Filing a Pre-clearance

A Business Entity (BE) is able to file a Pre-clearance which includes a review of and report on the sufficiency of proposed documents. If there are any issues with the documents, you will be notified by the Secretary of State. You can then re-submit the filing forms for the actual filing.

How to process a pre-clearance filing:

1. After logging in, select the filing type:

• Home tab >> Additional Filings >> File a Pre-Clearance

2. Enter information about the corporation type and domesticity by selecting from the drop-down lists.

3. Select the Pre-clearance Filing option from the drop-down list.

4. Browse for and select the applicable filing document among your files (refer to Attaching Documents for detailed information). An error message displays if you attempt to attach more than one filing document.

• Browse for and select supporting documents, if needed.

• For Filed documents the upload file format is TIFF / TIF only. For Supporting documents, upload file format is PDF/TIFF/TIF only. Multiple supporting documents are allowed.

5. Select Next: Shopping Cart to display the shopping cart. Refer to Managing Shopping Cart-BE if needed.
6. Select the Next: Payment button to process your payment. Refer to Managing Payments for details.

7. The Payment Information screen displays, showing details about your payment.

8. Select the View Documentation button to view/print your order. Refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for details.

Related Information

Attaching Documents

Managing Payments

Managing Shopping Cart-BE

Order Summary/Correspondence-BE