Filing a Service of Process (SOP)

A Service of Process (SOP) filing allows your Secretary of State office to process and deliver notices, summons and petitions to defendants involved in legal proceedings that fall within its jurisdiction. A copy of the notice, summons or petition is required to accompany the filing. Additional documentation may be uploaded but is not required. If corporation is active, proof of prior attempted service upon the registered agent is required.

Notes:

1. If another filing for the same business entity is in process or is of the same filing type as the current filing, you will be alerted to try again later. The current filing cannot be continued but can be restarted when the other filing has been completed (accepted/rejected).  
2. Screens, fields and labels that display are based on your jurisdiction's implementation and may not reflect your filing type.
3. If you need to re-enter information, select the button labeled Previous to return to the screen you were on prior to the current screen.
4. If your filing requires a two-step review process, an internal Secretary of State processor must review your filing for compliance before it can be accepted or rejected. After making payment, you will be notified via the email address set up during account creation. To view correspondence for your filing, refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for information about accessing your filing records.
5. Contact your jurisdiction's office if you have questions about this or any of the procedures outlined in SystemWORKS Help.

How to process a SOP:

1. Navigate to the Corporation Services section of your jurisdiction's Web site.

2. Select Service of Process from the QuickLinks pane or Submit Service of Process (SOP) from the File Online pane. The File Service of Process screen displays:

3. Select the filing Type from the drop-down list.

4. Attach one or more documents, if needed.

• Select the Browse button to search for your document.
• Choose the document and then select the Upload button to add the document to the filing.
• Refer to Attaching Documents for additional information on attaching documents.

5. If service of process has previously been attempted, you can upload proof of the attempted service. Refer to Step 4 for instructions.

6. Select the Next: Shopping Cart button to display the associated screen.

   15. Shopping cart items can be modified and new items added, if needed.
   16. Select the Confirmation check box.
   17. Refer to Managing Shopping Cart-BE for instructions.

7. Select the Next: Payment button to display the associated screen.

• Select your payment method and enter payment information.
• Select the Terms and Conditions check box.
• Refer to Managing Payments for complete details.

8. Select the Next: Submit Payment button to display the associated screen.

• Payment confirmation displays information about your order.
• To view documentation, select the View Documentation button.
• Refer to Order Summary/Correspondence-BE for additional information.

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