Alameda County
Alameda County Clerk-Recorder
In short
Alameda County Clerk-Recorder issues 1 permit we publish for Alameda County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fictitious Business Name Statementonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Clerk-Recorder | A 2013 county business-startup booklet states $40.00 for one owner filing one business name, plus $7.00 for each additional owner or additional business name on the same statement. Confirm the current amount with the Clerk-Recorder's office before filing. | statement is valid for 5 years or until any information on it changes, whichever comes first | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Fictitious Business Name Statement
Any business operating under a name other than the owner's own legal name must file a Fictitious Business Name Statement with the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder in Oakland — a county-clerk recording function that applies COUNTYWIDE, in every one of the 14 incorporated cities and the unincorporated area alike, unlike the Business License Tax's unincorporated-only scope. The statement must be filed within 40 days of starting business, and notice of the filing must be published weekly for 4 consecutive weeks in a qualifying newspaper within 30 days of filing.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Alameda County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.acgov.org/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Starting a Business in Unincorporated Alameda County (booklet, June 2013) — Business License Tax and Fictitious Business Name backgroundAlameda County Community Development Agency · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Alameda County
- Alameda County Community Development Agency, Planning Department
- Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Food Protection Program
- Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency)
- Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services
- Alameda County Public Works Agency, Building Inspection Department (Permit Center)
- Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Business License Tax Unit
- Alameda County Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
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Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.