What Does The California Secretary of State Do?
The California Secretary of State has many essential responsibilities that most people aren’t probably aware of. The office oversees everything from business filings to preserving valuable historical documents.
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Who is the California Secretary of State?
The Secretary of State of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state’s other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015.
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How To File a Corporation, LLC, LP, GP, or LLP in California?
The California Secretary of State’s office (1500 11th St, Sacramento, CA 95814) is the location where your File a corporation, LLC, LP, GP, or LLP. Our firm provides filing services to the Sacramento California Secretary of State. We will deliver and file your documents by hand to the correct location within the Secretary of State’s Office.
Routine Document Filing. Your documents will be delivered by hand to the Sacramento Secretary of State’s office within 5 business days. The Secretary of State will mail you your business filing documents.
24 Hour Expedited Document Filing. Your documents will be delivered by hand to the Sacramento Secretary of State’s office on an expedited bases. This is usually the same day as documents and payment are received. If not the same day, it will be filed the next business day. Your filed documents will be picked up from the Secretary of State’s office 24 hours after being filed. Our office will email you a copy of your filed documents and mail you the original filed document.
Same Day Expedited Document Filing. Your documents will be hand delivered by 9:30am to the Sacramento Secretary of State’s office. Your filed documents will be picked up from the Secretary of State’s office at 4:30pm on the same day. We will email you a copy of the filed documents and mail you the original.
CA SOS Forms:
Articles of Incorporation – General Stock
Articles of Incorporation – Close
Articles of Incorporation – Professional
Articles of Incorporation – Nonprofit Mutual Benefit
Articles of Incorporation – Nonprofit Public Benefit
Articles of Incorporation – Nonprofit Religious
Articles of Incorporation – Common Interest Development
Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation – Stock
Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation – Professional
Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation – Insurer
Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation – Nonprofit
Amended Statement by Foreign Corporation
Statement of Information – Domestic and Foreign Stock
Form LLC-1 Formation – Articles of Organization
Form LLC-12 State of Information
Form LLC-5 Foreign Limited Liability Companies Application to Register
Form LLC-6 Foreign Limited Liability Companies Name Change Amendment
Form LLC-11 Foreign Limited Liability Companies Certificate of Correction
Form LLC-12 Foreign Limited Liability Companies Statement of Information
State Filing Service Turnaround Options:
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Routine (about 5-6 days)
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24 Hour (for orders placed before 2pm)
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Same Day (for orders placed before 9:30am)
Questions: Call Lance at (800) 683-4769
Lance Casey & Associates can help you with all of your California Secretary of State Documents. We provide a secure cost effective way for businesses, non profits and others to file Corporate Filings, LLC filings, Register Foreign Corporation, Statement of Information Filing Services, UCC Filings and Searches, Apostille Filings, Certificates of Status, Document Retrieval Services, Skip Trace Search, Process Service and Private Investigation.
California business filing services. We can file any California Corporation document on an expedited basis at the Secretary of State’s office
To file a document on an expedited (walk-in/counter) basis, our California service includes:
- Receive the documents to filed via email.
- Making the required copies
- Issuing the required state checks
- Submitting your document in person in Sacramento
- Picking up the filed document when the Secretary of State has finished processing it
- Obtaining a certified copy of your filing (most filings)
- Faxing or email you a copy of the filed documents
- Forwarding the certified copy and payment receipt via regular mail
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