Impending Changes to the required Statement of Information

Beginning Monday, April 29, 2024, the California Secretary of State will no longer accept statements of information on paper. A corporation will be permitted to file only online through the BizFile portal. There are some enhancements to the online statement of information form: • California nonprofit religious and public benefit corporations will be able to…

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Zero Filing Fee for Entity Formations (for now)!

Because of recent legislation, the California Secretary of State’s processing fees for initial entity filings, such as articles of organization for limited liability companies (LLCs), articles of incorporation for corporations, and out-of-state entity registrations to do business in California, have been suspended for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. All other…

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California Secretary of State to Enhance Online Filing Portal

The following information was taken from an e-Bulletin published by the Corporations Committee of the California Lawyers Assocation. It was prepared by William Ross, of counsel to Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, and Darren L. Nunn, a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, with input from Mary Mooney of the California Secretary of State’s office. The…

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