Registering an Assumed Business Name

Step 2 - Submit Legal Notice

A Copy of a Legal Notice to be Published form must be completed and returned with your Assumed Name Certificate form.

How to submit the Legal Notice to be Published

1. You should receive the legal notice form with your application in the mail, or you may download and print the Copy of Legal Notice to be Published* online.
2. List your assumed name.
3. List your exact business address.
4. List the names and addresses of all business owners.
5. Mail or deliver the application, along with the Legal Notice and the fee to the County Clerk's office
   
   • Mail:
     Cook County Clerk David Orr
     Bureau of Vital Records
     Attn: Assumed Name Unit
     P.O. Box 642570
     Chicago, IL 60664-2570
     
   • Deliver in person:
     • Cook County Clerk's Assumed Name Unit
       50 W. Washington
       West concourse level, Suite 114
       Chicago, IL
     • Bridgeview Courthouse
       Cook County Clerk's office
       10220 S. 76th Ave., Room 238
       Bridgeview, IL 60456
     • Rolling Meadows Courthouse
       Cook County Clerk's office
       2121 Euclid Ave., Room 238
       Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
6. After you file the application and Legal Notice and pay the fee, the Clerk's office will issue you an Assumed Business Name File Number and return to you the Legal Notice with the file number included.
7. After the Clerk's office returns the Legal Notice and file number to you, your business must publish the notice in a newspaper within 15 calendar days from the original file date stamped on the application. If you do not publish within 15 days, you are required to refile by submitting a new application and filing fee.