The New York PLLC publication requirement
A New York PLLC, the LLC form for licensed professionals such as doctors, therapists, lawyers and accountants, must publish its formation notice once a week for six weeks in two newspapers the county clerk designates, then file a Certificate of Publication with the Department of State, within 120 days of forming. It is the same rule as any New York LLC, with two differences: the notice names the profession, and the certificate is a separate form.
Reviewed by Dekel Shenhar, Operations, who places our notices. Checked November 12, 2026.
Who this applies to
Professionals who must hold a New York license to practice, and who form their practice as a professional service limited liability company (PLLC). Common examples are physicians, psychotherapists and licensed clinical social workers, dentists, lawyers, accountants, architects and engineers. A PLLC formed elsewhere and registered in New York follows the foreign LLC rules instead.
What is the same as any LLC
- Two newspapers, one daily and one weekly, designated by the clerk of the county where the PLLC's office is on file.
- Six weekly notices in each.
- A notarized affidavit of publication from each paper.
- A Certificate of Publication with a $50 fee, within 120 days. Missing it suspends the PLLC's authority to do business in New York until it publishes; see the deadline.
What is different for a PLLC
- The notice names the profession the PLLC is formed to practice, as its articles do.
- The certificate is its own form: the Certificate of Publication (professional service), not the general LLC form.
What it costs
The same as any LLC: the county decides it. With us it is $349 all in through a lower-cost county in most counties and $600 in New York City, the $50 state fee included. See every county.
Questions
Does a PLLC have to publish in New York?
Yes. A professional service LLC formed in New York has the same publication requirement as any New York LLC: six weeks in two newspapers designated by the county clerk, then a Certificate of Publication filed with the Department of State within 120 days.
Is the PLLC certificate the same form?
No. The Department of State has a separate Certificate of Publication for a professional service LLC. Filing the general LLC form for a PLLC is a common reason a filing comes back.
What does a PLLC's notice say that an LLC's doesn't?
It names the profession the PLLC is formed to practice, as its articles of organization do.
Does it cost more to publish for a PLLC?
Not with us. The price depends on the county, not on whether the LLC is professional.
Your PLLC's publication, done for you.
We put the profession in the notice, use the professional-service certificate and file it with the state, $50 fee included.
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Sources: New York LLC Law §206 and the Department of State form page linked above. General information, not legal advice.