🏢 Register a Business Name

Register a Business Name in Polk County, NE

This service isn't handled by the County Clerk. Here's where to go instead.

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Nebraska trade names are registered with the Secretary of State
Not the Polk County Clerk · registration is optional
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$110.00on paper · $100.00 filed online · Secretary of State, valid ten years (§§ 87-210, 87-211)

Any person who adopts a trade name “may file in the office of the Secretary of State on a form furnished by the Secretary of State an application” (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 87-210) — filing is optional, and the county does not take it. If you register, the registration “shall be published by the applicant once in a newspaper of general circulation” where the business is located, and proof of publication is filed with the Secretary of State (§ 87-219).

📄Download Form — fill it out at homeApplication for Trade Name (Revised 07/01/2021) — complete it before you go↓
📋Office Information

⚠️ This office does not process DBA registration — the Nebraska Secretary of State does. The office below is your county's County Clerk — useful for other services.

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Not printed: street address (only a PO box is published).
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Hours
The Polk County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office is located on the second floor of the Courthouse in Osceola, NE. The office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The office is open during the noon hour.
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Mailing Address
PO Box 276, Osceola, NE 68651
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Fax
(402) 747-2656
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County Seat
Osceola
Where this came from
  • Street address: Clerk page gives only a PO box and says the office "is located on the second floor of the Courthouse in Osceola"; no street address attributed.

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Based on available public records

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