Good morning my name is Andy gale I'm a business lawyer in Orange County California and I ran into a situation with a client of mine this week that I thought might be of interest he has formed a small business corporation and wants to do a little bit of branding in his company and so to do that he wants to file some fictitious business names which will be associated with his different brands well he's filed a fictitious business name statement with the los angeles county recorders office and they sent him back a letter saying that he needed to complete and submit this thing called an affidavit of identity this is the first time that i had heard about it so let me show you exactly where to get an affidavit of identity and how exactly to file it if you're looking to file an affidavit of identity in Los Angeles County you get the form by going to this website WWL a vote net once you arrive at this home page you need to click on the icon for County Clerk then you need to click on the icon for fictitious business names and finally go to the 2014 information and forms when you click on this link it will take you to this PDF which I've shrunk up here to make it just a little bit more easy to read and here you will find the reason why you're now required to file this affidavit of identity form and this particular PDF comes with the actual fictitious business name statement plus the instructions and the affidavit of identity form which must be completed by you and most importantly notarized by a notary public if the form is going to be completed by an authorized agent you also need to complete this last form well I hope that was helpful to you and if you have any questions on how to complete the form please feel free to call my office again my name is Andy gale
