“In observance of Columbus Day, state and federal government offices across a number of states will be closed on Monday, October 8th, and will reopen the following business day.” 10/8/2018 Native Americans’ Day Closed: South Dakota 10/8/2018 Columbus Day Closed: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New…

Washington SOS CCFS Update: Tomorrow, 9/19/18, the Washington Secretary of State will roll out a maintenance update to their CCFS online filing system. When the update goes live, any incomplete filings or items in your shopping will be cleared out. The state apologizes for any inconveniences this may cause. Delays, although not planned, may occur…

SC Emergency Weather Closure Notice: Due to Hurricane Florence, all South Carolina state offices in Richland County (including the Secretary of State’s office) will be closed as of 5PM eastern on 9/10/18. Currently, the ETA to reopen is Monday, 9/17/18, if no storm damage occurs. Government offices in 25 other counties will also be closed,…

Washington DOL Service Interruptions Update:   The Washington State Department of Licensing is preparing to launch a revamped driver license system near the end of August, through early September. Service interruptions are to be expected from 8/26 – 9/4. Driver licensing offices will be closed from 8/31 to 9/3. Further information can be found below…

Secure Access Washington Update: On August 3rd, the state of Washington is upgrading its Secure Access Washington (SAW) portal. The site functionality will not change, but users will notice a new look when accessing the site on this day. (Photo shown below). Users will also keep their current usernames and passwords. The site will now…

WA SOS website issue is fixed.

WA SOS Corporations Division Website Maintenance: 7/13/18 – The WA SOS has advised that the corporations division website is currently undergoing maintenance, and the business entity information search function may be non-operational at this time. Currently, there is no estimate of when the maintenance will be complete, but they are working to restore this feature…

Washington SOS Update: The Washington Secretary of State has confirmed that after today’s closure, they will re-open for normal business hours tomorrow, 6/20/2018.

WA SOS EMERGENCY CLOSURE. Due to an emergency, the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations Division will be closed today, 6/19/18. Their office plans to re-open tomorrow 6/20/18, barring any unforeseen circumstances. We will post updates here if any further developments occur.

Delaware Secretary of State Update: On Friday, June 8th 2018, the DE SOS has planned an employee recognition luncheon. Filing service cutoff times will be affected by this. No “Same-day” or “Must” filings can be submitted after 11:30 AM ET on that day. 1 Hour filings must be submitted to the state prior to 10:00…

WY UCC Notice   The state of WY’s UCC system will be down for maintenance today, Friday, June 1st. UCC Filings will be unable to be processed this day. The state expects their system to return online on Monday, June 4th. Please feel free to contact Fairchild with any questions you may have.

Secretary of State Kim Wyman is cautioning Washington business owners to be aware of a misleading and potentially fraudulent mailing that purports to be an official bill related to business registration requirements… For a full read, please use the link below: https://www.sos.wa.gov/office/news-releases.aspx#/news/1289