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Businesses and Corporations
Doing Business As (DBA)
Anyone who conducts business under a name other than his or her own must file a business name with the County Clerk in which the business is located.
Forms for Sole Proprietorship / Individual and Partnerships (More Than One Person) are available in the County Clerk's Office, and on this website, under forms.
$30 fee to file a DBA certificate - includes certified copy.
$25 fee to file a DBA Amendment.
No fee to file a DBA Discontinuance.
Requirements
Each document filed must include:
- Name under which the business is to be conducted
- Physical address of the business
- Full name, residence and signature of each person conducting business. The signature of each person conducting the business must be notarized.
Corporations
All Corporations filed with the New York State Department of State are filed in the County Clerk's Office as well. LLCs and LPs are only on file at the NYS DOS.
LLC Newspaper Designations are:
Daily:
Cortland Standard
P.O. Box 5548
110 Main St.
Cortland, NY 13045
Phone: 607-756-5665
Weekly - Publication in any contiguous county's weekly newspaper that meets the requirements of NYS Limited Liability Company Law
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County Clerk
Physical Address
46 Greenbush Street, Suite 105
Cortland, NY 13045
Phone: 607-753-5021
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.