When serving as registered agent for our business clients, the Douglas County law firm of Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., ensures that the client’s periodic reports are timely filed the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. Recently, however, many of our business clients have received solicitations from a business referring to itself as the “Corporate Controllers Unit” that could potentially mislead them into believing that a report filing deadline had been missed…and result in them paying an unnecessary $225.00 fee to bring their business into compliance. The Colorado Secretary of State’s office has issued the following notice in response to the solicitations:
The Colorado Secretary of State’s office is notifying Colorado businesses of a possibly deceptive solicitation issued by “Corporate Controllers Unit.” The entity has mailed solicitations titled “Periodic Report” to businesses in Colorado. These solicitations offer to process periodic reports with the Secretary of State’s office on behalf of entities for a $225.00 fee. Though the majority of entities doing business in Colorado are required to file periodic reports with the Secretary of State’s office, the filing can be completed directly with the Secretary of State’s office and in most cases the fee is merely $10.00. Although the solicitations contain disclaimers stating that “This product or service has not been approved or endorsed by any Government Agency and this offer is not being made by an agency of the Government,” the solicitation is creating confusion. Please be aware, the forms are not required by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. We encourage you to review your entity’s record and if necessary file any needed reports online at www.sos.state.co.us. You may check the status of an entity online at www.sos.state.co.us. Select “Search Business Database” in the “Let us help you…” section of the Secretary of State’s homepage. Enter either the entity name or ID number in the appropriate field on the Records Search page. Searching by the entity’s ID number will display the Summary page. Searching by the entity name will result in a list of names similar to the name searched and will require you to select the proper record. Review the information on the Summary page to confirm that the proper record has been retrieved. The current status for the entity is listed near the middle of the Summary page. If you have any questions please contact my staff directly at 303-894-2200 or email sos.business@sos.state.co.us.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Scott Gessler
Secretary of State
Please feel free to contact our office with any questions you may have regarding this notice or if there is any other way we can assist you with your business needs at 303-688-3045.
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