North Carolina § 55A-1-22 - Filing, service, and copying fees.

§ 55A-1-22. Filing, service, and copying fees.

The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the Secretary for filing: The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on the Secretary under this Chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding. The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying, comparing, and certifying a copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation: One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying or comparing a copy to the original. Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a paper certificate. Ten dollars ($10.00) for an electronic certificate. Document Fee (1) Articles of incorporation $60.00 (2) Application for reserved name $10.00 (3) Notice of transfer of reserved name $10.00 (4) Application for registered name $10.00 (5) Application for renewal of registered name $10.00 (6) Corporation's statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both $ 5.00 (7) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected corporation $ 5.00 (8) Agent's statement of resignation No fee (9) Designation of registered agent or registered office or both $ 5.00 (10) Amendment of articles of incorporation $25.00 (11) Restated articles of incorporation without amendment of articles $10.00 (12) Restated articles of incorporation with amendment of articles $25.00 (13) Articles of merger $25.00 (14) Articles of dissolution $15.00 (15) Articles of revocation of dissolution $10.00 (16) Certificate of administrative dissolution No fee (17) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $100.00 (18) Certificate of reinstatement No fee (19) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee (20) Application for certificate of authority $125.00 (21) Application for amended certificate of authority $25.00 (22) Application for certificate of withdrawal $10.00 (23) Certificate of revocation of authority to conduct affairs No fee (24) Corporation's Statement of Change of Principal Office $5.00 (24a) Designation of Principal Office Address $5.00 (25) Articles of correction $10.00 (26) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (paper) $15.00 (26a) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (electronic) $10.00 (27) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter $10.00 (28) Repealed by Session Laws 2001-358, s. 7(c), effective January 1, 2002. History (1957, c. 1179; 1967, c. 823, s. 24; 1969, c. 875, s. 10; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 981, s. 2; 1983, c. 713, ss. 39-42; 1991, c. 574, s. 2; 1993, c. 398, s. 1; 1995, c. 539, s. 10; 1997-456, s. 55.3; 1997-475, s. 5.2; 1997-485, s. 11; 2001-358, s. 7(c); 2001-387, ss. 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6; 2002-126, ss. 29A.27, 29A.28.) NORTH CAROLINA COMMENTARY This section contains a new fee schedule covering documents required or permitted to be filed under the Act. The fees shown here combine the fees and taxes that were separately covered in former G.S. 55A-77 and G.S. 55A-78. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2001-358, s. 53, provided that the act, which amended this section by deleting subdivision (a)(28), was effective October 1, 2001, and applicable to documents submitted for filing on or after that date. Section 173 of Session Laws 2001-387 changed the effective date of Session Laws 2001-358 from October 1, 2001, to January 1, 2002. Section 6 of Session Laws 2001-413, effective September 14, 2001, added a sentence to s. 175(a) of Session Laws 2001-387, making s. 173 of that act effective when it became law (August 26, 2001). As a result of these changes, the amendment by Session Laws 2001-358 is effective January 1, 2002, and applicable to documents submitted for filing on or after that date. Session Laws 2008-194, s. 2(a)-(f), provides: "(a) The following definitions apply in this section: "(1) Department. - The Department of the Secretary of State. "(2) Filer. - An individual, entity, or corporation that files a single notice pursuant to this section for more than 20,000 entities on file with the Department. "(3) Notice. - A bulk filing which includes the information required in G.S. 55D-31(a)(2) through (6) and a certification that the filer has complied with the entity notification requirements of G.S. 55D-31(b). For a notice intended to update information for unincorporated nonprofit associations, 'notice' shall also mean a filing which includes the information required by G.S. 59B-11(b)(4). Any notice filed must be in an electronic form acceptable to the Department and include a written statement that the notice is filed pursuant to this section. "(b) Upon receipt and filing by the Department, a notice pursuant to this section shall be sufficient as a matter of law under G.S. 55D-31 and G.S. 59B-11 to update registered office and registered agent information for each entity on file with the Department for which the filer is listed on the records of the Department as the registered office, the registered agent, or both. "(c) The requirements of G.S. 55D-13(a) and (b), 55D-10(b)(8), 55-1-22(a), 55A-1-22(a), 57C-1-22(a) (repealed by Session Laws 2013-157, s.1), 59-35.2(a), 59-1106(a), and 59B-11(f) shall not apply to notices filed pursuant to this section. "(d) This section shall only apply to one notice for each filer. "(e) Unless otherwise specified, the change of address shall become effective on the 45th day following the Department's receipt of a notice filed pursuant to this section. A filer may specify in the notice a later effective date for the change of address, but not an earlier effective date. "(f) A notice filed pursuant to this section shall be delivered to the Department no later than one year after the effective date of this section." Legal Periodicals. - For 1997 legislative survey, see 20 Campbell L. Rev. 389.