Florida filings,
done properly.

Florida requires a fictitious name to be advertised once in a newspaper that qualifies under Chapter 50 in the county where you do business. I handle that end to end.

• I find the qualifying paper for your county — all 67 are researched
• I draft the notice and submit it
• I pay the newspaper; its fee is inside the price
• I email you the signed affidavit of publication once it runs

Not included: the $50 Sunbiz charges to register the name. That is paid by you, to the state.

Order a notice See your county

Publication is the advertising step. Registration is the filing that records the name with the state. Most people need both, and ordering them together is one order instead of two.

• Everything in DBA publication, above
• The fictitious name registered with the Division of Corporations once the notice has run
• The $50 Sunbiz fee paid for you, inside the price
• Your registration is valid for five years

Order publication and registration

Your LLC, filed with the Florida Division of Corporations. Florida keeps $125 of the price ($100 to file the Articles, $25 to record your registered agent). The remaining $50 is my service fee.

• I check your name against the Division of Corporations before filing
• I file your Articles of Organization, same day if the name is available
• Your card is authorized, not charged, until the name is settled
• I forward the state's documents the day they arrive, with your document number

For Florida residents, or anyone who already has a registered agent. Every Florida LLC must name one at a Florida street address, and I do not offer an agent service yet.

Form an LLC

Every Florida LLC must file an annual report between January 1 and May 1, every year, whether or not anything changed. I file yours on Sunbiz and pay the state’s fee. $138.75 of the price is the state’s.

• Filed in January, when the state opens the window
• The $138.75 filing fee paid on your behalf
• The state’s confirmation forwarded to you
• Nothing charged until January, because it cannot be filed before then

Miss May 1 and Florida adds a mandatory $400 late fee on top of the filing fee — $538 in total, and for LLCs it cannot be waived.

File my annual report

A fictitious name registration lasts five years and has to be renewed by December 31 of the fifth year. I file the renewal on Sunbiz and pay the state’s fee. $50 of the price is the state’s.

• No newspaper notice this time, only the state filing
• The $50 renewal fee paid on your behalf
• The state’s confirmation forwarded to you

Miss December 31 and the registration expires rather than renews. Getting the name back means a new registration and a new newspaper notice, the same as starting over.

File my DBA renewal

Every Florida LLC files an annual report between January 1 and May 1, every year, whether or not anything changed. Miss it and the late fee is $400, with no exceptions.

• Five pages, plain English, instant PDF download
• Walks you through filing it yourself on Sunbiz in about five minutes

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