Certificates of Amendment
Oftentimes, there is a point during the life of a business when the information included in company's articles of incorporation or articles of organization needs to be altered, for example to change the company's name, to expand or alter the company's business purpose, or to change the number of authorized shares or par value (for corporations only). To do this, a certificate of amendment must be filed with the state, and the appropriate state fees be paid.
A certificate of amendment is a document filed with your state of formation, or if applicable with any states in which your company has foreign qualified to transact business, to enact a specific change to the information included in your company's formation or qualification documents.
States recognize that certain information, such as director (corporations) or member/manager (LLCs) information can change often, and therefore allow updates by means of the corporation's or LLC's annual report. However, for the majority of the information included in the formation documents, a certificate of amendment is necessary.
Types of Amendments
- Name Amendments are used when a company chooses to change its name.
- Purpose Amendments are used when the focus of your company or organization's business has changed, and you have a detailed business purpose clause in your formation documents that consequently needs to be updated.
- Share Amendments are used when a corporation alters the number of authorized shares and/or par value outlined in its articles of incorporation. Common causes for this include seeking venture capital or additional investors.
Even if you didn't place your original formation order with BizFilings, we can prepare and file the necessary documentation for your business in any state for name, purpose and share amendments.
Pricing
BizFilings' fees and required information for each type of amendment are listed in the table. For expedited service, add $115 to the prices below.
| Amendment Type |
Required Information |
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| Name Amendment |
- State of Formation
- Entity Type
- Company Name
- Formation Date
- Company Contact Information
- Director(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Officer(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Current/ old company name
- New company name
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| Purpose Amendment |
- State of Formation
- Entity Type
- Company Name
- Formation Date
- Company Contact Information
- Director(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Officer(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Current business purpose
- New business purpose
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| Share Amendment |
- State of Formation
- Entity Type
- Company Name
- Formation Date
- Company Contact Information
- Director(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Officer(s) Name(s) & Address(es)
- Current/New Authorized shares
- Current/New Par value
- Current/New Preferred shares (if applicable)
- Current/New Preferred par value (if applicable)
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$139 |
State Fees
State filing fees apply. You can also view our list of fees by state.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is a certificate of amendment?
A. A certificate of amendment is a document filed with your state of formation or if applicable with any states in which your company has foreign qualified to transact business, to enact a specific change to the information included in your company's articles of incorporation (for corporations) or articles of organization (for LLCs).
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Q. Can you help me file a certificate of amendment even if I didn't originally use BizFilings to form my company?
A. Even if you didn't place your original formation order with BizFilings, we can prepare and file the necessary documentation for name, purpose and share amendments for your business in any state.
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Q. What information do I need to have before I place my order to file a certificate of amendment?
A. When ordering your certificate of amendment with BizFilings online or by phone, in addition to the information you wish you change (both the old and new information), please have the following general information ready:
· State of formation
· Entity type
· Company name
· Formation date
· Company contact information
· Director(s) name(s) & address(es) (for corporations)
· Officer(s) name(s) & address(es) (for corporations)
· Member(s) or Managers(s) names & address(es) (for LLCs)
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Q. What items may be amended when a certificate of amendment is filed with the state?
A. The certificate of amendment allows for updates to be made to the company name, business purpose or for corporations only the share information. In addition, some states allow and/or require director, officer and member and manager information to be updated on the certificate of amendment.
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