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Are You Authorized to Transact Business in the State of Illinois?



You can determine if you are already qualified to transact business in Illinois by going to the following site:

Corporate/LLC Search / Certificate of Good Standing

Click on: Search the Real Time Corporate/LLC Database / Certificate of Good Standing

Enter the name of the corporation or LLC in the space provided and then click Submit. Click on the name of your corporation or LLC to bring up the File Detail Report to verify the State of Incorporation or Organization. If your corporation or LLC does not appear, it is not qualified to transact business in Illinois.

In order to license an out of state Corporation to transact business in Illinois, you must complete the following Application form:

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/bca1315.pdf

The following is a Guidebook for qualifying out of state corporations in Illinois:

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/c216.pdf

In order to qualify an out of state LLC to transact business in Illinois, you must complete the following Application form:

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/llc455.pdf

If this entity is an out of state Series LLC, you must complete the following Application form:

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/llc455s.pdf