SECTIONS 12180-12197 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 12180-12197

12180. The Secretary of State's office may adopt rules and
regulations as necessary to carry out this article, in accordance
with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1.

12182. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as
provided in this article and may also by regulation establish fees to
be charged and collected for copying and special handling in
connection with filing documents, issuing of certificates, and other
services performed by the office.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the fees shall
approximate the estimated cost of copying and special handling.
(c) Fees charged for preclearance of documents and expedited
filings may be in different amounts, which shall not exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000). Those fees may be charged only if the
special handling does not cause disruption or delay in the process of
normal handling of documents, and if the implementation of the
special handling is supported by an appropriation in the Budget Act.
(d) Copying and special handling fees shall be accounted as
Secretary of State expenditure reimbursements.
(e) The preclearance or expedited filing of documents by the
Secretary of State or his or her employees pursuant to this section
shall be considered discretionary pursuant to Section 820.2.

12182.1. The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an
application, examination, and commission fee that shall not exceed
the amount necessary to cover the costs of commissioning notaries
public and the enforcement of laws governing notaries public. The fee
shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per commission.

12183. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the
following fees for certification:
(a) Certification of a document: Five dollars ($5).
(b) Certificate of status or filing: Five dollars ($5).
(c) Certificate of information: Ten dollars ($10) if the request
is communicated in writing, and five dollars ($5) if the request is
communicated by another medium authorized by a rule adopted by the
office of the Secretary of State.

12184. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of
one hundred fifty dollars ($150) from an entity for its conversion
made pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 1150) of
Division 1 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2005.

12185. Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any provision of
the Corporations Code for which there is a filing fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25) or more, the Secretary of State shall compare and
certify up to two copies without charge, provided that the copies are
submitted to the Secretary of State with the original to be filed.

12186. The fees for corporate filings are the following:
(a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of corporate name: Ten
dollars ($10).
(b) Registering a corporate name for the calendar year pursuant to
Section 2101 of the Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50).
(c) Filing articles of incorporation providing for shares: One
hundred dollars ($100).
(d) Filing articles of incorporation not providing for shares:
Thirty dollars ($30).
(e) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of
a foreign, nonprofit, nonstock corporation, and of a foreign
corporation organized for educational, religious, scientific, or
charitable purposes, and not issuing shares: Thirty dollars ($30).
(f) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of
any other foreign corporation not provided for in subdivision (e):
One hundred dollars ($100).
(g) Filing the statement of information for every corporation
pursuant to Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, and 9660 of the Corporations
Code: Twenty dollars ($20).
(h) Filing the statement of information for every foreign
corporation (other than a foreign association) qualified to transact
intrastate business pursuant to Section 2117 of the Corporations
Code: Twenty dollars ($20).
(i) Filing changes to any statement of information subject to
subdivisions (g) and (h): No fee.
(j) Filing the statement pursuant to Section 1502.1 or 2117.1 of
the Corporations Code: No fee.
(k) Filing for the merger of one corporation solely with one or
more other corporations: One hundred dollars ($100).
(l) Filing for the merger of one or more corporations with one or
more other types of business entities: One hundred fifty dollars
($150).
(m) Filing a certificate of amendment changing the status of a
nonprofit corporation into a stock corporation: Seventy dollars
($70).
(n) Filing a certificate of election to dissolve a corporation, a
certificate of dissolution of a corporation, or a certificate of
surrender, or of change of address: No fee.
(o) Filing a statement of address by a foreign lending institution
on or before June 30 of each year pursuant to Section 2104 of the
Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50).
(p) Filing any other instrument by or on behalf of a corporation,
unless another fee is specified by law: Thirty dollars ($30).

12187. The general partnership filing fees are the following:
(a) Filing a statement of partnership: Seventy dollars ($70).
(b) Filing a statement of dissolution for the purposes of
canceling a statement of partnership: No fee.
(c) Filing any other partnership statement pursuant to this
chapter, unless another fee is specified by law or the law specifies
that no fee is to be charged: Thirty dollars ($30).

12188. The limited partnership filing fees are the following:
(a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited partnership
name: ten dollars ($10).
(b) Filing a certificate of limited partnership of a limited
partnership: seventy dollars ($70).
(c) Filing an application for registration as a foreign limited
partnership: seventy dollars ($70).
(d) Filing a certificate of amendment to the certificate of
limited partnership of a limited partnership: thirty dollars ($30).
(e) Filing a restated certificate of limited partnership of a
limited partnership: thirty dollars ($30).
(f) Filing an amendment to the application for registration of a
foreign limited partnership: thirty dollars ($30).
(g) Filing a certificate of correction for a limited partnership
or a foreign limited partnership: thirty dollars ($30).
(h) Filing a certificate of revival for a limited partnership:
thirty dollars ($30).
(i) Filing a certificate of merger solely with one or more other
limited partnerships (not including the merger of one or more limited
partnerships with one or more other business entities) the fee for
filing a certificate of merger: seventy dollars ($70).
(j) Filing a certificate of merger of one or more limited
partnerships with one or more other business entities: one hundred
fifty dollars ($150).
(k) Filing a certificate of conversion of a limited partnership
into a foreign other business entity or general partnership: thirty
dollars ($30).
(l) Filing articles of organization or statement of partnership
authority containing a statement of conversion of a limited
partnership into a domestic limited liability company or a registered
general partnership: seventy dollars ($70).
(m) Filing the substitute service of a limited partnership: fifty
dollars ($50).
(n) Filing a certificate of cancellation for a limited partnership
or a foreign limited partnership: no fee.
(o) Filing a statement of resignation as an agent for service of
process: no fee.
(p) Filing any instrument by or on behalf of a limited partnership
unless another fee is specified or the law specifies that no fee is
to be charged: thirty dollars ($30).

12189. The limited liability partnership filing fees are the
following:
(a) Filing a registration for a registered limited liability
partnership: Seventy dollars ($70).
(b) Filing a registration for a foreign limited liability
partnership: Seventy dollars ($70).
(c) Filing an amendment to the registration of a limited liability
partnership registration: Thirty dollars ($30).
(d) Filing an amendment to the registration of a foreign limited
liability partnership: Thirty dollars ($30).
(e) Filing a notice of change of status pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 16954 of the Corporations Code: Thirty dollars ($30).
(f) Filing any other partnership statement for a limited liability
partnership, unless another fee is specified by law or the law
specifies that no fee is to be charged: Thirty dollars ($30).

12190. The limited liability company filing fees are the following:
(a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited liability
company name: Ten dollars ($10).
(b) Filing articles of organization of a limited liability
company: Seventy dollars ($70).
(c) Filing an application for registration as a foreign limited
liability company: Seventy dollars ($70).
(d) Filing a certificate of amendment to the articles of
organization of a limited liability company: Thirty dollars ($30).
(e) Filing restated articles of organization of a limited
liability company: Thirty dollars ($30).
(f) Filing an amendment to the application for registration as a
foreign limited liability company: Thirty dollars ($30).
(g) Filing a certificate of correction for a limited liability
company: Thirty dollars ($30).
(h) Filing a certificate of continuation for a limited liability
company after a certificate of dissolution has been filed: Thirty
dollars ($30).
(i) Filing a certificate of merger for a merger of a limited
liability company with one or more other limited liability companies:
Seventy dollars ($70).
(j) Filing a certificate of merger for a merger of one or more
limited liability companies with one or more other business entities:
One hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(k) Filing the biennial statement of information of a limited
liability company or of a foreign limited liability company: Twenty
dollars ($20).
(l) Filing changes to any biennial statement of information: No
fee.
(m) Filing a certificate of dissolution or a certificate of
cancellation of articles of organization for purposes of the
dissolution of a limited liability company: No fee.
(n) Filing a certificate of cancellation for purposes of the
cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liability company:
No fee.
(o) Filing any instrument by or on behalf of a limited liability
company, unless another fee is specified by law or the law specifies
that no fee is to be charged: Thirty dollars ($30).

12191. The miscellaneous business entity filing fees are the
following:
(a) Foreign Associations, as defined in Sections 170 and 171 of
the Corporations Code:
(1) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of
a foreign association pursuant to Section 2105 of the Corporations
Code: One hundred dollars ($100).
(2) Filing an amended statement and designation by a foreign
association pursuant to Section 2107 of the Corporations Code: Thirty
dollars ($30).
(3) Filing a certificate showing the surrender of the right of a
foreign association to transact intrastate business pursuant to
Section 2112 of the Corporations Code: No fee.
(b) Unincorporated Associations:
(1) Filing a statement in accordance with Section 24003 of the
Corporations Code as to principal place of office or place for
sending notices or designating agent for service: Twenty-five dollars
($25).
(2) Insignia Registrations: Ten dollars ($10).
(c) Community Associations and Common Interest Developments:
(1) Filing a statement by a community association in accordance
with Section 1363.6 of the Civil Code to register the common interest
development that it manages: An amount not to exceed thirty dollars
($30).
(2) Filing an amended statement by a community association in
accordance with Section 1363.6 of the Civil Code: No fee.

12192. The filing fees for a nonprofit mutual benefit ridesharing
corporation are the following:
(a) Nonprofit mutual benefit corporation having as its sole
purpose the operation of a single ridesharing vanpool vehicle
designed for transporting at least seven persons, including the
driver, under an arrangement in which ridesharing is incidental to
another purpose of the driver: No fee.
(b) For purposes of this section ridesharing shall have the
meaning specified in Section 522 of the Vehicle Code.

12193. The trademark and service mark fees are the following:
(a) Filing an application for registration of a trademark: Seventy
dollars ($70).
(b) Issuing a certificate of assignment of a trademark: Thirty
dollars ($30).
(c) Filing a renewal for registration of a trademark: Thirty
dollars ($30).
(d) Filing of a name, mark, or device used as a brand: Thirty
dollars ($30).
(e) Issuing a certificate of filing of a laundry supply
designation: Ten dollars ($10).
(f) Filing the registration of any name used by an organization:
Ten dollars ($10).
(g) Issuing a certificate with the name of a farm, ranch, or
villa: Ten dollars ($10).

12194. The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil
Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform
Commercial Code filings are the following:
(a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record is communicated in writing and
consists of one or two pages.
(b) Twenty dollars ($20) if the record is communicated in writing
and consists of more than two pages.
(c) Five dollars ($5) if the record is communicated by another
medium authorized by a rule adopted by the office of the Secretary of
State.
(d) Two dollars ($2) if the record is a state tax lien certificate
of release.
The Secretary of State shall collect a special handling fee for
filing records in the manner provided in Section 12182.
Financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings
shall be submitted on national standard forms as approved by the
office of the Secretary of State or on those national forms but
lacking a space identified for the disclosure of the social security
number of an individual.

12195. (a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are the
following:
(1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1).
(2) Filing an amendment of a joint powers agreement: One dollar
($1).
(3) Filing an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment
trust certificate for an agency that financed or refinanced transit
equipment or transferred federal income tax benefits with respect to
transit equipment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6518: One
dollar ($1).
(b) Special filing fees for athlete agents are the following:
(1) Filing an athlete agent disclosure statement: Thirty dollars
($30).
(2) Filing an amendment to an athlete agent disclosure statement:
Twenty dollars ($20).
(c) Special filing fees for a durable power of attorney for health
care are the following:
(1) Filing a durable power of attorney for health care
registration: No fee.
(2) Filing an amendment to a durable power of attorney for health
care: No fee.
(d) The special filing fee for registering a claim as successor in
interest is ten dollars ($10).
(e) The special filing fee for issuing a certificate of official
character is twenty dollars ($20).

12197. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as
applicable, fees for the following:
(a) Service of process, as provided in Section 15800 of the
Corporations Code, for every partnership other than a foreign limited
partnership subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 15691) of
Chapter 3 or Article 9 (commencing with Section 15909.01) of Chapter
5.5 of Title 2 of the Corporations Code or a commercial banking
partnership established and transacting business in a place without
the United States, which is domiciled without this state and has no
regular place of business within the state: Fifty dollars ($50).
(b) Service of process for each registered limited liability
partnership whose principal office is not in this state and each
foreign limited liability partnership registered under Section 16959
of the Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50).
(c) Acceptance of copies of process against a corporation, firm,
partnership, limited liability company, association, business trust,
or natural person: Fifty dollars ($50), unless another fee is
specified by law or the law specifies that no fee is to be charged.
(d) Filing a statement of resignation as an agent pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 17061 of the Corporations
Code for an individual or entity previously designated as an agent
for service of process by a limited liability company: No fee.