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Cal. GOV § 12186
California Statutes
The fees for corporate filings are the following: (
a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of corporate name: Ten dollars ($10). (
b) Registering a corporate name for the calendar year pursuant to
Section of the Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50). (
c) Filing articles of incorporation providing for shares: One hundred dollars ($100). (
d) Filing articles of incorporation not providing for shares: Thirty dollars ($30). (
e) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of a foreign, nonprofit, nonstock corporation, and of a foreign corporation organized for educational, religious, scientific, or charitable purposes, and not issuing shares: Thirty dollars ($30). (
f) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of any other foreign corporation not provided for in subdivision (e): One hundred dollars ($100). (
g) Filing the statement of information for every corporation pursuant to Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and of the Corporations Code and
Section 14101.6 of the Financial Code: Twenty dollars ($20). (
h) Filing the statement of information for every foreign corporation (other than a foreign association) qualified to transact intrastate business pursuant to
Section of the Corporations Code: Twenty dollars ($20). (
i) Filing changes to any statement of information subject to subdivisions (
g) and (h): No fee. (
j) Filing the statement pursuant to
Section 1502.1 or 2117.1 of the Corporations Code: No fee. (
k) Filing for the merger of one corporation solely with one or more other corporations: One hundred dollars ($100). (
l) Filing for the merger of one or more corporations with one or more other types of business entities: One hundred fifty dollars ($150). (
m) Filing a certificate of amendment changing the status of a nonprofit corporation into a stock corporation: Seventy dollars ($70). (
n) Filing a certificate of election to dissolve a corporation, a certificate of dissolution of a corporation, or a certificate of surrender, or of change of address: No fee. (
o) Filing a statement of address by a foreign lending institution on or before June of each year pursuant to
Section of the Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50). (
p) Filing any other instrument by or on behalf of a corporation, unless another fee is specified by law: Thirty dollars ($30).