State Updates & Processing Times
During COVID-19
State | |
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Alabama |
SOS office is operating with a limited staff. |
Alaska |
Counter service suspended. |
Arizona |
Secretary of State’s office closed to the public beginning Monday March 23, 2020 until further notice. A dropbox will be available for some paper filings. Expect turnaround times to be approximately 2 business days slower than normal. |
Arkansas |
Counter service suspended. |
British Virgin Islands |
No update |
California |
Effective 3/1/2021, the California Secretary of State's office will reinstate over the counter filings submissions, records requests, apostilles, and UCC filings.
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Cayman Islands |
No update |
Colorado |
Counter service suspended. Apostilles/authentications can currently only be handled via mail. |
Connecticut |
Counter service has been suspended. Online and email requests remain available. Expedited service is available, but evidence will be returned by mail. |
Delaware |
The DE SOS has implemented limited public access to their physical location to by appointment only. All other operations remain unchanged. |
District of Columbia |
DCRA office will be closed to public in-person services from 3/25-4/27. Online services are still available, as is mail-in service. Business Licensing/Registration: Any business licenses, professional/occupational licenses, vending licenses, etc. that expire during the declared emergency will be considered valid, and people will have until 45 days after the declared emergency is over to renew their licenses. Customers filing 2020 biennial reports between April 2nd and June 1st will not incur the late filing fee. The same is true for trade name renewals. Many embassies have closed. Please contact RASi for current information on Document Legalizations. |
Federal |
No update |
Florida |
Counter service suspended. Annual report deadlines for 5/1/2020 have been extended to 6/30/2020. The standard late fee will not be assessed until after 6/30/2020. The FL Secretary of State will remain closed until 7/27/2020. During this time RASi is still able to submit filings, but the state will not begin processing until they reopen on 7/27/2020. Processing times will be significantly delayed. |
Georgia |
GA SOS has suspended over the counter submissions until further notice. GA annual registration report filing deadline has been extended to 5/1/2020. |
Guam |
Effective immediately, the Department of Revenue and Taxation has reopened. |
Hawaii |
Business Services and Bureau of Conveyances (UCC) are closed. Online services remain available. |
Idaho |
Counter service suspended. |
Illinois |
Stand and wait expedited service remains suspended. Regular expedited service is available. The Secretary of State’s office submitted an emergency rule that extends filing deadlines for at least 30 days and waives penalties for late filings. The IL Secretary of State's Chicago Business Services Office (69 W. Washington St.) will be closed until August 6 because of an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. |
Indiana |
The SOS will be operating with only essential staff until further notice, as the lobby is now closed to the public. Expect delays in processing times.
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Iowa |
Counter service is closed. |
Kansas |
Counter service suspended as of 3/23/2020. |
Kentucky |
Counter service suspended. |
Louisiana |
The LA SOS has closed its lobby to the public. Online filing is available. |
Maine |
Counter service suspended. |
Maryland |
Counter service suspended. Annual Report/Personal Property Tax Return deadline has been extended to 7/15/2020. Expiration dates for trade names and name reservations, as well as entity forfeiture dates, will also be extended 30 days after the state of emergency is rescinded. |
Massachusetts |
Expect delays. The MA SOS will operate with limited staff. |
Michigan |
Walk-in Service temporarily closed. |
Minnesota |
MN SOS has closed public access to their building. |
Mississippi |
Counter service suspended. |
Missouri |
Apostille and authentications are the only paper documents the MO SOS is processing at this time. |
Montana |
Walk-in service is suspended until further notice. Online filing is available. MT Secretary of State's office will be waiving late fees on business registrations due by 4/15/2020. Between now and 7/15, there will not be an extra fee for late filers. |
Nebraska |
Counter Service suspended. |
Nevada |
Counter service suspended. |
New Hampshire |
Closed to the public. |
New Jersey |
Limited Counter Service available starting 9/8/2020. Online services available. Reduced staff, expect delays in TAT. |
New Mexico |
Counter service suspended. |
New York |
Counter service and fax requests suspended. Many County Clerks have either suspended counter service or closed entirely.
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North Carolina |
Counter service is suspended. Any annual reports filed with the NC Secretary of State's office will not be considered delinquent until after 6/15/2020. This applies to corporate and some partnership entities with a fiscal year ending 12/31/2019, and all LLCs). |
North Dakota |
No update |
Ohio |
Counter service suspended. |
Oklahoma |
Counter service suspended. |
Oregon |
Counter service suspended.
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Pennsylvania |
Counter service suspended. |
Puerto Rico |
Mandatory curfew/shutdown for most businesses through 3/30/2020. Annual report deadline for 2019 extended to 7/15/2020. |
Rhode Island |
Public counter service is suspended without an appointment. |
South Carolina |
Counter service suspended. |
South Dakota |
No update. |
Tennessee |
Drop box service only. |
Texas |
Counter service suspended. |
US Virgin Islands |
Counter service suspended. Stay at home order has been reinstated for a two-week perio starting 8/17/2020. |
Utah |
Counter service is suspended. |
Vermont |
Counter service is suspended. |
Virginia |
Counter service is suspended. |
Washington |
Counter service is closed to the public until further notice. Washington State's Corporations and Charities Division has announced their office hours will be temporarily reduced to 8am-5pm Monday through Thursday. In addition, the office will be closed on Thursday, July 2nd. There will be no processing of work or staff available on Fridays until after August 7th, or until further notice. |
West Virginia |
The Secretary of State's office is closed. |
Wisconsin |
Counter service has resumed.
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Wyoming |
Counter service is suspended. |