Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm and inform every Californian of their right and obligation to participate in the federal decennial census freely and without fear of fraud, intimidation, or harm. (b) The Secretary of State may work with the California Census Offi…

(a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and enhance the availability and accessibility of information on statewide candidates and ballot initiatives. This includes making information available online as well as through othe…

(a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the Secretary of State and State Archives Building Complex located in Sacramento in the area bounded by 10th, 11th, O, and P Streets for the use, education, and enjoyment of the public, including uses to…

The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book. There shall be entered in the book all fees, commissions, and compensation of whatever nature or kind that are earned, collected, or charged, with the date, name of payer, paid or not paid, and the nature of the service in each case. …

(a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Corporations Code, Food and Agricultural Code, Harbors and Navigation Code, and this code, exclu…

For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.

No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for a search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of the Member’s or officer’s office, nor shall a Member of the Legislature or state officer be charged a fee for a certified copy of a law or resolution pass…

(a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document on file in the office of the Secretary of State, is one dollar ($1) for the first page, and fifty cents ($0.50) for each a…

The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.

The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dollars ($10). A fee shall not be charged for attesting pardons, extradition papers, military commissions, and commissions issued to nonsalaried state officers other than notaries pub…

The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out this article, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1.

The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, false, or fraudulent purpose, to promote or conduct an illegitimate object or purpose, or is being reques…

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as provided in this article and may also by regulation establish fees to be charged and collected for copying and special handling in connection with filing documents, issuing of certificates, and other services performed b…

The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an application, examination, and commission fee that shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs of commissioning notaries public and the enforcement of laws governing notaries public. The fee shall not exceed one …

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees for certification: (a) Certification of a document: Five dollars ($5). (b) Certificate of status or filing: Five dollars ($5). (c) Certificate of information: Ten dollars ($10) if the request is communicated in wr…

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) from an entity for its conversion made pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 1150) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code. (b) This section shall become operative …

Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any provision of the Corporations Code for which there is a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) or more, at the time of filing the Secretary of State shall provide a copy without charge.

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 i…

The general partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a statement of partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Filing a statement of dissolution for the purposes of canceling a statement of partnership: No fee. (c) Filing any other partnership statement pursuant to this…

The limited partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited partnership name: ten dollars ($10). (b) Filing a certificate of limited partnership of a limited partnership: seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an application for registrat…

The limited liability partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a registration for a registered limited liability partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Filing a registration for a foreign limited liability partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an amendment …

The limited liability company filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited liability company name: Ten dollars ($10). (b) Filing articles of organization of a limited liability company: Seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an application for reg…

The miscellaneous business entity filing fees are the following: (a) Foreign associations, as defined in Sections 170 and 171 of the Corporations Code: (1) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of a foreign association pursuant to Section 2105 of the Corpora…

The filing fees for a nonprofit mutual benefit ridesharing corporation are the following: (a) Nonprofit mutual benefit corporation having as its sole purpose the operation of a single ridesharing vanpool vehicle designed for transporting at least seven persons, including the driv…

The trademark and service mark fees are the following: (a) Filing an application for registration of a trademark: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Issuing a certificate of assignment of a trademark: Thirty dollars ($30). (c) Filing a renewal for registration of a trademark: Thirty doll…

The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings are the following: (a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages. (b) Twenty dollars (…

(a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are the following: (1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (2) Filing an amendment of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (3) Filing an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment trust …

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as applicable, fees for the following: (a) Service of process, as provided in Section 15800 of the Corporations Code, for every partnership other than a foreign limited partnership subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 1569…

As used in this article, “item” includes, but is not limited to, any paper, document, book, map, artifact, or other type of record.

The Secretary of State is the custodian of the public archives of the State.

The Secretary of State shall maintain and properly equip safe and secure vaults for the preservation, description, and use of the archives.

The Secretary of State shall receive into the archives an item that is required by law to be delivered to or filed with the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall receive into the State Archives any official committee file transmitted pursuant to Section 9080 or rulemaking file transmitted pursuant to Section 11347.3. The Secretary of State may designate a time for the delivery of files in consideration of docu…

The Secretary of State may receive into the archives an item that the Secretary of State deems to be of historical value.

The Secretary of State may at any time return to the state agency from which it was received an item in the archives which the Secretary of State does not deem to be of historical value.

With the consent of the Secretary of State, the governing body of a county or city may by order or resolution direct the transfer to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the State archives, of official items it deems have historic interest or value, and which are in the custod…

The Chief of Archives is responsible for the preservation and description of material deposited in the State Archives and shall make the material readily available for use.

The Chief of Archives shall give an appropriate receipt for all material received by the Chief of Archives as a part of the archives.

The Secretary of State may maintain an item in an active file in the Secretary’s office for such time as the Secretary of State deems proper before transferring it to the archives.

The Secretary of State shall establish a Document Laboratory and a Record Processing Program to facilitate the preservation and description of the archives.

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall consult with and give consideration to the recommendations of the California Historical Records Advisory Board, which for that purpose shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall utilize the California Historical Records Advisory Board to advise, encourage, and coordinate the activities of the county historical records commissions, either designated or appointed by the county boards of supervisors pursuant to Section 26490. Th…

The Secretary of State shall conduct under the administration of the State Archives a regular governmental history documentation program to provide through the use of oral history a continuing documentation of state policy development as reflected in California’s legislative and …

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Local Government Records Program to be administered by the State Archives to establish guidelines for local government records retention and to provide archival support to local agencies in this state. (b) The Secretary of State shall …

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1, any provision of law that exempts from public disclosure any item in the custody of the State Archives shall not apply to that item 75 years after the item was created, irrespective of…

Whenever an appropriation is made by the Legislature for the purpose, the Secretary of State shall compile, publish, and distribute a roster of the State and local public officials of California.

The Secretary of State shall cause the roster to be printed and shall distribute copies free of charge, as follows: To the Governor, 50 copies; to the Lieutenant Governor, 30 copies; to each member of the Senate and to each member of the Assembly, 30 copies; to each elective Stat…

No more than 120 days after each general election, the governing body of each city, county, or city and county, or their delegated local entity, including, but not limited to, the office of the city clerk or the office of the county administrator, shall submit to the Secretary of…

For the purposes of this article, “termination document” means the certificate or other document required by the Corporations Code that is the last certificate or document filed with the Secretary of State to effect the final dissolution, surrender, or cancellation of the busines…

(a) The Secretary of State shall reinstate to active status on its records, a business entity for which a court finds any of the following: (1) The factual representations by a shareholder, member, partner, or other person that are contained in the termination document are materi…