Our office will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Sunbiz, the Florida Division of Corporations, is performing a scheduled maintenance from 5 PM on Friday, January 17th until 8 AM on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025.
Due to this maintenance when entering your Registration Number on our website you may receive a message:
"Invalid document number. The registration number you entered is not correct".
Once their maintenance has been completed you will be able to place an order on our website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are NOT required to purchase anything from our company and our company is NOT affiliated, endorsed, or approved by any governmental entity.
The services offered on this website have NOT been approved or endorsed by any governmental agency, and these services are NOT being made by an agency of the government.

Florida Fictitious Name Publishing Order Form

Florida Statute: Fictitious Name Act, s. 865.09

In accordance with the requirements of Florida Statute: Fictitious Name Act, s. 865.09(3)(a)5 Certification by at least one registrant that the intention to register such fictitious name has been advertised at least once in a newspaper as defined in chapter 50 in the county in which the principal place of business of the registrant is or will be located.

If a business fails to comply with the Fictitious Name Act, s. 865.09(3)(a)5, under s. 865.09(9)(a) Neither the business nor the person or persons engaging in the business may maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state with respect to or on behalf of such business until this section is complied with. An action, suit, or proceeding may not be maintained in any court of this state by any successor or assignee of such business on any right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of business by such business in this state until this section has been complied with. Furthermore, under s. 865.09(9)(c) Any person who fails to comply with this section commits a noncriminal violation as defined in s. 775.08, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

Registering your fictitious name with Sunbiz and publishing your fictitious name in an approved newspaper are not the same. When you registered your fictitious name on Sunbiz you certified that you already published your fictitious name in a local approved newspaper. If you published your fictitious name in an approved newspaper you should have received a notarized affidavit with a copy of the published notice from the newspaper for your records.

In compliance with the Florida Statute, Florida Fictitious Name Publishing drafts and publishes the notice, at your request, with a newspaper in the county where your principal place of business is located in accordance with the Fictitious Name Act, s. 865.09(3)(a)5.

Please complete the order form below

Please select the county where your principal place of business is located.

In Sunbiz, under “County”, if you selected “Multiple” then you need to select the county where your primary office is located.

If your business does not have a physical location you can use the county your mailing address is located in.

Fictitious Name County

A fictitious name may not contain a business entity suffix or indicator (i.e. Corporation, Incorporated, Limited Liability Company, Limited Partnership, Professional Association, Corp., L.L.C., L.P., P.A., etc.) unless at least one owner is a business entity of the same type duly incorporated, organized, formed, or otherwise authorized to transact business in this state.

Fictitious Name

Is Owner #1 a person or business ?

Owner #1 Business Name

(Corporation, LLC, etc.)

Owner #1 Name

First

Middle

Last

Add Additional Owner

Business Address for Publication

Address where your principal place of business is located

Address

City

State

Zipcode

Would you like us to renew your fictitious name for an additional 5 years?

We will renew your fictitious name for $100.00. For future renewals, we will email and call you to remind you about renewing your fictitious name so that it does not expire.

Yes No

Per Florida Statute 865.09, a fictitious name registered under this section shall be valid for a period beginning on the date of registration or reregistration and expiring on December 31 of the 5th calendar year thereafter, counting the period from registration or reregistration through December 31 of the year of registration or reregistration as the first calendar year.

Contact Information

Contact Name

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Payment Information

Publish Fee

Total

Billing Information

Billing Address

Street Address

City

State

Zipcode

If the billing address you enter does not match what is on file with your bank, the charge will be declined and appear as “PENDING” on your banking account. Your banking institution policy will determine how long it takes before the “PENDING” status will be automatically removed from your account.

Credit card

Card Number

Expiration Date

Security Code

Card Holder Name

The charge will appear on your credit card statement as
“FL Fictitious Name Publishing”.

Terms and Conditions

Please review the form for accuracy. If you need to make corrections, do so at this time. The information will be submitted for publication exactly as provided.

Updated September 10, 2021

Agreement between User and https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com

Welcome to https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com. The https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com website is an E-Commerce Site (hereinafter the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC (hereinafter "Florida Fictitious Name Publishing"). Https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (hereinafter the "Terms"). Your use of https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully and keep a copy of them for your reference.

Privacy
To review our Privacy Policy please click the following link: Privacy Policy

Electronic Communications
Visiting https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com or sending emails to Florida Fictitious Name Publishing constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Florida Fictitious Name Publishing is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Children Under Thirteen
Florida Fictitious Name Publishing does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
To review our Cancellation/Refund Policy please click the following link: Refund Policy

Renewals
If you use this site for registration renewal purposes; that are due the end of every five years of the original registration year your fictitious name; and you are engaging our company to do this on your behalf ahead of time, you authorize Florida Fictitious Name Publishing to hold the renewal registration and associated service fees on a separate Escrow Account for the time period until the completion of your registration at the end of the year can be finalized or until the funds are refunded per your request. Other than this separate escrow holding assistance, Florida Fictitious Name Publishing does not provide any escrow services or act as an escrow agent.

Orders on Hold
If you use this site for registration, renewal, update, cancellation, and/or publication purposes; and your order is put on hold for any reason that affects the completion of your order, you authorize Florida Fictitious Name Publishing to hold your order fee and associated service fee on a separate Escrow Account for the time period until the hold can be lifted on your account and the completion of your order can be finalized or until the funds are refunded to you per your request. Other than this separate escrow holding assistance, Florida Fictitious Name Publishing does not provide any escrow services or act as an escrow agent.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
Https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, and Florida Fictitious Name Publishing is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Florida Fictitious Name Publishing of the site or any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Florida Fictitious Name Publishing may share such information and data with any third party with whom Florida Fictitious Name Publishing has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service, or functionality on behalf of https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable I license to access and use https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com strictly in accordance with these Terms. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Florida Fictitious Name Publishing that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Florida Fictitious Name Publishing or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Florida Fictitious Name Publishing and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the in these Terms.

International Users
The Service is controlled, operated, and administered by Florida Fictitious Name Publishing from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Florida Fictitious Name Publishing Content accessed through https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use of the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Florida Fictitious Name Publishing in asserting any available defenses.

Arbitration
In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator to be selected by two separate arbitrators who shall be independently selected by each party and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration service selected by the parties, the venue for any action under this Agreement shall be proper in Tampa, Hillsborough County, State of Florida. The arbitrator's award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms and Conditions.

Class Action Waiver
Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Furthermore, unless both you and Florida Fictitious Name Publishing agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATIO HEREIN. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.

Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT, THE SUITABILITY, RELIABIUTY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDLNG ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITNE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, 'WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Florida Fictitious Name Publishing, LLC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY OT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination/ Access Restriction/ Severability
Florida Fictitious Name Publishing reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Florida in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Florida Fictitious Name Publishing as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Florida Fictitious Name Publishing's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Florida Fictitious Name Publishing with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Florida Fictitious Name Publishing with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the user and Florida Fictitious Name Publishing with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms
Florida Fictitious Name Publishing reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which https://floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Florida Fictitious Name Publishing encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Information
Florida Fictitious Name Publishing welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:

Florida Fictitious Name Publishing
410 S. Ware Blvd Ste 800
Tampa, FL 33619
Email Address: legal@floridafictitiousnamepublishing.com
Telephone number: 813-534-0275

I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Updated April 4, 2020

Since this type of work is time sensitive, you have 3 days from the time of the purchase to email or call us if you would like to cancel the order or change any of the information you have submitted before we process your order. Once your order has been processed, we cannot make any changes, cancel or refund your order.

Example: If your order is placed on 5/17/2021 at 4pm EST you have until 5/20/2021 at 4pm EST to cancel the order.

If you decide to cancel the order before the 3 days, we will refund 100% of the order. Please allow 5-7 business days for the refund to appear on your banking statement.

Example: If your order is placed on 5/17/2021 at 4pm EST and you email us on 5/18/2021 at 9pm EST to cancel the order, we will refund you 100% of the order.

It is your responsibility to verify if you or someone in your company has previously published the legal notice in a newspaper prior to placing your order. We do not verify if the notice has already been published in a newspaper. If you place an order and the notice has already been published in a newspaper, we do not provide a refund, unless it is within 3 days from the time of the purchase.

Note: If you do need to cancel the order or want to make changes to the order after the 3 day period please call or email us rather than filing a dispute or cancelling the charge with your banking institution, and we will do everything possible to try and accommodate your request.

I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Cancellation/Refund Policy