Rochelle & Griffith, LLP

ALERT: The California Secretary of State’s office has issued a warning regarding bogus Statement of Information solicitation letters that are being mailed to CA entities. The official-looking letters imply that in order to comply with “California Corporations Code” filing obligations, businesses must submit a $235 fee and a form to a third party calling itself Business Filings Division or Annual Filings Division.

It is true that a Statement of Infomation must be filed annually for most corporations and biannually for most limited liability companies.   However you can do it for $20-$25 on your own.  Also, if you do submit paperwork through one of these filing companies, unless the form makes its way to the Secretary of State and is in a form they accept, you are not in compliance.

You are able to download the forms free through the Secretary of State web site at:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/statements.htm.

The fee required to file the statement is $25 for California stock and foreign corporations, and $20 for California nonprofit corporations and all limited liability companies. Also, the Statement of Information can be submitted for filing directly by mail to Secretary of State, Statement of Information Unit, P.O. Box 944230, Sacramento, California 94244-2300, in person at 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, California, 95814, or, for most corporations, by using a credit card through the internet at https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE LINK BELOW:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/alert-misleading-solicitations.htm