Annual/Biennial Statements


News and Notices

Customer Alerts:

Secretary of State Business Identity Theft Resources: Tips on how you can prevent business identity theft and what you should do if you become a victim of business identify theft.

Misleading Business Solicitations: Certain private companies have been soliciting business through mass mailings to corporations and limited liability companies, implying the entities must go through a private, third party vendor – and pay an exorbitant fee – in order to file a Statement of Information or termination document with the California Secretary of State.

Proposed Solutions to Decrease Processing Times: Solutions to decrease the processing times for filing and information requests have been proposed. (pdf~45KB)

Notice of Move to Statement of Information Mailer Postcard: (pdf~30KB) The mailer format for Statement of Information filing reminders and related notices has been changed from the standard paper and envelope format to a new postcard format.



California law requires corporations, limited liability companies and common interest development associations to update the records of the California Secretary of State on an annual or biennial basis by filing a statement, as described below.

Please refer to the instructions included with the form for complete filing information, applicable filing periods/due dates, fees required to file the statement, penalties for not timely filing the required statement, and statutory provisions.

Statement of Information:

Corporate Disclosure Statement (Form SI–PT)
(pdf ~388KB) Publicly Traded Domestic Stock or Foreign Corporation

Statement by Common Interest Development Association (Form SI–CID)
(pdf ~153KB) Incorporated and Unincorporated Association



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Customer Alerts:

Business Identity Theft
Posted 10-14-11

Misleading Business Solicitations
Updated 11-23-09
Posted 02-19-09










What's New in BE?

New Laws to
Prevent Fraud

(pdf ~53KB)
Posted 01-01-12

Proposed Solutions
to Decrease
Processing Times
(pdf ~45KB)
Updated 07-01-11
Posted 04-01-10

Mailer Format
Change

(pdf ~30KB)
Posted 02-17-10