Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-1207 – Fees
(a) No document required to be filed under this chapter shall be effective until the applicable fee required by this section is paid. The following fees shall be paid to and collected by the Secretary of State for the use of the State of Delaware:
(1) Upon the receipt for filing of any statement or certificate, a fee in the amount of $200.
(2) Upon the receipt for filing of an application for reservation of name, an application for renewal of reservation or a notice of transfer or cancellation of reservation pursuant to § 15-109 of this title, a fee in the amount of $75.
(3) Upon the receipt for filing of a statement of qualification, a statement of foreign qualification or an annual report for a limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership, a fee in the amount of $200 for each partner, but in no event shall the fee payable for any year with respect to a limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership under this section be more than $120,000.
(4) For certifying copies of any paper on file as provided for by this chapter, a fee in the amount of $50 for each copy certified. In addition, a fee of $2.00 per page shall be paid in each instance where the Secretary of State provides the copies of the document to be certified.
(5) The Secretary of State may issue photocopies or electronic image copies of instruments on file, as well as instruments, documents and other papers not on file, and for all such photocopies or electronic image copies which are not certified by the Secretary of State, a fee of $10 shall be paid for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page. Notwithstanding Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 100 of Title 29) or other provision of law granting access to public records, the Secretary of State upon request shall issue only photocopies or electronic image copies of public records in exchange for the fees described in this section, and in no case shall the Secretary of State be required to provide copies (or access to copies) of such public records (including without limitation bulk data, digital copies of instruments, documents and other papers, databases or other information) in an electronic medium or in any form other than photocopies or electronic image copies of such public records in exchange for the fees, as applicable, described in this section or § 2318 of Title 29 for each such record associated with a file number.
(6) Upon the receipt for filing of a certificate under § 15-111(b) of this title, a fee in the amount of $200, upon the receipt for filing of a certificate under § 15-111(c) of this title, a fee in the amount of $200, and upon the receipt for filing of a certificate under § 15-111(d) of this title, a fee in the amount of $2.00 for each partnership whose registered agent has resigned by such certificate.
(7) For preclearance of any document for filing, a fee in the amount of $250.
(8) For preparing and providing a written report of a record search, a fee of up to $100.
(9) For issuing any certificate of the Secretary of State, including but not limited to a certificate of good standing, other than a certification of a copy under paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a fee in the amount of $50, except that for issuing any certificate of the Secretary of State that recites all of a partnership’s filings with the Secretary of State, a fee of $175 shall be paid for each such certificate. For issuing any certificate via the Secretary of State’s online services, a fee of up to $175 shall be paid for each certificate.
(10) For receiving and filing and/or indexing any certificate, affidavit, agreement or any other paper provided for by this chapter, for which no different fee is specifically prescribed, a fee in the amount of $100. For filing any instrument submitted by a partnership that only changes the registered office or registered agent and is specifically captioned as a certificate or statement of amendment changing only the registered office or registered agent, a fee in the amount of $50.
(11) The Secretary of State may in the Secretary of State’s discretion charge a fee of $60 for each check received for payment of any fee that is returned due to insufficient funds or the result of a stop payment order.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-1207
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Certificate: means a certificate of conversion to partnership under § 15-901 of this title, a certificate of conversion to a non-Delaware entity under § 15-903 of this title, a certificate of merger or consolidation or a certificate of ownership and merger under § 15-902 of this title, a certificate of partnership domestication under § 15-904 of this title, a certificate of transfer and a certificate of transfer and domestic continuance under § 15-905 of this title, a certificate of correction and a corrected certificate under § 15-118 of this title, and a certificate of termination of a certificate with a future effective date or time and a certificate of amendment of a certificate with a future effective date or time under § 15-105(i) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Document: means (i) any tangible medium on which information is inscribed, and includes handwritten, typed, printed or similar instruments, and copies of such instruments and (ii) an electronic transmission. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Foreign limited liability partnership: means a partnership that:
(i) Is formed under laws other than the laws of the State of Delaware; and
(ii) Has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Limited liability partnership: means a domestic partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under § 15-1001 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Partner: means a person who is admitted to a partnership as a partner of the partnership. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Partnership: means an association of 2 or more persons formed under § 15-202 of this title, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction to carry on any business, purpose or activity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Statement: means a statement of partnership existence under § 15-303 of this title, a statement of denial under § 15-304 of this title, a statement of dissociation under § 15-704 of this title, a statement of dissolution under § 15-805 of this title, a statement of qualification under § 15-1001 of this title, a statement of foreign qualification under § 15-1102 of this title, and an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing under § 15-105 of this title and a statement of correction and a corrected statement under § 15-118 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) In addition to those fees charged under subsection (a) of this section, there shall be collected by and paid to the Secretary of State the following:
(1) For all services described in subsection (a) of this section that are requested to be completed within 30 minutes on the same day as the day of the request, an additional sum of up to $7,500 and for all services described in subsection (a) of this section that are requested to be completed within 1 hour on the same day as the day of the request, an additional sum of up to $1,000 and for all services described in subsection (a) of this section that are requested to be completed within 2 hours on the same day as the day of the request, an additional sum of up to $500;
(2) For all services described in subsection (a) of this section that are requested to be completed within the same day as the day of the request, an additional sum of up to $300; and
(3) For all services described in subsection (a) of this section that are requested to be completed within a 24-hour period from the time of the request, an additional sum of up to $150.
The Secretary of State shall establish (and may from time to time amend) a schedule of specific fees payable pursuant to this subsection.
(c) The Secretary of State may in the Secretary of State’s discretion permit the extension of credit for the fees required by this section upon such terms as the Secretary of State shall deem to be appropriate.
(d) The Secretary of State shall retain from the revenue collected from the fees required by this section a sum sufficient to provide at all times a fund of at least $500, but not more than $1,500, from which the Secretary of State may refund any payment made pursuant to this section to the extent that it exceeds the fees required by this section. The funds shall be deposited in a financial institution which is a legal depository of State of Delaware moneys to the credit of the Secretary of State and shall be disbursable on order of the Secretary of State.
(e) Except as provided in this section, the fees of the Secretary of State shall be as provided in § 2315 of Title 29.
72 Del. Laws, c. 151, § ?1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 52, §§ ?5-11; 77 Del. Laws, c. 78, §§ ?3-11; 78 Del. Laws, c. 98, §§ ?13, 14; 80 Del. Laws, c. 43, § ?9; 82 Del. Laws, c. 47, § 7;