General Counsel Manual
Divisions
Dissolved
- An entity filed Articles of Dissolution to close their business. They are not active on the North Carolina Business Registry.
Current/Active
- The entity is current on all required documents and active on the North Carolina Business Registry.
Suspended
- The North Carolina Department of Revenue notified the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State to suspend the entity. No documents can be filed on an entity which is suspended by the Department of Revenue, with the exception of a Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent.
Multiple
- An entity which is administratively dissolved or administratively revoked and suspended by the Department of Revenue or a licensing board. The word “multiple” indicates there is more than one applicable status.
Revoked
- The entity progressed through the administrative revocation process without filing the required filings and a Certificate of Administrative Revocation was issued.
Withdrawn
- When a foreign entity doesn’t want to do business in North Carolina and withdraws their Certificate of Authority to do business in North Carolina.
Active/Failure to Pay Fee
- This status is used by the Budget Office after an entity has been issued a Notice of Grounds for Administrative Dissolution and the entity filed an annual report, which was submitted with Non-Sufficient Funds. The entity is still active, but the administrative dissolution process will continue.
mAdmin. Cancelled
- This status is used when the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office cancels a business entity’s initial creation document due to an issue with the filing fee.
Converted
- This status is used when an entity has converted from one entity type to another. The status is placed on the first entity type.
Expired
- This status is used when a reserved name of a business entity or a registered name of a foreign business entity has expired.
Failure to Pay Fee
- This status is used by the Budget Office when a creation document is submitted and there is an issue with the filing fee, such as non-sufficient funds or a closed account.
In Process
- This status is used when a submission for a creation filing is received and the document is in process of being examined and filed.
Judicial Dissolution
- When the courts order a dissolution of a company.