North Carolina General Statutes 55A-1-22. Filing, service, and copying fees
(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the Secretary for filing:
Document Fee
(1) Articles of incorporation $60.00
(2) Application for reserved name $10.00
(3) Notice of transfer of reserved name $10.00
(4) Application for registered name $10.00
(5) Application for renewal of registered name $10.00
(6) Corporation‘s statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both $ 5.00
(7) Agent’s statement of change of registered office for each affected corporation $ 5.00
(8) Agent’s statement of resignation No fee
(9) Designation of registered agent or registered office or both $ 5.00
(10) Amendment of articles of incorporation $25.00
(11) Restated articles of incorporation without amendment of articles $10.00
(12) Restated articles of incorporation with amendment of articles $25.00
(13) Articles of merger $25.00
(14) Articles of dissolution $15.00
(15) Articles of revocation of dissolution $10.00
(16) Certificate of administrative dissolution No fee
(17) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $100.00
(18) Certificate of reinstatement No fee
(19) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee
(20) Application for certificate of authority $125.00
(21) Application for amended certificate of authority $25.00
(22) Application for certificate of withdrawal $10.00
(23) Certificate of revocation of authority to conduct affairs No fee
(24) Corporation’s Statement of Change of Principal Office $ 5.00
(24a) Designation of Principal Office Address $ 5.00
(25) Articles of correction $10.00
(26) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (paper) $15.00
(26a) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (electronic) $10.00
(27) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter $10.00
(28) Repealed by Session Laws 2001-358, s. 7(c), effective January 1, 2002.
(b) The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on the Secretary under this Chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
(c) 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 corporation:
(1) One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying or comparing a copy to the original.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 55A-1-22
- 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.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a paper certificate.
(3) Ten dollars ($10.00) for an electronic certificate.
(1957, c. 1179; 1967, c. 823, s. 24; 1969, c. 875, s. 10; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 981, s. 2; 1983, c. 713, ss. 39-42; 1991, c. 574, s. 2; 1993, c. 398, s. 1; 1995, c. 539, s. 10; 1997-456, s. 55.3; 1997-475, s. 5.2; 1997-485, s. 11; 2001-358, s. 7(c); 2001-387, ss. 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6; 2002-126, ss. 29A.27, 29A.28.)