North Carolina General Statutes 59-35.2. Filing, service, and copying fees
(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are submitted by a partnership to the Secretary of State for filing:
Document Fee
(1) Application for reserved name …………………………………………………… $10.00
(2) Notice of transfer of reserved name ……………………………………………. 10.00
(3) Application for registered name …………………………………………………. 10.00
(4) Application for renewal of registered name …………………………………. 10.00
(5) Registered limited liability partnership‘s or foreign limited liability partnership‘s statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both .. 5.00
(6) Agent’s statement of change of registered office for each affected registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership ……………. 5.00
(7) Agent’s statement of resignation …………………………………………………. No Fee
(8) Designation of registered agent or registered office or both……………. 5.00
(9) Articles of conversion (other than articles of conversion included as part of another document)………………………………………………………………………………… 50.00
(10) Articles of merger …………………………………………………………………….. 50.00
(11) Application for registration as a registered limited liability partnership 125.00
(12) Certificate of amendment of registration as a registered limited liability partnership ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25.00
(13) Cancellation of registration as a registered limited liability partnership 25.00
(14) Application for registration as a foreign limited liability partnership . 125.00
(15) Certificate of amendment of registration as a foreign limited liability partnership 25.00
(16) Cancellation of registration as a foreign limited liability partnership . 25.00
(17) Application for certificate of withdrawal by reason of merger, consolidation, or conversion ……………………………………………………………………………….. 10.00
(18) Annual report …………………………………………………………………………… 200.00
(19) Articles of correction ………………………………………………………………… 10.00
(20) Any other document required or permitted to be filed pursuant to this Act 10.00
(b) Whenever the Secretary of State is deemed appointed as a registered agent under this Act or under Chapter 55D of the N.C. Gen. Stat., the Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on the Secretary of State under this Act. The party to the 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 a filed partnership document:
(1) One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying or comparing a copy to the original.
(2) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a paper certificate.
(3) Ten dollars ($10.00) for an electronic certificate. (2001-387, s. 170(b); 2001-487, s. 62(q); 2005-435, s. 46.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 59-35.2
- Act: The North Carolina Uniform Partnership Act and refers to all provisions therein. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-32
- 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.
- 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
- Foreign limited liability partnership: A partnership that is formed under laws other than the laws of this State and has the status of a limited liability partnership or registered limited liability partnership under those laws. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-32
- 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.
- Registered limited liability partnership: A partnership that is registered under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-32
- 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