⚖️ Statute Verified🏢 Register a Business Name

Register a Business Name in Monona County, IA

Fees for this service are set by state statute. Here's what to expect in Monona County.

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Iowa Trade Name — Iowa Code § 547.1

Recorded with the Monona County Recorder, in the county where the business is conducted

$7.00a one-page statement · $5.00 each page after · the ordinary recording fee

You may not do business under a trade name “unless the person first records with the county recorder of the county in which the business is to be conducted a verified statement” giving each owner's name, post office and residence address, and the business address (§ 547.1). The recorder charges “fees in the amount specified in section 331.604” (§ 547.3) — the same per-page and per-transaction fees as any other recording.

Who does not file here

The statute does not apply to a business registered with the state as a limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, professional corporation, cooperative or nonprofit corporation (§ 547.1). Those names are the Secretary of State's.

📞Ask the Recorder before you go: (712) 433-2575

✍️ A verified statement — the county forms are notarized

Iowa Code § 547.1 requires a "verified statement". The Johnson and Polk County forms are sworn before a notary, and Johnson's instructions say "Form must be notarized". Iowa Code § 622.1 generally lets a sworn statement be replaced by one certified under penalty of perjury, so ask the recorder whether it will take that before you skip the notary.

Sources: Iowa Code § 547.1 ↗ — “unless the person first records with the county recorder of the county in which the business is to be conducted a verified statement” (read 2026-09-26) · Johnson County form: Trade Name (2022) ↗ — “Form must be notarized” (read 2026-09-26) · Polk County form: Trade Name ↗ — “Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me” (read 2026-09-26) · Iowa Code § 622.1(1) ↗ — “the person may attest the matter by an unsworn written statement if that statement recites that the person certifies the matter to be true under penalty of perjury under the laws of this state” (read 2026-09-26)