The affidavit of publication for a New York LLC
An affidavit of publication is a newspaper's notarized statement that it printed your LLC's notice once a week for six weeks, with the dates and a copy of the notice attached. Each of your two newspapers gives one, and both must be attached to the Certificate of Publication you file with the state under LLC Law §206.
Reviewed by Dekel Shenhar, Operations, who places our notices. Checked November 12, 2026.
What it shows
- The newspaper's name and the county it serves.
- The six dates your notice ran, one a week.
- A copy of the notice exactly as it was printed.
- The signature of the newspaper's representative, sworn before a notary.
When you get it
Only after the sixth weekly notice has run in that paper, because the affidavit swears to all six dates. The daily and the weekly often finish a few days apart, so the two affidavits can arrive separately. Counting from the first notice, the second affidavit usually lands about seven weeks later.
What to check before it goes to the state
- The LLC's name matches the state record exactly, punctuation and "LLC" included. A name that is wrong in the printed notice can't be fixed on the affidavit; the notice has to run again.
- Six weekly dates, with no week skipped.
- The right papers: the two the county clerk designated for your LLC.
- Notarized, both of them.
Where it goes next
Both affidavits are attached to the Certificate of Publication, which is filed with the Department of State with a $50 fee. Keep copies with the LLC's records.
How we handle it
We collect both affidavits from the newspapers, check every line against your state record, attach them to the certificate and file it for you. The affidavits and the filing receipt come to you by email.
Questions
Who gives the affidavit of publication?
Each of the two newspapers that ran your LLC's notice. It is a sworn statement from the newspaper, notarized, so you end up with two.
When do I get it?
After the sixth weekly notice runs in that paper. A newspaper can't issue it earlier, because it swears to all six publication dates.
Can I file the Certificate of Publication with one affidavit?
No. The certificate needs both, one from the daily paper and one from the weekly.
What if an affidavit is lost?
Ask the newspaper for another copy; it keeps a record of the notices it ran.
Both affidavits collected and filed for you.
$349 all in through a lower-cost county in most counties: both papers, six weeks, both affidavits and the certificate filed, $50 state fee included.
Source: New York LLC Law §206. General information, not legal advice.