§414-13 - Filing, service, and copying fees.
§414-13 Filing, service, and copying fees.
(a) [Subsection effective until June 30, 2010. For subsection effective
July 1, 2010, see below.] The following fees shall be paid to the
department director upon the filing of corporate documents:
(1) Articles of incorporation, $100;
(2) Articles of amendment, $25;
(3) Restated articles of incorporation, $25;
(4) Articles of conversion or merger, $100;
(5) Articles of merger (subsidiary corporation), $50;
(6) Articles of dissolution, $25;
(7) Annual report of domestic and foreign
corporations organized for profit, $25;
(8) Agent's statement of change of registered office,
$25 for each affected domestic corporation or foreign corporation, except if
simultaneous filings are made, the fee is reduced to $1 for each affected
domestic corporation or foreign corporation in excess of two hundred;
(9) Any other statement, report, certificate,
application, or other corporate document, except an annual report, of a
domestic or foreign corporation, $25;
(10) Application for a certificate of authority, $100;
(11) Application for a certificate of withdrawal, $25;
(12) Reservation of corporate name, $10;
(13) Transfer of reservation of corporate name, $10;
(14) Good standing certificate, $5;
(15) Special handling fee for review of corporation
documents, excluding articles of conversion or merger, $25;
(16) Special handling fee for review of articles of
conversion or merger, $75;
(17) Special handling fee for certificates issued by
the department, $10 per certificate; and
(18) Special handling fee for certification of
documents, $10.
(a) [Subsection effective July 1, 2010.
For subsection effective until June 30, 2010, see above.] The following
fees shall be paid to the department director upon the filing of corporate
documents:
(1) Articles of incorporation, $100;
(2) Articles of amendment, $25;
(3) Restated articles of incorporation, $25;
(4) Articles of conversion or merger, $100;
(5) Articles of merger (subsidiary corporation), $50;
(6) Articles of dissolution, $25;
(7) Annual report of domestic and foreign
corporations organized for profit, $25;
(8) Any other statement, report, certificate,
application, or other corporate document, except an annual report, of a
domestic or foreign corporation, $25;
(9) Application for a certificate of authority, $100;
(10) Application for a certificate of withdrawal, $25;
(11) Reservation of corporate name, $10;
(12) Transfer of reservation of corporate name, $10;
(13) Good standing certificate, $5;
(14) Special handling fee for review of corporation
documents, excluding articles of conversion or merger, $25;
(15) Special handling fee for review of articles of
conversion or merger, $75;
(16) Special handling fee for certificates issued by
the department, $10 per certificate;
(17) Special handling fee for certification of
documents, $10; and
(18) For filings relating to registered agents, the
fees established by section 425R-2.
(b) All special handling fees shall be
credited to the special fund established for use by the department of commerce
and consumer affairs in expediting the processing of documents. At least two
temporary business registration assistant I positions shall be paid out of the
special fund.
(c) The department director shall adjust the
fees assessed under this section, as necessary from time to time, through rules
adopted under chapter 91.
(d) The department director shall charge and
collect:
(1) For furnishing a certified copy of any document,
instrument, or paper relating to a corporation, $10 for the certificate and
affixing the seal thereto; and
(2) At the time of any service of process on the
department director as agent for service of process of a corporation, $10,
which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit or
action causing the service to be made if the party prevails in the suit or
action. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 129, §10; am L 2004, c 116, §3
and c 117, §1; am L 2009, c 55, §3]