November 16, 2023: Life happens, save yourself the worry by utilizing the Future Effective Date feature in CCFS (or in your submission by mail). Designate a future date (up to 90 days) to ensure your documents take effect when needed.
November 30, 2023: We are currently experiencing an outage that is impacting our callback feature. We are working to resolve this issue and will remove this banner when it is resolved. You can connect with our team via phone bypassing our callback feature or click the live chat button below.
ALERT - May 4, 2023: When logging into the Corporations and Charities Filings System “CCFS”, please be sure to refresh and/or remove browser cache. The system requires you to reset your password every 120 days. All Nonprofit Annual Report, Articles of Incorporation and Reinstatement filings should be filed online via CCFS.
INFO - August 8, 2023: Effective 10/9/2023 expedite fees and for-profit annual report fees will be increasing in accordance with WAC 434-112, please see our fee table here.
INFO - September 12, 2023: Effective 10/9/2023 Certificates and Notifications issued by our office look slightly different. Verify the authenticity of notifications from our office by reviewing the business’s filing history in the Corporations and Charities Filing System “CCFS”.
ALERT - November 3, 2023: Effective 1/1/2024 new and existing businesses will need to submit a Beneficial Ownership Information Report to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network “FinCen”. More information can be found through the links under our Business Entities tab.
*Effective: January 1,2024
*Please note, the BOI report is not filed with the Secretary of State
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CR-103P WAC 434-112 August 31, 2023
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