{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California (Secretary of State)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of State Alex Padilla","authority":"Cal. Const. art. V, sec. 11; Cal. Gov\u0027t Code sec. 12172 et seq. (Secretary of State\u0027s administration of the office; business programs, notary, UCC, elections); acting on the Governor\u0027s March 19, 2020 stay-at-home order (EO N-33-20)","instrument":"News release AP20:035, Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"\u0027until further notice\u0027; reopening date not verified","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","business filers, UCC filers, notary applicants, apostille customers"],"clause":"As the State of California fights the spread of COVID-19, the Secretary of State\u0027s office in Sacramento will be closing public counters effective March 20, 2020. The Secretary of State\u0027s offices in both Sacramento and Los Angeles will remain open with limited staff, and critical functions and services provided by the Secretary of State will continue. The public will still be able to drop-off documents at the Secretary of State\u0027s offices.... \u0027I have ordered all public counters at the Secretary of State\u0027s Sacramento office closed -- for the safety of both our staff and the public -- until further notice,\u0027 announced Secretary of State Alex Padilla.","enforcement":"Administrative closure of public counters","functions":["OP corporate formation, amendment, qualification and Statement of Information filings (no counter service; drop-off and mail only)","FI UCC filings and searches over the counter","CL notary and apostille services","CB"],"notes":"Attorneys, lenders and formation services lost same-day counter service in Sacramento from March 20, 2020; the reopening-date question remains open (in-force quarters stated through 2021 Q1 on the \u0027until further notice\u0027 term and the Los Angeles reduced-hours notice.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2020-news-releases-and-advisories/ap20035-secretary-state-sacramento-public-counters-closed-during-covid-19-pandemic","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":113903,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077","citation":"Secretary of State Alex Padilla, News release AP20:035, Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-078","AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-079"]}