(a) The secretary of state shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection (a) are delivered to the secretary of state for filing:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-51-303

  • 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.
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, investment activity and other lawful purpose for gain or the preservation of assets whether or not carried on for profits. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Charter: includes amended and restated charters and articles of merger. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • 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.
  • Directors: means natural persons, designated in the charter or bylaws or elected or appointed by the incorporators, and their successors and natural persons elected or appointed to act as members of the board, irrespective of the names or titles by which such persons are described. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Dissolution: means that the LLC has incurred an event under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Document: means :
    (A) Any tangible medium on which information is inscribed, and includes any writing or written instrument. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Entity: includes the following, whether foreign or domestic: LLCs. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Principal office: means the office (in or out of this state) so designated in the annual report where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Registered office: means the place in this state designated in the articles as the registered office of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Termination: means the end of an LLC's existence as a legal entity and occurs when the articles of termination are filed with the secretary of state under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
(1) Charter (including designation of initial registered office and agent) ……………………………………….$100.00
(2) Application for use of indistinguishable name ……………………………………….20.00
(3) Application for reserved name ……………………………………….20.00
(4) Notice of transfer or cancellation of reserved name ……………………………………….20.00
(5) Application for registered name ……………………………………….20.00
(6) Application for renewal of registered name ……………………………………….20.00
(7) Application for or change, cancellation, or renewal of assumed name ……………………………………….20.00
(8) Corporation‘s statement of change of registered agent or registered office, or both ……………………………………….20.00
(9) Agent’s statement of change of registered office 5.00 per corporation but not less than ……………………………………….20.00
(10) Agent’s statement of resignation ……………………………………….20.00
(11) Charter amendment ……………………………………….20.00
(12) Restatement of charter ……………………………………….20.00
(13) Amended and restated charter ……………………………………….20.00
(14) Articles of entity conversion ……………………………………….100.00
(15) Articles of charter surrender ……………………………………….20.00
(16) Statement of abandonment of merger, conversion, or membership exchange ……………………………………….20.00
(17) Articles of merger or membership exchange ……………………………………….100.00
(18) Articles of dissolution and termination by incorporators or directors ……………………………………….20.00
(19) Articles of dissolution ……………………………………….20.00
(20) Articles of revocation of dissolution ……………………………………….20.00
(21) Articles of termination of corporate existence ……………………………………….20.00
(22) Certificate of administrative dissolution ……………………………………….No fee
(23) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution ……………………………………….70.00
(24) Certificate of reinstatement ……………………………………….No fee
(25) Articles of termination following administrative dissolution or revocation ……………………………………….100.00
(26) Certificate of judicial dissolution ……………………………………….No fee
(27) Application for certificate of authority (including designation of initial registered office and agent) ……………………………………….600.00
(28) Application for amended certificate of authority ……………………………………….20.00
(29) Application for certificate of withdrawal ……………………………………….20.00
(30) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business ……………………………………….No fee
(31) Application for reinstatement following administrative revocation ……………………………………….70.00
(32) Application for certificate of withdrawal following administrative revocation ……………………………………….100.00
(33) Annual report ……………………………………….20.00
(34) Articles of correction ……………………………………….20.00
(35) Application for certificate of existence or authorization ……………………………………….20.00
(36) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by chapters 51-68 of this title ……………………………………….20.00
(b) The secretary of state shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each time process is served on the secretary of state under chapters 51-68 of this title. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if such party prevails in the proceeding.
(c) The secretary of state shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for copying all filed documents relating to a domestic or foreign corporation. All such copies will be certified or validated by the secretary of state.
(d) In addition to the other filing requirements of chapters 51-68 of this title, a copy of all documents specified in subdivisions (a)(1), (11), (12), (17), (19)-(21) shall also be filed in the office of the register of deeds in the county wherein a corporation has its principal office, if such principal office is in Tennessee, and in the case of a merger, in the county in which the new or surviving corporation shall have its principal office, if such principal office is in Tennessee. The register of deeds may charge five dollars ($5.00) plus fifty cents (50¢) per page in excess of five (5) pages for such filing.
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