(1) Copy fees for corporate records are:
(a) Each annual report, five dollars;
(b) Initial articles of incorporation, initial certificate of formation, or other initial organizing records including a foreign entity registration or any single document except an annual report, ten dollars each;
(c) Initial organizational records as listed in (b) of this subsection plus all subsequent amendments, changes, and restatements, including mergers, conversions, etc., twenty dollars;
(d) Copy of any filing related to a state registered domestic partnership, five dollars;
(e) Surcharge for files exceeding one hundred pages of copy, thirteen dollars for each fifty-page increment.
(2) For certificates of existence, registration, or any fact on record, fees are as follows:
(a) With complete historical data, thirty dollars;
(b) Without complete historical data, twenty dollars;
(c) Duplicate certificate, twenty dollars.
(3) For additional certificates of registration of a state registered domestic partnership, five dollars. For an additional or replacement state registered domestic partnership wallet card, ten dollars.
(4) For verifying the signature of a notary or public official, for an apostille or certification authenticating a sworn document, the fee is fifteen dollars.
(5) For each certified copy of any record the fee is ten dollars plus the record copy fee.
(6) For any service of process the fee is fifty dollars.
(7) Dishonored checks. If a person, corporation, or other submitting entity has attempted to pay any fee due to the secretary of state by means of a check, and the check is dishonored by the financial institution when presented, the secretary of state will impose a twenty-five-dollar penalty, payable to the secretary of state.
In the event a valid replacement check and dishonor charge is not received in the office of the secretary of state within the time prescribed by its accounting division, the transaction covered by the dishonored check will be canceled and all other late filing fees and penalties will be instituted.
[Statutory Authority: 2015 c 176, and chapters
11.110, 18.100, 19.77, 23.86, 23.90, 23B.01, 24.03, 24.06, 25.10, 25.15, 43.07, and
46.64 RCW. WSR 15-22-047, § 434-112-090, filed 10/29/15, effective 1/1/16. 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. WSR 10-20-150, § 434-112-090, 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. WSR 09-06-036, § 434-112-090, filed 2/24/09, effective 3/27/09. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.07.400 and
9A.56.078. WSR 07-20-065, § 434-112-090, 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. WSR 04-04-018, § 434-112-090, filed 1/23/04, effective 2/23/04.]