Please complete this form if you need to register a new firm with the Lake County Circuit Clerk's Office. Once you have entered in the necessary information please click the submit button located at the bottom of the form.  Please note you will need to provide a list of attorney's associated with your firm.  

Please enter the information for the attorney's associated with your firm below.

If there are not enough fields to list all of your attorneys please complete the Firm Registration Addendum and upload in the space provided below.

The Circuit Clerk’s office is required to report to the Internal Revenue Service any bond refunds made to an attorney or attorney firm that is in excess of $600.00 per calendar year. In order for the Circuit Clerk’s Office to comply, we must collect a W-9 form on file from the attorney and/or firm. Please complete the forms below, save them to your computer and upload each document in the spaces provided below.

      Attorney Firm Bond Refund Information
      W9 Request for Tax Payor Information

If you prefer to submit these forms in person, you may do so at our office at 18 N. County Street, Waukegan, Illinois, 60085.

In case the Circuit Clerk's Office needs to contact you for any reason, please enter the name and preferred contact for the person making the request.

Please make sure that the information entered above is correct before submitting.
Please note that requests may take up to 1-2 days to process.