Business Registration Manual

This link takes you to the Misleading Mailings page.

There are three box image links:

• Take Action
• How to Spot Misleading Mailings
• Received a Suspicious Misleading Mailing?

Take Action

Further actions available to you

Be aware that you are not required to respond to the solicitation mailing. If you have received one of these mailings, do the following:

1. Determine if the requirement is valid by checking your company’s records on the North Carolina Secretary of State’s website. If there is an annual report that is due or will be due soon, you may file online directly with the North Carolina Secretary of State at www.sosnc.gov for a much lower fee.
2. Report receiving the misleading mailing to the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office at https://ncdoj.gov/protecting-consumers/
3. If you have already remitted payment in response to a solicitation and you suspect it was misleading or deceptive, take immediate action and notify the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division at the above link. You may be able to have your money refunded.