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   Macon County Assumed Business Information
 
The procedure for filing a certificate of Assumed Business Name is as follows:
  • Fill out the attached PDF form which includes:the type of business to be conducted, business name,business address (Not a P.O.Box,must be a physical location) and the names and home addresses of the persons doing business. The persons doing business must sign (not print) their names in the middle of the form,above the section to be filled out by a notary. These signatures must be notarized.
  • Return the form to the Clerk's Office.
  • The Clerk's Office will issue you a certificate to take to any newspaper in Macon County which as a legal notice section. The notice must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks,first publication must appear within 15 days from the date the certificate is filed.
  • The cost of filing is $5.00. The publication costs with newspapers vary.
  • Upon receiving proof of publication form from the newspaper, we will send you a certificate of Ownership of Business.