North Carolina § 59-1106 - Filing, service, and copying fees.

§ 59-1106. 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 of State 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 Article. 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 limited partnership: One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying or comparing a copy to the original; and Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a paper certificate. Ten dollars ($10.00) for an electronic certificate. Repealed by Session Laws 2001-387, s. 171(b), effective January 1, 2002. Document Fee (1) Certificate of limited partnership which does not include an application for registration as a limited liability limited partnership $50.00 (2) Certificate of limited partnership which includes an application for registration as a limited liability limited partnership 125.00 (3) Certificate of amendment 25.00 (4) Certificate of cancellation 25.00 (5) Application for reservation of name 10.00 (6) Notice of transfer of reserved name 10.00 (7) Application for registration of name 10.00 (8) Application for renewal of registration name 10.00 (9) Limited partnership's or foreign limited partnership's statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both 5.00 (10) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected partnership 5.00 (11) Agent's statement of resignation No Fee (12) Designation of registered agent or registered office or both 5.00 (13) Application for registration as foreign limited partnership 50.00 (14) Certificate of amendment of registration as foreign limited partnership 25.00 (15) Cancellation of registration as foreign limited partnership 25.00 (16) Application for certificate of withdrawal by reason of merger, consolidation, or conversion 10.00 (17) Articles of merger 50.00 (18) Articles of conversion (other than articles of conversion included as part of another document) 50.00 (19) Application for registration as a limited liability limited partnership (other than an application included in the certificate of limited partnership) 125.00 (20) Certificate of amendment of registration as a limited liability limited partnership 25.00 (21) Certificate of cancellation of registration as a limited liability limited partnership 25.00 (22) Annual report for a limited liability limited partnership 200.00 (23) Any other document required or permitted to be filed under this Article 10.00 History (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 989, s. 2; 1991, c. 574, s. 3; 1995, c. 539, s. 37; 1997-485, s. 13; 2001-358, ss. 10(f), 37; 2001-387, ss. 149, 171(a), 171(b), 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6; 2002-126, s. 29A.31.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2001-358, ss. 10(f) and 37, effective January 1, 2002, and applying to documents submitted for filing on or after that date, had amended this section. However, Session Laws 2001-387, s. 171(a), repealed ss. 10(f) and 37 of 2001-358, effective January 1, 2002. Session Laws 2001-358, s. 53, provided that the act, which amended this section, 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, 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 [August 8, 2008]."