WA SOS UPDATE 9/28/20 The Corporations Division of the WA Secretary of State has reopened today, 9/28. Due to technical difficulties, they are unable to process requests, but they will accept them and begin working on them as soon as their systems are up and running once more. We will post further updates here as…
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UPDATE 9/25/2020 – The WA SOS remains closed. We will continue to post updates here as they become available.
WA SOS EMERGENCY CLOSURE 09-24-2020 Per posted notice below, all services with the Corporations Division are unavailable. Currently, it is not known when their office will re-open. We will provide further updates here as they become available. Please contact us with any questions.
Washington SOS – Corporations Division Lobby to re-open 9/21/20 On Monday, 9/21, the Corporations Division of the Washington Secretary of State’s office plans to reopen to the public, with a limitation of 3 guests in the lobby at a time. This means that we will no longer be limited to one submission/one retrieval visit per…
WA SOS Furlough Closure Reminder 9/18/20: On Friday, September 18th, the Washington Secretary of State’s office will be closed for their monthly furlough day. Their office will reopen at 8am on Monday, 9/21/20. Please keep this in mind for any upcoming filing/retrievals you may need, and let us know if you have any questions!
WA SOS and DOR Service Outage 9/14/20 Due to an upgrade to Washington’s MyDOR system, the Secretary of State’s office will be unable to process any filing that requires a UBI number lookup. Filings will be accepted Monday, but will not be processed until the system is back online. Official notice can be seen online…
Washington State Corporations Division, Same day service has returned! Contact us for more information on timing.
In observance of Labor Day, Fairchild and all State, Federal, and County offices will be closed on Monday 09/07/20 and will reopen at 8:00 am on Tuesday 09/08/20.
CA SOS EARLY CLOSURE 8/17 – 8/19 Due to excessive heat, the CA Secretary of State’s lobby hours in Sacramento will be 8am to 3pm PT, 8/17 thru 8/19. In order to meet this cutoff, we must have paper filings in hand by 2:15pm PT. It appears electronic UCC/corporate filings can still be submitted online…
Emergency Closure at FL Department of State The Florida Department of State has unexpectedly closed their office for deep cleaning this week. They currently plan to reopen on Friday, 7/17. No requests can be retrieved in-person during this closure. We will continue to monitor this situation, and post any updates here as they occur.
CA UCC System Downtime 7/13/20: Starting at 12:01 AM on Monday, 7/13, the CA Secretary of State’s current UCC filing/search system will go offline, as the state implements a new system. This new system is expected to go live on 7/15, around 10:00 AM. No UCC filings will be processed during the downtime, but searches…
