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Business Programs Division
BUSINESS ENTITIES MAIL PROCESSING TIMES
Due to the large volume of business entity filing and order requests received, customers may experience delays in receiving confirmation of requests submitted by mail. Current mail processing times are provided below in an effort to assist customers in determining approximate response times for such requests.
Depending on your needs, the following services are offered by the Secretary of State to assist you in receiving a more expeditious response to your request:
- California Business Search – Free online access to corporate, limited partnership and limited liability company information is available through the California Business Search.
- E-file – The Statement of Information for most corporations can be filed online at no additional charge. Statements filed online are processed and entered into our database by the following business day.
- Special Handling - is available for all filing and order requests submitted in person to our Sacramento office and for limited filing and order requests submitted to our regional offices. The average processing time for filing and order requests submitted for special handling is approximately five business days.
- Preclearance service - provides a customer with the opportunity to submit a business entity document in person to the Secretary of State's Sacramento office prior to filing to determine if the document conforms to law and to receive a preclearance response within a guaranteed time frame.
- Expedited filing service -
provides a customer with the opportunity to submit for filing a business entity document in person to the Secretary of State's Sacramento office and to receive a filing response within a guaranteed time frame.
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