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Registration Of Corporate Name By Foreign Corporation (Stock And Nonprofit) - California
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Changes to California Business Entity Filings effective January 1, 2013 As of January 1, 2013, new legal requirements apply to business entity documents filed with the California Secretary of State's office. Entity and Agent Addresses All formation/registration documents must include the business entity street address and mailing address. All foreign corporation and foreign limited liability company registration documents must include the street address of the principal business office address in California, if one exists. All documents listing an individual person as an agent for service of process must include the agent's California street address. All corporate agents filing a certificate pursuant to California Corporations Code section 1505 must include the California street address where process may be served. A post office box address for an agent for service of process will not be accepted on any document. Future File Date Requests All future file date requests for corporation and limited liability company documents must be included within the document submitted or as an attachment to be made part of the filed document. Corporation and limited liability company documents received before January 1, 2013, with a future file date on or after January 1, 2013, must comply with the entity and agent addresses requirements listed above. This information may be included in an attachment as part of the filed document. Copy Requests The Secretary of State will no longer endorse and certify customer-provided copies. However, a customer who submits documents with a filing fee of $25.00 or more will receive one (1) uncertified copy of the documents for free and, at the time of filing, the free copy may be certified for a $5.00 certification fee. Customers requesting additional copies will be charged $1.00 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page. Each certified copy requires an additional $5.00 certification fee. Note: While domestic stock and foreign corporations are required to pay a total of $25.00 when filing the required Statement of Information, the total fees include a $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 disclosure fee. Therefore, customers requesting copies of a Statement of Information (corporation or limited liability company) must include the copy fees described above. SB 1532 - Business Entities Filings (Rev. 11/21/2012) Secretary of State Business Programs Division Business Entities, 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Foreign Name Registration A foreign corporation not transacting intrastate business in California, but wishing to protect the name for future use, may register its corporate name with this office, provided the name would be available pursuant to Section 201, California Corporations Code. To accomplish this, the corporation would file an application for registration in compliance with California Corporations Code Section 2101. A Registration of Corporate Name by Foreign Corporation form designed for compliance with these requirements is attached. The registration is effective until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed. A corporation may renew its registration by filing a new form between October 1 and December 31 of each year. The renewal, when filed, extends the registration for the following calendar year. The attached form may be used for initial registration or for renewal if the foreign corporation has previously registered its corporate name with the Secretary of State. Additional Requirement A certificate by an authorized public official of the state or place of incorporation, to the effect that the corporation is an existing corporation in good standing status in that state or place, must be attached to the Registration of Corporate Name by Foreign Corporation form at the time of filing. Note: A certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation does not meet statutory requirements and cannot be accepted in lieu of the required certificate. Where to File The Registration of Corporate Name by Foreign Corporation can be mailed to Secretary of State, Document Filing Support Unit, 1500 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 or delivered in person (drop off) to the Sacramento office. Certificates of Amendment are filed only in the Secretary of State's Sacramento office. To facilitate the processing of documents mailed to the Secretary of State, a letter referencing the corporate name as well as the sender's name, return address and telephone number should be included with the submittal. For current processing times, go to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/processing-times.htm. Fees The fee for filing a Registration of Corporate Name by Foreign Corporation is $50.00. In addition to the filing fee, there is a non-refundable $15.00 special handling fee for processing documents delivered in person (drop off) at the Sacramento office. The preclearance and/or expedited filing of a document within a guaranteed time frame can be requested for an additional non-refundable fee in lieu of the special handling fee. For detailed information about preclearance and expedited filing services, go to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/service-options.htm. The special handling fee or preclearance and expedited filing services are not applicable to documents submitted by mail. Check(s) should be made payable to the Secretary of State. Copies Upon filing, we will return one (1) uncertified copy of your filed document for free, and will certify the copy upon request and payment of a $5.00 certification fee. To get additional copies, include a separate request and payment for copy fees when the document is submitted. Copy fees are $1.00 for the first page and $.50 for each additional page. For certified copies, there is an additional $5.00 certification fee, per copy. Foreign Name Registration - Information (Rev. 01/2013) California Secretary of State www.sos.ca.gov/business/be (916) 657-5448 Registration of Corporation Name By Foreign Corporation ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Corporation) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of ____________________________________________ , (State or Place of Incorporation) hereby applies for registration of its corporate name and makes the following statement: This corporation, incorporated on __
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