Office of City Clerk

Under Chapter 110, Section 5 of the Massachusetts General Laws, all business owners are required to register the name of their businesses with the Clerk of the City in which the business is located. Each establishment must register, using a Business Certificate form. A business cannot be registered until a location has been established.

In the City of Quincy, an applicant for a business not related to food service, or the opening of a gas station, first goes to the Building Department and determines that the location of interest is business zoned. The applicant then receives the application for a Business Certificate from the Building Department. Upon completion, the application is then filed with the City Clerk's office. If an area is not zoned for business, applicants may not conduct business in a residential area, or from a Post Office Box, so they are ineligible for a Business Certificate.
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