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Nonprofit Quick Tips: Secretary of State Filings in California and Delaware

April 24, 2023 Podcast
EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. This week, we launch a series of quick tip episodes, starting with the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of our crackerjack paralegal, Joe Hilliard, we tackle the basic filing mechanics for nonprofit corporations starting with Delaware and California today. We will work our way through the other states in future episodes.

Resources:

For Delaware:

Delaware Secretary of State website: https://corp.delaware.gov/

Delaware's current entity database: https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/eCorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx

Delaware corporate forms: https://corp.delaware.gov/corpforms/

Delaware fees: https://corp.delaware.gov/fee/

Delaware expedite services: https://corp.delaware.gov/expserv/

For California:

California Secretary of State website: https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/

California current entity database: https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business

California business forms and fees: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms

California processing time: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/processing-dates

California expedite services: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/service-options

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