§ 7-1.2-1602 - Fees and charges payable to the secretary of state upon filing, certifying or copying of papers.
SECTION 7-1.2-1602
§ 7-1.2-1602 Fees and charges payable tothe secretary of state upon filing, certifying or copying of papers. – (a) The secretary of state shall charge and collect for filing:
(1) Articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate ofincorporation, seventy dollars ($70.00).
(2) Articles of amendment and issuing a certificate ofamendment, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(3) Restated articles of incorporation, seventy dollars($70.00).
(4) Articles of merger or consolidation and issuing acertificate of merger or consolidation, one hundred dollars ($100).
(5) An application to reserve a corporate name, fifty dollars($50.00).
(6) A notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, fiftydollars ($50.00).
(7) Filing a statement of change of registered agent andregistered office or filing a statement of change of registered agent, twentydollars ($20.00).
(ii) Filing a statement of change of registered office only,without fee.
(8) A statement of the establishment of a series of shares,ten dollars ($10.00).
(9) A statement of cancellation of shares, ten dollars($10.00).
(10) A statement of reduction of stated capital, ten dollars($10.00).
(11) A statement of intent to dissolve, without fee.
(12) A statement of revocation of voluntary dissolutionproceedings, ten dollars ($10.00).
(13) Articles of dissolution, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(14) An application of a foreign corporation for acertificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing acertificate of authority, one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(15) An application of a foreign corporation for an amendedcertificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing anamended certificate of authority, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(16) A copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporationof a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to transactbusiness in this state, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(17) A copy of articles of merger of a foreign corporationholding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, fiftydollars ($50.00).
(18) An application for withdrawal of a foreign corporationand issuing a certificate of withdrawal, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(19) An annual report, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(20) Registered name application, fifty dollars ($50.00).
(21) Certificate of good standing/letter of status, twentydollars ($20.00).
(22) Certificate of fact, thirty dollars ($30.00).
(23) Any other statement or report, except an annual report,of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars ($10.00).
(b) The secretary of state shall charge and collect:
(1) To withdraw the certificate of revocation or acorporation, whether domestic or foreign, a penalty in the amount of fiftydollars ($50.00) for each year or part of a year that has elapsed since theissuance of the certificate of revocation.
(2) For furnishing a certified copy of any document,instrument, or paper relating to a corporation, fifteen cents ($.15) per pageand ten dollars ($10.00) for the certificate and affixing the seal to it.
(3) At the time of any service of process on him or her asresident agent of a corporation, fifteen dollars ($15.00), which amount may berecovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit or action making theservice if the party prevails in the suit or action.
(c) The secretary of state shall charge and collect from eachdomestic corporation license fees, based on the number of shares which it hasauthority to issue or the increase in the number of shares which it hasauthority to issue, at the time of:
(i) Filing articles of incorporation;
(ii) Filing articles of amendment increasing the number ofauthorized shares; and
(iii) Filing articles of merger increasing the number ofauthorized shares which the surviving or new corporation, if a domesticcorporation, has the authority to issue above the aggregate number of shareswhich the constituent domestic corporations and constituent foreigncorporations authorized to transact business in this state had authority toissue.
(2) The license fees charged to a domestic corporation are asfollows:
(i) One hundred sixty dollars ($160) for less thanseventy-five million (75,000,000) authorized shares and
(ii) One-fifth (1/5) cent per share of each authorized sharefor seventy-five million (75,000,000) shares or greater.
(3) The above license fee calculations also apply when acorporation files an amendment or merger showing an increase in authorizedshares.
(d) The secretary of state shall charge and collect from eachforeign corporation license fees at the time of:
(i) Filing an application for a certificate of authority totransact business in this state;
(ii) Filing articles of amendment which increased the numberof authorized shares; and
(iii) Filing articles of merger which increased the number ofauthorized shares which the surviving or new corporation, if a foreigncorporation, has authority to issue above the aggregate number of shares whichthe constituent domestic corporations and constituent foreign corporationsauthorized to transact business in this state had authority to issue.
(2) The license fees charged to a foreign corporation are asfollows:
(i) One hundred sixty dollars ($160) for less thanseventy-five million (75,000,000) authorized shares represented in the State ofRhode Island and
(ii) One-fifth (1/5) cent per share of each authorized sharefor 75,000,000 shares or greater.
(3) The above license fee calculations also apply when acorporation files an amendment or merger showing an increase in authorizedshares.
(4) The number of authorized shares represented in this stateis that proportion of its total authorized shares which the sum of the value ofits property located in this state and the gross amount of business transactedby it at or from places of business in this state bears to the sum of the valueof all of its property, wherever located, and the gross amount of its business,wherever transacted. The proportion is determined from information contained inthe application for a certificate of authority to transact business in thisstate or in the application for an amended certificate of authority to transactbusiness in this state.