Processing times vary depending on the type of request submitted, how the request is submitted, and when the request is received by the California Secretary of State’s office. As a result of budget cuts, the time to process requests has increased significantly. For more information, please see the notice about proposed solutions to decrease processing times. (pdf ~45KB).
Listed below are the most common types of requests received by mail or dropped off in person at the Secretary of State’s Sacramento office, and the received dates of the requests we are currently processing.
| Processing Times Last updated: May 16, 2012 |
We are processing requests received |
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| Types of Requests: | Document Types: | by mail on: |
in person on: |
| Name Availability: | Name Reservations | 05/09/2012 | 05/09/2012 |
| Name Inquiries | 05/09/2012 | n/a | |
| Corporate Filings: | Formations/Qualifications | 03/26/2012 | 04/27/2012 |
| Amendments | 04/02/2012 | 04/30/2012 | |
| Mergers | 04/02/2012 | 04/30/2012 | |
| Conversions | 03/20/2012 | 04/23/2012 | |
| Dissolutions and Surrenders | 03/27/2012 | 04/27/2012 | |
| Statements of Information | 02/15/2012 | 02/15/2012 | |
| Limited Liability Company Filings: | Formations/Registrations | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 |
| Amendments | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 | |
| Mergers, Conversions and Cancellations | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 | |
| Statements of Information | 01/31/2012 | 01/31/2012 | |
| Limited Partnership Filings: | Formations/Registrations | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 |
| Amendments | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 | |
| Mergers, Conversions and Cancellations | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 | |
| General Partnership Filings: | All document types | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 |
| Limited Liability Partnership Filings: | All document types | 03/19/2012 | 04/27/2012 |
| Information Requests: | Copies, Certificates and Status Reports | 04/24/2012 | 05/09/2012 |
Note: Significantly more requests are submitted at the end of the fiscal and calendar years, which slows the processing time for all requests. If a faster response time is needed for a filing request, see Service Options for information about expediting a filing request.
