Registering An Assumed Name

Step 3 - Publish The Legal Notice

How to publish

1. You must submit the Legal Notice for publication in a local weekly newspaper with circulation in Cook County. The first date of publication must be no later than 15 calendar days from the original date of application.
2. Publish the notice at least once a week for three consecutive weeks.
3. The publication should provide you with a form certifying that you have complied with the above requirements.
4. Submit proof of publication by presenting that form - along with an original clipping of the published Legal Notice - to the Cook County Clerk's office no later than 50 calendar days from the original date of application for the assumed name.
   • Mail:
     Cook County Clerk David Orr
     Vital Records Division
     Attn: Assumed Name Unit
     P.O. Box 642570
     Chicago, IL 60664-2570
         (or)
     Bridgeview Courthouse
     Cook County Clerk's Office
     10220 S. 76th Ave., Room 238
     Bridgeview, IL 60455
         (or)
     Rolling Meadows Courthouse
     Cook County Clerk's Office
     2121 Euclid Ave., Room 238
     Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
     
   • Deliver in person:
     Cook County Clerk's Assumed Name Unit
     118 N. Clark St.
     (Randolph Street entrance/lower concourse level)
     Chicago, IL
         (or)
     Bridgeview branch location (above)
         (or)
     Rolling Meadows branch location (above)
     
5. The Clerk's office will issue you an Assumed Business Name Certificate and record the business name (same-day service for certificate receipt is available at the Clerk's Chicago location).