Need my Iowa LLC to do business in Illinois

[Aaron Hawk]

Hello all- My LLC was setup where I reside, so in Iowa. I chose to use Ltd. Co. instead of LLC for my company name. When I tried setting up my LLC in Illinois, it appears I cannot be recognized. Am I using the wrong form? Anyone else run into this before?

Wording from IL Sec of State site:

Note 1: The name must contain the term Limited Liability Company, LLC or L.L.C. The name cannot contain any of the following terms: “Corporation,” “Corp.” “Incorporated,” “Inc.,” “Ltd.,” “Co.,” “Limited Partnership” or “LP.” 

[Ned Carey]

You need to register your company as a foreign entity since it is from a different state. i don't see haw they can say your name is not your name.  I would ask the people at the office where the paperwork goes.