{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-082","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois (Secretary of State, Department of Business Services)","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, Department of Business Services","authority":"805 ILCS 5 (Business Corporation Act) and 805 ILCS 180 (Limited Liability Company Act) filings with the Secretary of State; 810 ILCS 5/9-501 (UCC filing office); the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation of March 9, 2020 and EO 2020-10","instrument":"Department of Business Services website notice: \u0027Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office has suspended all processing of paper documents submitted by mail\u0027 (as archived April 18, 2020)","title":"Illinois Secretary of State Business Services: paper-document processing suspended; online filing and fax only","dateIssued":"2020-04-18","effective":"2020-03","end":"Not stated; Secretary of State facilities reopened June 1, 2020 (IL-053)","startDate":"2020-04-18","endDate":"2020-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["corporations and limited liability companies filing annual reports and other documents","UCC and trademark filers","attorneys and formation agents"],"clause":"Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office has suspended all processing of paper documents submitted by mail. Most Corporation and Limited Liability Company annual reports can be filed and certificates of good standing purchased online, in real time without an expedited fee. All online filings are being timely processed. Certified copy requests will be processed by fax.","enforcement":"Administrative suspension of a statutory filing channel","functions":["OP corporate and LLC filings (paper channel suspended; online only)","FI UCC filings","OF law firms and formation agents","CB"],"notes":"The Illinois corporate filing office stopped processing mailed paper filings altogether during the closure; filings not available online (many amendments, mergers and foreign qualifications in 2020) were delayed.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080123/https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":149862,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-082","citation":"Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, Department of Business Services, Department of Business Services website notice: \u0027Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office has suspended all processing of paper documents submitted by mail\u0027 (as archived April 18, 2020) (Apr. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-082)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["IL-053"]}