Business Registration
There are 2 things you have to do to file a document with us: submit the document and pay the fee. You did the 1st one when you sent us the document. But because your payment didn’t go through, you haven’t done the 2nd one. And, because your payment didn’t go through, there’s a 3rd step: you also have to pay us the NSF or insufficient funds fee of $35. You haven’t completed step 2 or 3, so we have to cancel the filing.
If you fix it within 10 business days from the date on the Certificate, you won’t have to start all over.
You have to do the following things within 10 business days from the date on the Certificate:
- We have stamped your filing “CANCELLED”. So, you need to send us a new copy of the filing.
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You need to send us a cashier’s check or bring in cash. The amount you need to pay is:
Original Filing Fee + $35.00 NSF Fee = Total amount due - Enclose a copy of the Certificate of Cancellation so that we may apply the payment and filing accurately.
You have to do all 5 of these things:
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You need to pay us what you owe us for the NSF payment. That means you need to send us a cashier’s check or bring in cash. The amount you owe us is:
Original Filing Fee + $35.00 NSF Fee - You need to submit a new copy of the document you want to file with current information.
- You need to submit payment in the amount of a new filing fee for the document.
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You need to send us the cashier’s checks, or bring us the cash, in one single transaction.
You can use one cashier’s check if it is for the total amount due. The total amount due is:
Original Filing Fee + $35.00 NSF Fee + New Document Filing Fee = Total amount due
Do not pay the invoice online. All documents and payments must be presented together. - Enclose a copy of the Certificate of Cancellation so that we may apply the payment and filing accurately and mail to: Business Registration Division, PO Box 29622, Raleigh NC 27626-0622.
Your document’s status is “cancelled” because you haven’t done everything you need to do to get it filed. You had to pay within 10 business days of the cancellation and also send us a new copy of the document. Since you didn’t do that, you have to do both of these things:
- Submit a new copy of the document you want to file.
- Send us a cashier’s check or bring in cash in the amount of a new filing fee for the document.
The date of the initial filing.
Yes, you’ll get to keep the same SOS ID number. It doesn’t make a difference when you fix all the issues.
Fixing NSF Payment Within 10 business days of NSF Notice
Does not change
Fixing NSF Payment Within 10 business days of Certificate of Cancellation
Date of initial filing
Fixing NSF Payment More than 10 business days after Certificate of Cancellation
Date second filing is accepted for filing
Do I have to re-file the documents which had good payments?
The answer is “No” for the following reasons:
- The NSF payment was fixed within 10 business days of receiving the Certificate of Cancellation date. The effective date of the entity returns to the original date and all subsequent filings are still active.
- The NSF payment was fixed more than 10 business days after the Certificate of Cancellation was issued. The new Articles submitted for filing must contain current information including information on any document filed since the first Articles of Incorporation were filed.
Yes, we can administratively dissolve a business if it doesn’t pay the fee when an annual report is submitted. An NSF payment is the same as not having paid the fee.
Expedited fees are used to ensure a filing occurs on a specific date.
Same Day Filing
$200
Submit before 12 Noon
24 Hour Filing
$100
No, you submit the expedited request at the same time the document is submitted for filing.
Yes, if you ask for expedited status when you submit your document online. However, there are some restrictions that apply when you file a document online and ask for expedited status.
Expedited Filing Type
Same Day Filing
Available if we receive the online filing before 12 Noon each business day.
24 Hour Filing
If we received an online filing after 5 p.m., it is treated as received on the next business day at 8 a.m.
The expedited process begins when the document is received in our office. If you have used FedEx, UPS, or Priority Mail and are tracking your documents, the 24 hour or same day service begins when the document is entered into the system.
No, Filing the document or notifying the filer of a rejected document satisfies the expedited request.
No, the expedited service was requested for a specific document and the service was provided when the document was examined.
- You have to submit the filing fee with a document you want to file. We will not file the document if you don't submit the fee with it.
- We only accept cash, checks and money orders at our office and ACH and credit card payments online.
- If you pay with a check you have to make it payable to:
- NC Secretary of State,
- NCSOS,
- State of North Carolina, or
- NC State Treasurer
- We do not accept starter checks or counter checks. If you send us a starter check or a counter check, we will not accept it or your document.
- If you file a document and the fee cannot be processed, we may cancel your document. We’ll give you a chance to make the payment good first. But, if you don’t fix it, we will cancel your document. Look to the FAQ on “Cancellation of Filings” for more information.
- If your payment is not good, we will send you an invoice. You have to pay the amount on the invoice within 30 days from the date of the invoice. If you don’t pay the amount due within 30 days, interest will start being added. The interest rate is set by law at 5% per day. You’ll also have to pay a 10% late payment penalty.
You owe us $35 for the NSF payment. You also have to pay us the filing fee for the document. The total amount you owe us is $35 plus the original filing fee.
You have to fix it within 10 business days of receiving the notice. We start the day count from the date on the Notice of Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF).
We will cancel your filing. We will send you a Certificate of Cancellation of the filing so you'll know that we have cancelled it. Read the FAQ's on 'Cancellation of Filings'.
Yes, you must provide payment in the form of either cash or a cashier's check at our office or it the invoice is paid online. you may pay with a credit card. Personal checks and money orders will not be accepted. Do not send us cash through the mailL.
We will only refund your fee if:
- You cancel the filing before we examine and file the document, or
- We return the unfiled document for corrections and you cancel the filing by sending back the returned cover letter with cancel written on it. This can be faxed to 919 814-5399.
- The time limit for requesting a refund is 45 consecutive days after the funds are received.
- Refunds of fees will only be issued for amounts over $10.00.
Not usually.
- If the due date for filing the annual report has passed, then No.
- If the annual report has already been filed, then No.
- You may request a refund if all of the below are true:
- The annual report due date has not passed
- The annual report has not already been filed
- Articles of Dissolution have been submitted and filed; and
- It is within 45 consecutive days of the annual report filing fee being received.
- You meet the $10 minimum payment.
By law, the fee you pay with the Business Corporation Annual Report is non-refundable.
No. Filing the document or notifying the filer of a rejected document satisfies the expedited request.
Yes, per the refund policy, the Secretary of State can only process refunds within 45 consecutive days of the receipt of the funds.