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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4012

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles of organization: means initial, amended, and restated articles of organization and articles of merger. See
  • Designated office: means the office of a limited liability company designated pursuant to section 4007 of this title or the principal office of a foreign limited liability company. See
  • Document: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity organized under laws, other than the laws of this State, which afford limited liability to its owners comparable to the liability under section 4042 of this title. See
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See
  • Transfer: includes an assignment, a conveyance, a sale, a lease, an encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest, a gift, and a transfer by operation of law. See

§ 4012. Fees

(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when a document described in this section is delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing:

(1) Articles of organization $155.00

(2) Application for certificate of authority $155.00

(3) Amendment of articles or certificate of authority $35.00

(4) Cancellation of certificate of authority $25.00

(5) Application for reserved name $25.00

(6) Notice of transfer of reserved name $20.00

(7) Application for registered name $25.00

(8) Application for renewal of registered name $25.00

(9) Statement of change of designated agent or designated office, or both $35.00 and not to exceed $1,000.00 per filer per calendar year

(10) Agent’s statement of resignation no fee

(11) Restatement of articles of organization $25.00

(12) Articles of correction $35.00

(13) Application for certificate of existence or authorization $35.00

(14) Articles of merger $55.00

(15) Annual report of a domestic limited liability company $45.00

(16) Annual report of a foreign limited liability company $170.00

(17) Reinstatement $35.00

(18) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter $20.00

(19) Articles of domestication $20.00

(20) Articles of termination $20.00

(21) Notice of withdrawal of reserved name $20.00

(22) Statement of conversion $20.00

(b) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees:

(1) $35.00 each time process is served on the Secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.

(2) $25.00 for the certificate certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company. (Added 2015, No. 17, § 2; amended 2023, No. 77, § 37, eff. June 20, 2023.)