Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2011.

     Purpose: To drop the twenty-five percent reinstatement penalty from current rule, and charge a flat reinstatement fee to reduce customer confusion and employee time spent on calculations.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 434-112-085 and 434-130-090.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 23B.01.220, 25.15.805, 25.10.916.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 11-07-016 on March 8, 2011.

     A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Pamela Floyd, P.O. Box 40234, Olympia, WA 98504-0234, phone (360) 725-0310, fax (360) 586-4989, e-mail pam.floyd@sos.wa.gov.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: May 24, 2011.

Steve Excell

Assistant Secretary

of State

(a) Articles of incorporation	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(b) Certificates of formation	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(c) Applications for registration	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(d) Certificates of authority	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(e) Certificate of limited partnership	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(f) Other original filings	one hundred eighty dollars (includes heritage center fee of five dollars under RCW 43.07.128)
(g) Articles of amendment	thirty dollars
(h) Articles of restatement	thirty dollars
(i) Articles of correction	thirty dollars
(j) Revocation of dissolution or withdrawal	thirty dollars
(k) Delinquent license renewal	ninety-four dollars, including twenty-five dollars penalty, sixty dollars statutory fee, and nine dollars department of licensing handling fee, when applicable
(l) Limited partnership annual report	sixty dollars
(m) Limited liability partnership annual report	sixty dollars
(n) Limited liability limited partnership annual report	sixty dollars
(o) Cooperative association annual report	ten dollars
(p) Reinstatement from administrative dissolution	one hundred forty dollars plus all delinquent license or annual fees ((and a twenty-five percent penalty computed on the total amount))
(q) Requalification from administrative revocation	one hundred eighty dollars plus all delinquent fees
(r) Articles of merger or exchange	twenty dollars for each listed company
(s) Resignation of registered agent	twenty dollars
(t) Resignation of officer or director	ten dollars
(u) Initial report filed with formation	no fee
(v) Amended annual report or initial report filed after formation	ten dollars
(w) Change of registered agent	no fee
(x) Change of registered office address	no fee
(y) Registration, reservation, or transfer of name	thirty dollars
(z) Articles of dissolution or certificate of dissolution	no fee
(aa) Certificate of withdrawal	no fee
(bb) Certificate of cancellation	no fee
(cc) Agent's consent to act as agent	no fee
(dd) Agent's resignation if appointed without consent	no fee
(ee) Other statement or report	ten dollars

     (2) For Washington registered domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations, cooperative associations, nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations, building corporations, and other associations and corporations under Title 24 RCW, fees and penalties are:

(a) Articles of incorporation	thirty dollars
(b) Certificates of authority	thirty dollars
(c) Other original filings	thirty dollars
(d) Articles of amendment	twenty dollars
(e) Restatement	twenty dollars
(f) Annual report	ten dollars
(g) Articles of dissolution, certificate of withdrawal	no fee
(h) Reinstatement from administrative dissolution	thirty dollars plus all delinquent annual fees and five dollar penalty
(i) Articles of merger or exchange	twenty dollars for each listed corporation
(j) Resignation of officer or director	ten dollars
(k) Amended annual report	ten dollars
(l) Change of registered agent	no fee
(m) Change of registered office address	no fee
(n) Resignation of registered agent	twenty dollars
(o) Registration, reservation, or transfer of reservation of name	twenty dollars
(p) Certificate of election adopting provisions of chapter 24.03 RCW	thirty dollars
(q) Other statement or report filed	ten dollars

     (3) For registering trademarks for use within the state, the fees are as follows:

(a) Five year registration	fifty-five dollars (includes five dollars heritage center fee) for each class registered
(b) Five year renewal	fifty dollars for each class registered
(c) Recording assignment	ten dollars (includes registration)
(d) New certificate with name of assignee	five dollars
(e) Reservation of trademark	thirty dollars for each class reserved, for one hundred eighty days
(f) Amendment of trademark	fifty dollars for each class
(g) Cancellation of trademark	no fee
(h) Other statement or report filed	ten dollars

     (4) For filings related to state registered domestic partnership, the fees are:

(a) Registration	fifty dollars
(b) Name change	no fee
(c) Address change	no fee
(d) Notice of termination by reason of death	no fee

     (5) Fees paid under WAC 434-112-085 are not refundable. Under special circumstances, the filing party may petition the secretary in writing to request a waiver of emergency or penalty fees.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 11.110.070, 18.100.035, 19.77.015, [19.77.]030, [19.77.]050, [19.77.]060, 23.86.075, 23.90.050, 23B.01.200, [23B.01.]220, 24.03.007, [24.03.]302, [24.03.]405, [24.03.]410, 24.06.290, [24.06.]440, [24.06.]445, [24.06.]450, [24.06.]455, [24.06.]485, 25.10.006, [25.10.]171, [25.10.]605, [25.10.]610, [25.10.]916, [25.10.]921, 25.15.007, [25.15.]810, 43.07.120, [43.07.]128, [43.07.]130, 46.64.040. 10-20-150, § 434-112-085, filed 10/6/10, effective 11/6/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 23.86.070, 23B.01.200, 23B.01.220, 24.03.405, 25.10.600, 43.07.120. 09-06-036, § 434-112-085, filed 2/24/09, effective 3/27/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.07.400 and 9A.56.078. 07-20-065, § 434-112-085, filed 9/28/07, effective 10/29/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 23B.01.200(2), 24.03.007, [24.03.]008, 25.15.007, 19.09.020(15), [19.09].315, 19.77.115, and 43.07.170. 04-04-018, § 434-112-085, filed 1/23/04, effective 2/23/04.]

     Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 11-07-016 [10-15-035], filed 3/8/11 [7/13/10], effective 7/1/11 [8/13/10])

WAC 434-130-090   Miscellaneous fees.   For Washington registered domestic and foreign limited liability companies fees are as follows:

     (1) Certificate of formation or application for registration, one hundred eighty;

     (2) Annual report license renewal, sixty dollars plus the department of licensing's handling fee of nine dollars;

     (3) Certificate of amendment, restated certificate, or amended and restated certificate, thirty dollars;

     (4) Delinquent annual report license renewal, penalty fee of twenty-five dollars, plus the renewal fee of sixty dollars plus the department of licensing's handling fee of nine dollars;

     (5) Reinstatement, one hundred forty dollars plus all delinquent license or annual fees ((and a twenty-five percent penalty computed on the total amount));

     (6) Articles of merger, twenty dollars for each listed company;

     (7) Statement of change of registered agent, registered office address, or designation of new registered agent, no fee;

     (8) Resignation of registered agent, twenty dollars per entity name;

     (9) An initial report or amended annual report, ten dollars;

     (10) Registration, reservation, or transfer of name, thirty dollars;

     (11) Certificate of dissolution, certificate of cancellation, or dissolution by judicial decree, no fee;

     (12) Revocation of certificate of dissolution, thirty dollars plus any possible missed license fees;

     (13) Agent's resignation if appointed without consent, no fee; and

     (14) Other statement or report filed, ten dollars.

     Under special circumstances, the filing party may petition the secretary in writing to request a waiver of emergency or penalty fees.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 25.15.007, 25.15.805, 25.15.810, and 43.07.120. 10-15-035, § 434-130-090, filed 7/13/10, effective 8/13/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 25.15.805, 25.15.810 and 23B.01.220. 99-12-007, § 434-130-090, filed 5/20/99, effective 6/20/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 25.15 RCW and 1994 c 211. 94-19-005, § 434-130-090, filed 9/8/94, effective 10/1/94.]

     Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.

     Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.

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