Please see our price list effective December 1, 2018 on the General Information tab.

Fill in the top paragraph of the Assumed Name Certificate of Intention, please click on the link above to apply.

All person(s) who are owning, conducting or transacting the business should sign their name(s) in front of a Notary Public on the bottom portion.  The Notary Public should date the bottom half of the form, sign and stamp the Notary seal.

Mail the Assumed Name Certificate of Intention, together with a check in the amount of $27.00 made payable to the Ford County Clerk.

• Ford County Clerk’s Office
  200 W. State St.,
  Room 101
  Paxton, IL. 60957

Upon receipt of the executed Certificate of Intention, we will check the index to make sure this name is not already being used. We will then prepare the Assumed Name Publication Notice. This Publication Notice will be sent to you with instructions. 

The publication must be run within 15 days of the date on the Public Notice from our office.  Place your ad with the Ford County Chronicle, please visit Statewide Publishing.

(There are no other fees after the initial $27.00 fee.)