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Corporations Division Policy Statements
Corporations Division Policy Statements
2014-1: Resigned Resident Agent and Registered Office Mailing
C-1: Policy on Filing Documents
C-2: Licensing or Other Legal Authorization of Shareholders
C-3: Denials of Request for Extensions - Supplemental Statements
C-4: Franchise Fees Associated with Restated Articles
C-7: Refunds of Excess Franchise Fees Paid
C-8: Practice of Law by Corporations
C-9: Refund of Fees, Other than Franchise Fees
C-10: Incorporation of a Hospital
C-12: US Post Office Zip Code and Address Changes
C-13: Correction of an Administrative Error
C-14: Annual Report Penalty Fees
C-15: Business and Industrial Development Corporation
C-16: Policy Statement of Professional Service Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
C-17: Units and Limited Partnership Certificates
C-18: Cancellation of a Limited Partnership
C-21: Calculating Franchise Fees
C-22: Assessment of Penalty Fees
C-25: Reconstruction of Closed Reinstatement Files
C-27: Annual Reports for Professional Corporations
C-28: Fees Received with Additional Annual Reports
C-30: Various Content Requirements in the Annual Report
C-35: Incomplete and Deficient Annual Reports
C-36: Adoption of an Assumed Name
C-37: Corporate Reinstatement Name
C-39: Corporate Annual Reports for Out Corporations
C-40: Application of Name Standard
C-41: Application for Certificate of Authority by Foreign Limited Liability Companies
C-42: Adopting the Same Assumed Name
C-44: Franchise Fees for Partnerships Associations Limited
C-45: Applications for Certificate of Authority From Trusts
C-46: Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization
C-47: Foreign Insurance Companies
C-48: Names of Educational Corporations
C-51: Liability for Annual Reports Under Two Statutes
C-53: Educational Purposes for Limited Liability Companies
C-62: Professional Limited Liability Companies
C-63: Purposes of Nonprofit Corporations
C-64: Recission of Policy Statements C-19, C-31, C-54
C-67: Late Submission of Profit Corporation Annual Reports
C-69: Documents Available for Submission by Email
C-71: Contents of Limited Liability Partnership Application for Registration