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California Rules of Court

Rule 3.2100. Compliance with fictitious business name laws

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2100

Current text effective January 1, 2007.

#(a) Filing of declaration of compliance

A claimant who is required to file a declaration of compliance with the fictitious business name laws under Code of Civil Procedure section 116.430 must file the declaration in each case filed.

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(Subd (a) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as untitled subd effective January 1, 1986.)

#(b) Available methods

The clerk must make the declaration of compliance available to the claimant in any one of the following ways:

#(1) The declaration of compliance may be placed on a separate form approved by the Judicial Council;

#(2) The approved Judicial Council form may be placed on the reverse of the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk or on the back of any Judicial Council small claims form with only one side; or

#(3) The precise language of the declaration of compliance that appears on the approved Judicial Council form may be incorporated into the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk.

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(Subd (b) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as part of untitled subd effective January 1, 1986.)

#History

Rule 3.2100 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1701 effective January 1, 1986; previously amended effective July 1, 1991.

What this rule requires

Document Format Requirements

  • The declaration of compliance may be placed on a separate form approved by the Judicial Council;

  • The approved Judicial Council form may be placed on the reverse of the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk or on the back of any Judicial Council small claims form with only one side;

  • The precise language of the declaration of compliance that appears on the approved Judicial Council form may be incorporated into the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk.

Document Filing Requirements

  • A claimant who is required to file a declaration of compliance with the fictitious business name laws under Code of Civil Procedure section 116.430 must file the declaration in each case filed.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.