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Article 15 - Fees And Charges

      (805 ILCS 105/Art. 15 heading)ARTICLE 15. FEES AND CHARGES

(805 ILCS 105/115.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.05)     Sec. 115.05. Fees and charges to be collected by Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in accordance with the provisions of this Act:     (a) Fees for filing documents.     (b) Miscellaneous charges.     (c) Fees for filing annual reports. (Source: P.A. 92‑33, eff. 7‑1‑01.)

    (805 ILCS 105/115.10)(from Ch. 32, par. 115.10)
    Sec. 115.10. Fees for filing documents. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:
        (a) Filing articles of incorporation, $50.
        (b) Filing articles of amendment, $25, unless the

amendment is a restatement of the articles of incorporation, in which case the fee shall be $100.

(c) Filing articles of merger or consolidation, $25.         (d) Filing articles of dissolution, $5.         (e) Filing application to reserve a corporate name,

$25.

(f) Filing a notice of transfer or cancellation of a

reserved corporate name, $25.

(g) Filing statement of change of address of

registered office or change of registered agent, or both, $5.

(h) Filing an application of a foreign corporation

for authority to conduct affairs in this State, $50.

(i) Filing an application of a foreign corporation

for amended authority to conduct affairs in this State, $25.

(j) Filing a copy of amendment to the articles of

incorporation of a foreign corporation holding authority to conduct affairs in this State, $25, unless the amendment is a restatement of the articles of incorporation, in which case the fee shall be $100.

(k) Filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign

corporation holding authority to conduct affairs in this State, $25.

(l) Filing an application for withdrawal and final

report or a copy of articles of dissolution of a foreign corporation, $5.

(m) Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign

corporation, $10, of which $5 must be deposited into the Charitable Trust Stabilization Fund.

(n) Filing an application for reinstatement of a

domestic or a foreign corporation, $25.

(o) Filing an application for use of an assumed

corporate name, $150 for each year or part thereof ending in 0 or 5, $120 for each year or part thereof ending in 1 or 6, $90 for each year or part thereof ending in 2 or 7, $60 for each year or part thereof ending in 3 or 8, $30 for each year or part thereof ending in 4 or 9, and a renewal fee for each assumed corporate name, $150.

(p) Filing an application for change or cancellation

of an assumed corporate name, $5.

(q) Filing an application to register the corporate

name of a foreign corporation, $50; and an annual renewal fee for the registered name, $50.

(r) Filing an application for cancellation of a

registered name of a foreign corporation, $5.

(s) Filing a statement of correction, $25.         (t) Filing an election to accept this Act, $25.         (u) Filing any other statement or report, $5. (Source: P.A. 94‑605, eff. 1‑1‑06; 95‑655, eff. 6‑1‑08.)

(805 ILCS 105/115.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.15)     Sec. 115.15. Miscellaneous charges. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:     (a) For furnishing a copy or certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a corporation, $.50 per page, but not less than $5, and $5 for the certificate and for affixing the seal thereto.     (b) At the time of any service of process, notice or demand on him or her as resident agent of a corporation, $10, which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit or action causing such service to be made if such party prevails in the suit or action. (Source: P.A. 84‑1423.)

(805 ILCS 105/115.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.20)     Sec. 115.20. Expedited service fees.     (a) The Secretary of State may charge and collect a fee for expedited services as follows:     Certificates of good standing or fact, $10;     All filings, copies of documents, annual reports filed on or after January 1, 1984, and copies of documents of dissolved corporations having a file number over 5199, $25.     (b) Expedited services shall not be available for a statement of correction or any request for copies involving annual reports filed before January 1, 1984 or involving dissolved corporations with a file number below 5200.     (c) All moneys collected under this Section shall be deposited into the Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund. No other fees or taxes collected under this Act shall be deposited into that Fund.     (d) As used in this Section, "expedited services" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 15.95 of the Business Corporation Act of 1983. (Source: P.A. 92‑33, eff. 7‑1‑01; 93‑59, eff. 7‑1‑03.)

(805 ILCS 105/115.85) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.85)     Sec. 115.85. Effect of nonpayment of fees or taxes. (a) The Secretary of State shall not file any articles, statements, certificates, reports, applications, notices, or other papers relating to any corporation, domestic or foreign, organized under or subject to the provisions of this Act until all fees and charges provided to be paid in connection therewith shall have been paid to him or her, or while the corporation is in default in the payment of any fees, charges or penalties herein provided to be paid by or assessed against it, or when the Illinois Department of Revenue has given notice that the corporation is in default in the filing of a return or the payment of any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest as required by any tax Act administered by the Department.     (b) The Secretary of State shall not file, with respect to any domestic or foreign corporation, any document required or permitted to be filed by this Act, which has an effective date other than the date of filing until there has been paid by such corporation to the Secretary of State all fees and charges due and payable on or before said effective date.     (c) No corporation required to pay a penalty under this Act shall maintain any civil action until all such penalties have been paid in full. (Source: P.A. 86‑381.)