A statement of information is a short filing California corporations and LLCs make with the Secretary of State. You file the first one within 90 days of registering. After that, corporations file every year and LLCs every two years.
It keeps the state's record of your business addresses and your agent for service of process up to date. The fee is $25 for corporations and $20 for LLCs. Missing it can lead to a $250 penalty and, if it goes on long enough, suspension of the company.
Say you registered a California LLC in March 2025. The first statement of information was due within 90 days, so by June.
After that, an LLC files every two years, in its registration month. Since this one registered in an odd year, its next filings fall in 2027, 2029 and so on. Each filing window is six months long and ends on the last day of March, so the 2027 filing can go in any time from October 2026 through March 2027.
The Secretary of State sends a notice. If nothing is filed within 60 days of that notice, the Franchise Tax Board can charge a $250 penalty, and the company can eventually be suspended. If you had a good reason, you can ask the Secretary of State in writing to waive the penalty.
Often it's a private company, not the state. The Secretary of State warns about these mailers and says it doesn't send or authorize them. The real fee is $25 for corporations and $20 for LLCs when you file it yourself.
Yes, if it's registered to do business in California. Out-of-state corporations registered here file every year, the same as California corporations.
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