Rules & Licenses · Capital Region
Albany DBAs Are Assumed Business Name Filings
Albany County sole proprietors should use the County Clerk's assumed-name form route before opening accounts under a trade name.
Published June 23, 2026 · Last verified June 23, 2026
A useful move in Albany County is naming the right record. New York law officially refers to a DBA as an Assumed Business Name and points to General Business Law Section 130. Banks require a certified copy of the filed DBA before opening a bank account for a new business. The county provides a downloadable form.
The practical route is the Clerk route for the assumed-name record, then separately check any state tax, professional license, sales-tax, zoning, or local permit requirement that may apply to the actual business activity. Save the dated lookup with the notice, contract, map, or bill that started the question.
For Albany County, let the record lead. Use Albany County Clerk: Forms Available Online for the public starting point, then keep the exact DBA or assumed name, search date, and identifying number with the file. Keep the office name with the file too: Albany County Clerk. If the answer affects money, title, access, a permit, a license, or a deadline, that name keeps the next call from starting cold. Albany County DBA or assumed name paperwork is less fussy when the address, parcel, citation, account, or application number is written down early.