We recommend filing your certificate intention in person to ensure that you are able to meet your deadline for publication. For more information about the Assumed Name process, including cost to file and deadlines, please carefully read the Assumed Name Packet (PDF). The process includes publishing in a local newspaper for three consecutive weeks and submitting the proof of publication to the County Clerk within the deadlines. Assumed Name customers will receive a folder with the all the documents linked on this page when they come in to the office.

Our office is open Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm except for County Holidays. 

The Assumed Name fee will be $25 - includes $1 fee for notarization. 

Once you submit to us the proof of publication from the newspaper, our office has 5 business days to mail out your certificate of business ownership.

Please note that we will mail the certificate to the business address that you indicated on the form. Make sure that mail addressed to your business name will reach you at that address.