Useful Links

Business Related:

California Secretary of State - This website contains many links of interest to business owners:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business
/business.htm

California Business Search – A Secretary of State web page used to check the status of corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies and name availability for those entities:
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html

SCORE – This organization provides free business advice to small businesses:
http://www.score.org/index.html

LeTip International - This is an excellent business networking organization.
http://www.letip.com

Intellectual Property:                                         Smarter Small Business - 
                                                                             Great business coaches
U.S. Copyright Office                                             http://www.thesmartercommunity.com/
http://www.copyright.gov/
                                                                             Encinitas LeTip - A local chapter of LeTip
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office                         www.letipsandiego.com
http://www.uspto.gov/

California Trademarks and Servicemarks
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ts/ts.htm

Government Websites:

U.S. Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/

California Department of Real Estate
http://www.dre.ca.gov/

San Diego County Government
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/

Legal:

California courts – this is website of the California Judicial Council. There are links to California courts, legal forms and legal self-help:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/

California Franchise Tax Board
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/

California State Bar
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/

San Diego North County Bar Association
http://www.bansdc.org/

Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.lawreferral.org/