State. Therefore, it is important to have a second and third LLC name choice just
in case.
NOTE: The most common names include
initials such as ABC LLC or MLD LLC. Changing the ending (LLC, L.L.C., Limited
Liability Company) or adding punctuation or making the name plural will
not make your name different. The Secretary of State considers ABC LLC, ABC, LLC, A&BC
LLC, A-B-C LLC as the exact same name.
Step 2: Complete the California LLC Name Reservation form
- Download and open our order form. You may type on the form using Adobe Acrobat
or you may print it out and type it. If you must handwrite the form, please
write as neat as possible.
Download the
California LLC Name Reservation form
Step 3: Send us the form - Fax the form to
800-498-3611 or e-mail the completed and signed form to
order@sundocumentfilings.com
Step 4: Please allow at least 4 business hours for a
response. If we receive the request after 4:30PM PST Monday thru Friday, the
name will not be checked until the following day. Under those circumstances, 4
business hours will start as of 9:00AM PST on the following day. If you faxed or
e-mailed the form, we will fax the results back to you so please provide a fax
number. Please be aware that there are times when the Secretary of State's name
reservation unit's phones or computers may be down. Under those circumstances,
we are unable to honor the 4 business hour turnaround time. However, as soon as
regular services resume, we will do our best to check you name as soon as
possible.
We prefer not to place LLC name reservation orders over
the phone in order to prevent communication errors such as spelling the name
wrong, etc.
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Our Fees
To check LLC name availability and/or reserve an LLC name, our fee is $30.00 per entity, per phone call. Our $30.00 fee
includes checking up to 3 name choices for per phone call, per entity.
If the 1st name choice is available, the remaining names will not be researched.
Secretary of State Fees: Name availability for each name checked: $4.00.
Reservation Fee: $10.00 per name (plus $4.00 to check name availability). If the
first name is available and reserved the total is $44.00.
Once we check name availability or reserve the LLC name, we can file your
Articles of Organization with the California Secretary of State on an expedited
basis. Click here for more
information.
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CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF
STATE LLC NAME RESERVATION/ AVAILABILITY GUIDELINES
The following is
general information about name availability and name style
requirements relating to limited liability companies.
- Proposed limited liability company names are checked
only against currently reserved limited liability company
names and active limited liability companies of
record in the California Secretary of State's office. Since
there is no legal requirement that limited liability company
names be checked against other business entity names,
limited liability company names are not checked
against general partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability partnership or corporate names, nor are names
checked against trademarks, service marks or local
fictitious business names filed at the county level.
- The Secretary of State's office cannot file a document
which contains a name that is "likely to mislead the public
or which is the same as, or resembles so closely as to tend
to deceive," the name of a domestic or foreign (out-of-state
or country) limited liability company that has registered
with this office or a name which is under reservation for
another limited liability company. (California Corporations
Code
section 17052.)
- A limited liability company may adopt a name that is
similar to, but not the same as, the name of an existing
domestic or foreign (out of state or country) limited
liability company if the existing limited liability company
consents in writing to the use of the name and the Secretary
of State's office finds that under the circumstances the
public is not likely to be misled. The consent letter should
be submitted on the letterhead of the consenting limited
liability company, signed by an authorized officer of that
company. If a proposed name is reserved utilizing consent, a
currently dated consent must accompany each renewal request.
- The limited liability company name may not falsely imply
governmental affiliation.
- All names must use the English alphabet or Arabic
numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) or a combination
thereof. Roman numerals are treated as letters and not
translated into their numeric equivalent. Symbols are not
allowed in an entity name; except, an ampersand & may be
used in an entity name as a conjunction in place of the word
"AND".
- There is no distinction between upper and lower case
letters, typeface or font.
- The name of a limited liability company cannot include
the words "bank," "trust," "trustee," "incorporated,"
"inc.," "corporation," or "corp.". (California Corporations
Code
section 17052(d).)
- The name of a limited liability company cannot include
the words "insurer" or "insurance company" or any words
suggesting that it is in the business of issuing policies of
insurance and assuming insurance risks. (California
Corporations Code
section 17052(d).)
- The name of a limited liability company must end with
the words "Limited Liability Company", "Ltd. Liability Co."
or the abbreviation "LLC" or "L.L.C." (California
Corporations Code
section 17052(a).)
- Fictitious business names filed with the county cannot
include word(s) indicating corporate or limited liability
company status unless organized as such pursuant to the laws
of the State of California. (Business and Professions Code
section 17910.5.)
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NOTE: We hope you find our LLC name availability/LLC name reservation steps useful
and easy to follow. Nothing contained in our steps should be construed as giving
legal or financial advice. Our intended audience is attorneys and accountants.
Therefore, if you are not an attorney or accountant, you should contact an
attorney or accountant for specific legal or tax questions regarding your LLC. Please be aware that the Franchise Tax Board and Secretary of State
are government agencies and can change their fees/procedures/forms/turnaround
times without notification. Although we do our best to update our steps and stay
current, we shall not be held liable for any omissions or errors contained. We
do not profess to be giving legal or financial advice to the general public as
we are a typing and filing agency.
We
can perform an
LLC name search in California. California LLC name search
provided fast. We can reserve a California LLC name for 60
days. Let Sun
Document Filings perform a California LLC name availability
check with the California Secretary of State on a rush. We
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