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CERTIFICATES OF EXISTENCE REVISED, The New York State Department of State will be revising its certificates of existence for corporations and other entities. Effective September 7, 2010, certificates of existence issued by the Department of State for corporations and other business entities will be produced with a gray laser facsimile of the Department of State seal. The blue Department of State seal will no longer be used on the certificates of existence. Off site authorized service companies such as EMPIRE will continue to include a black facsimile of the Department of State seal.
IMPORTANT NOTICE Relating to Apostilles and Authentications - Please be advised that the following revisions will pertain to all apostilles and authentications issued by the New York State Department of State on and after July 28, 2010. 1. Revised Seal - The New York State Department of State Seal will be used for the apostille and authentications. The Great Seal of the State of New York will no longer be used. 2. Revised Method for Affixing seal - Apostilles and Authentications will be produced with a blue laser printed facsimile of the New York State Department of State Seal.
SUBJECT: Holidays- The following is a list of the remaining State Holidays for 2012: February 12th- Lincoln's Birthday, February 20th- Washington's Birthday, May 28th- Memorial Day, July 4th- Independence Day, September 3rd- Labor Day, October 8th Columbus Day, November 6th- Election Day, November 11th- Veteran's Day (Observed on Monday November 12th), November 22nd- Thanksgiving Day, December 25th- Christmas Day.
SUBJECT: Annual filing fees for LLC'S and LLP'S increase- New York State Tax Dept. has increased the annual filing levy for LLC's and LLP's. The State's new filing fee structure for limited liability companies is based on gross income. The new fees are $25 (if $0 to $100,000 of gross income), $50 (if more than $100,000 to $250,000), $175 (if more than $250,000 to $500,000), $500 (if more than $500,000 to $1 million), $1,500 (if more than $1 million to $5 million), $3,000 (if more than $5 million to $25 million) or $4,500 (if more than $25 million).
SUBJECT: The Continuing Relevance of Personal Service of Process, attorney Steve Teppler produced an very interesting extended research piece on the value of personal service of process, in light of growing pressure in some quarters to allow this vital function to be done electronically via email or social media. The result was a brilliant article, which was published in the National Law Review: For a look, paste this link into your browser, www.natlawreview.com/article/continuing-relevance-personal-service-process
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