Business Services
WARNING! A non-governmental firm called "IL Certificate Service" is contacting Illinois businesses in an attempt to collect an $87 fee for a form entitled a "Certificate of Status". Please be aware that corporations, LLC's and other business organizations in Illinois are NOT required by law to obtain said "Certificate of Status". THIS IS A SCAM! It is recommended that business organizations in Illinois ignore this solicitation and do NOT reply to the solicitation. If a business organization requires a certificate of status, also known as a certificate of good standing, it can be obtained from this website for a fee of $25 for corporations and LLC's and $5 for not-for-profit corporations.
Note the following procedures will be in place for documents submitted to the Department of Business Services:
- Expedited and routine service document drop off is available at the Springfield and Chicago offices.
- Please ensure documents are completed before arrival, as no area for completion will be available at this time.
- Credit Card is the preferred form of payment at this time. Copy Request/Create a Payment Account
- Documents will not be processed while customers wait.
- Documents will be processed in the order in which they are received; expedited filings will receive the "Filed" date on which they were submitted.
- Please provide telephone number and email address on the cover sheet available at the front desk, in the event our office requires additional information on the submitted documents.
Springfield office:
501 S. Second St., Rm. 350
Springfield, IL 62756
217-782-6961
Hours
Mon.–Fri. 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Chicago office:
69 W. Washington St., Ste. 1240
Chicago, IL 60602
312-793-3380
Hours
Mon.–Fri. 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Walk-ins for document processing.
Mon.–Fri. 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
Walk-ins ONLY for document drop-offs or pickups.
Quick Links
- Authenticate a Certificate
- Business/Not-for-Profit Corporations
- Board Diversity Reporting-Female and Minority Directors Report
- Corp Annual Report
- Corp Articles of Incorporation
- Corp Assumed Name Adoption
- Corp Assumed Name Renewal
- Corp Certificate of Good Standing
- Corp Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office
- Corp/LLC Search
- Corp Name Change Amendment
- Corp Reinstatements
- How Do I?
- Limited Liability Companies
- LLC Annual Report
- LLC Articles of Organization
- LLC Assumed Name Adoption
- LLC Assumed Name Renewal
- LLC Certificate of Good Standing
- LLC Name Change Amendment
- LLC Registered Agent or Address Change
- LLC Reinstatements
- LP/LLLP/LLP
- NFP Annual Report
- NFP Articles of Incorporation
- NFP Certificate of Good Standing
- NFP Reinstatements
- Quarterly Business Entity Filing Statistics
- Publications and Forms
- Trademark/Servicemark
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filings