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Business Entities eForms

Welcome to the Secretary of State's online service for Business Entities eForms. This online service allows you to electronically upload, pay and submit your signed Business Entity forms that are not otherwise available through other bizfileonline services including:

General Partnership (GP)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Unincorporated Association (UA)
Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (UNA)
Foreign Lending Institution
Foreign Partnership

Note: If your entity is a Corporation, Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, you must use bizfileonline to file online. Filings for these entity types submitted in eForms will be rejected and will not receive a refund of the processing fee.

If you have not yet downloaded your Business Entities form, go to our Business Entities Forms, Samples and Fees page.

Ensure your form is complete, signed and ready to upload with your credit card payment.

All forms must be submitted as a non-password protected .pdf under 10 MB in size.

A plain copy of your submission once approved will be provided to you via email. If desired a certified copy of your filed document may be purchased through the eForms online service at the time of your submission. If your selected filing has a $0.00 filing fee, a $5.00 certified copy fee will be required.

Certified Copy Fee: $5.00; upon filing, you will receive a certified copy of your filed document via email.

All fees must be paid by VISA logo  or MasterCard logo  when submitting online. 

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Tell Us What You Are Trying To Accomplish Today

What do you want to do?

Form or Register an Entity

Update an Entity

Terminate an Entity

What type of Entity are you?

Corporation (including Nonprofit)

Limited Liability Company

Limited Partnership

Other

Entity Type and Entity Name filing tips.

NOTE: To form a California (Domestic) Limited Liability Company, use our LLC Formation Online tool. The Form LLC-1 form is not available in our eForms Online tool.

NOTE: To terminate your Limited Liability Company, use our LLC Termination Online tool. The LLC Termination (Form LLC-4/7) is not available in our eForms Online tool.

In Entity Type selection, "Other" can mean any of:

General Partnership
Limited Liability Partnership
Unincorporated Association
Unincorporated Nonprofit Association
Foreign Lending Institution
Foreign Partnership
Foreign Association

Existing Entity Name:

For entities already registered with the California Secretary of State, please enter the name exactly as it is currently recorded with the California Secretary of State.

Proposed Entity Name:

If you are not currently registered with the California Secretary of State, or are changing your existing name, please enter the new name here.

Are you changing your entity name?

Yes

No

Existing Entity Name

Proposed Entity Name

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Filing Fee

Document Upload

Note: When providing multiple documents, e.g. S&DC with Certificate of Good Standing, use the "Select files..." button to upload your first document then use the same button to upload any additional documents.

Upload up to 3 completed PDF(s) - other file types not accepted. Maximum 7 MB per file.

Submitter Information

Email

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Contact Phone Number

Extension

Submitter Name

Payment

Filing Fee

Would you like a certified copy ($5.00 fee)?

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Credit Card Number

CVV

Expiration Month

Expiration Year

Name on Credit Card

Billing Address Line 1

Billing Address Line 2

City

State

Zip/Postal Code

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