Gov. Code, § 12186 · Article 3. Business Programs
Gov. Code, § 12186
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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 2101 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 12570 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 2117 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 30 of each year pursuant to Section 2104 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).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 204, Sec. 18. (AB 657) Effective January 1, 2012.
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Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 1502Printed as Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and 12570 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 1502.1Printed as Section 1502.1 or 2117.1 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 2101Printed as Section 2101 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 2104Printed as Section 2104 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 2117Printed as Section 2117 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 2117.1Printed as Section 1502.1 or 2117.1 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 6210Printed as Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and 12570 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 8210Printed as Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and 12570 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 9660Printed as Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and 12570 of the Corporations Code
- Corp. Code, § 12570Printed as Sections 1502, 6210, 8210, 9660, and 12570 of the Corporations Code
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