Assumed Business Name Act

Illinois · Business Organizations · §§ 805-405-0-01 to 805-405-6 · 10 sections

Overview

The Assumed Business Name Act governs the registration and public disclosure of names under which individuals and businesses operate when those names differ from their true legal names. It requires a business to file a certificate identifying itself and the assumed name it uses, sets out how that certificate is executed, amended, and withdrawn, and provides that a filed certificate serves as prima facie evidence of the facts it states. Registrations are indexed locally by the register of deeds and transmitted to a centralized statewide database maintained by the Secretary of State, and the act imposes penalties for filing a false certificate or otherwise violating its requirements.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

805 ILCS 405/0.01Short title
805 ILCS 405/1Certificate; misrepresentation
805 ILCS 405/1aHome-based businesses
805 ILCS 405/2Business Organizations › 805 ILCS 405 — Assumed Business Name Act
805 ILCS 405/3The several County Clerks of this State shall keep an alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates pursuant to Sections 1 and 2, and for the indexing and filing of such certificate shall receive a fee of $5.00
805 ILCS 405/3aBusiness Organizations › 805 ILCS 405 — Assumed Business Name Act
805 ILCS 405/3bLocale misrepresentation
805 ILCS 405/4Business Organizations › 805 ILCS 405 — Assumed Business Name Act
805 ILCS 405/5Any person or persons carrying on, conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and each day any person or persons conducts business in violation of this Act shall be deemed a separate offense
805 ILCS 405/6Business Organizations › 805 ILCS 405 — Assumed Business Name Act

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