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Legal matters are daunting and completing the process is often tedious and confusing. We are here to take the guess work out of the publication requirements and submissions. All legal notices, including probate (petition to administer estate), notice to creditors, trustee sales, lien sales, city legal ads, summons, including both civil and family summons, name changes, and fictitious business names should be emailed to [email protected] or fax to 760-943-0850 (with your call back #) or bring the paperwork by our office at 531 Encinitas Blvd. #204 / 205, Encinitas, CA 92024 (located in the North Coast Business Park – our office is on the 2nd floor and faces Westlake).  Once received, we will respond with a quote and information on how to proceed.

Below you will see instructions on how to submit the most common legal notices for publication.

The deadline for all legal notices is 2pm on Tuesday for that Friday publication date.

Fictitious Business Names (DBA)

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS: FBN’s must be published for 4 consecutive weeks in order to be finalized. The first week of publication MUST be within 45 days of filing. The County allows no room for error with this rule so make sure you get us your paperwork in time. The deadline for all legal notices is Tuesday at 2pm for that Friday’s paper.

COST: The total cost for the 4-week publication is $45, per FBN statement.  If your statement has additional names on a second page, then the cost increases by $5 per name.

Once your paperwork is in and payment information has been secured, we handle the rest of the process for you. With final publication, an Affidavit Proof of Publication is provided to you and also to the County Recorder’s office.

WHAT WE NEED: Email your completed and FILED FBN statement, after receiving the County’s stamp of approval on the back, to [email protected], fax to 760-943-0850 (with your call back #) or bring the paperwork by our office at 531 Encinitas Blvd. #204 / 205, Encinitas, CA 92024 (located in the North Coast Business Park – our office is on the 2nd floor and faces Westlake).

General Instructions on how to file with the County Recorder’s Office

Legal Name Changes

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS: A Legal Name Change or Order to Show Cause must be published for 4 weeks prior to your court date. After the fourth week of publication, we will submit an affidavit directly to the Court to verify that you have fulfilled your publication requirements. The Courts demand that the affidavit be submitted a minimum of 10 days before the court date.

COST: The total cost for the 4-week publication is $200, Per NC-120 form.  With final publication, Affidavit Proof of Publications are Filed with the Court, once Filed – the Court returns an Affidavit Proof of Publication back to us which we then provide to you.

WHAT WE NEED: Upon filing with the Court, please email a the filed copy of your NC120 form to [email protected], fax to 760-943-0850 (with your call back #) or bring the paperwork by our office at 531 Encinitas Blvd. #204 / 205, Encinitas, CA 92024 (located in the North Coast Business Park – our office is on the 2nd floor and faces Westlake).

Keep in mind that the deadline for all legal notices is 2pm on Tuesday for that Friday publication date. We suggest you submit your paperwork as soon as possible in order to meet the Court’s deadline for affidavit submittals.

General Information for starting the name change process

Petition to Administer Estate (Probate)

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Petitions to Administer Estate or Probate notices must be publish for 3 weeks. The only office that handles probate cases is in downtown San Diego at the Central Courthouse, 1100 Union St., San Diego CA 92101.

COST: The total cost for the 3-week publication is $300, Per DE-121 form. With final publication, Affidavit Proof of Publications are Filed with the Court, once Filed – the Court returns an Affidavit Proof of Publication back to us which we then provide to you.

WHAT WE NEED: Please scan and email your DE121 to [email protected] or fax to 760-943-0850 (with your call back #) or bring the paperwork by our office at 531 Encinitas Blvd. #204 / 205, Encinitas, CA 92024 (located in the North Coast Business Park – our office is on the 2nd floor and faces Westlake). The deadline for all legal notices is 2pm on Tuesday for that Friday publication date.

General information for beginning the PAE or probate process

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