What are common reasons that the Secretary of States office rejects filings?
Incomplete forms are returned unless fields are inapplicable or optional. If the form says it needs the signature of a notary public–believe it! Unfortunately, every application must be accompanied by a specified fee. No application can be processed without the fee attached. Checks should be made payable to the Secretary of State and don’t forget to sign the check! At the present time we do not accept credit or debit card payments. On occasion we receive an application that we can’t read – no matter how hard we try. If we can’t read it – we can’t file it. We recommend that you type or print your application. Some applicants purposely misspell words in the business name in order to be unique, but others, make unintentional spelling errors. For most of the application it doesn’t matter, but it does matter for the “name” – you should pay particular attention to make sure that you have written the name of your entity correctly. If we are not sure what you intend we may return it to you fo
