R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-65

Current through 2024 Public Law 44
Section 7-16-65 - Filing, service, and copying fees

The secretary of state shall charge and collect:

(1) For filing the original articles of organization, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150);
(2) For amending, restating, or amending and restating the articles of organization, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(3) For filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate, a fee of one hundred dollars ($100);
(4) For filing articles of dissolution, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(5) For issuing a certificate of good standing/letter of status, a fee of twenty dollars ($ 20.00);
(6) For issuing a certificate of fact, a fee of thirty dollars ($ 30.00);
(7) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a domestic or foreign limited-liability company, a fee of fifteen cents ($.15) per page and ten dollars ($ 10.00) for the certificate and affirming the seal to it;
(8) For accepting an application for reservation of a name, or for filing a notice of the transfer or cancellation of any name reservation, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(9) For filing a fictitious business name statement or abandonment of use of a fictitious business name, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(10) For filing a statement of change of resident agent and address of registered agent, a fee of twenty dollars ($ 20.00);
(11) For filing a statement of change of address only for a resident agent, no fee;
(12) For any service of notice, demand, or process on the registered agent of a foreign or domestic limited-liability company, a fee of fifteen dollars ($ 15.00), which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit, action, or proceeding causing the service to be made if the party prevails in the suit;
(13) For filing an annual report, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(14) For filing a certificate of correction, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(15) For filing an application for registration as a foreign limited-liability company, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150);
(16) For filing a certificate of amendment to the registration of a foreign limited-liability company, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00);
(17) For filing a certificate of cancellation of a foreign limited-liability company, a fee of seventy-five dollars ($ 75.00);
(18) At the time of any service of process upon the secretary of state as a resident agent of a limited-liability company, fifteen dollars ($ 15.00), which amount may be recovered as a taxable cost by the party to the suit or action making the service if the party prevails in the suit or action;
(19) For filing any other statement or report, except an annual report, of a domestic or foreign limited-liability company, a fee of ten dollars ($ 10.00); and
(20) For filing a certificate of conversion to a non-Rhode Island entity, a fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00).

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-65

P.L. 1992, ch. 280, §1; P.L. 1997 , ch. 188, § 5; P.L. 2001 , ch. 26, § 4; P.L. 2001 , ch. 268, § 4; P.L. 2005 , ch. 36, § 9; P.L. 2005 , ch. 72, § 9; P.L. 2007 , ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 2007 , ch. 99, § 3; P.L. 2007 , ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 2007 , ch. 109, § 3; P.L. 2011 , ch. 52, § 1; P.L. 2011 , ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2018 , ch. 346, § 15.