If you search for a California annual report, what you need is the Statement of Information. It is a short filing with the Secretary of State's Business Entities section that keeps your record current: addresses, agent for service of process, and the people who manage or run the entity. You file it in bizfile Online.
The cycle depends on what you formed. An LLC or nonprofit files every second year, and a stock corporation files every year. The month never moves: it is always the month the entity first registered. Search, formation fees and contacts are in the California office guide.
Which form and what it costs
Each entity type has its own form number in the Secretary of State's fee schedule.
- Domestic LLC: form LLC-12, or LLC-12NC, costs $20 for the first statement and each one after it.
- Domestic stock corporation: form SI-200 costs $25 in total, a $20 filing fee plus a $5 disclosure fee.
- Domestic nonprofit corporation: form SI-100 costs $20.
- Foreign corporation: form SI-350 costs $25.
An amended statement, filed because something changed, has no fee.
| Fee | LLC, every two years: $20; stock corporation, yearly: $25; nonprofit, every two years: $20 (bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov, checked ) |
|---|---|
| When it is due | Stock corporations: yearly in the month of registration. LLCs and nonprofits: every two years in the month of registration, even or odd year by registration year. First LLC statement due within 90 days of registration. (sos.ca.gov, checked ) |
| If you file late | Penalties are assessed by the Franchise Tax Board when a Statement of Information is not filed (sos.ca.gov, checked ) |
| Where to file | bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov (sos.ca.gov, checked ) |
| Processing time | Posted by method on the SOS processing dates page. As of 2026-10-29 corporate formations: online 10/26/2026, in person 10/22/2026, mail 10/20/2026 (dates being worked, not durations). (sos.ca.gov, checked ) |
Working out your California due date
Start from the registration date on your record. That month is your filing month for life.
Say an LLC registered on March 18 of an odd year. Its first statement is due within 90 days, so by mid June. After that it files in March every second year, which means March of each odd year. A stock corporation registered in the same March files every March, year after year. A nonprofit follows the two year pattern, like the LLC.
Filing in bizfile Online, step by step
- Look up the entity in bizfile Online by name or entity number, so you work on the right record.
- Choose the Statement of Information for your entity type.
- Check each line: principal and mailing address, agent for service of process, and managers, members or officers.
- Fix anything stale before you submit. The statement is the record the public sees.
- Pay the $20 or $25 fee and keep the confirmation.
The Secretary of State posts the dates it is working on for each filing method. Check that page if your filing does not show up as soon as you expect.
Penalties and California status words
The Secretary of State does not set the penalty for a missing statement. The Franchise Tax Board assesses it, and the amount was not stated on the page we read. The bigger cost is suspension. A record marked SOS Suspended or SOS Forfeited has lost its powers and its right to use its name in California because no statement was filed. FTB Suspended points to a tax problem instead, and some records carry both.
Every status word California uses is explained in our California office guide.
Checking that your statement was filed
Search the entity in bizfile Online after it posts. The status should read Active, with no SOS or FTB suspension in front of it. Keep a copy of the filed statement with your company papers, so you can see at a glance when the next one is due. For the general picture across states, read our guide on how to file an annual report.
Sources
- bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/be-fee-schedule-062018.pdf: report fee. Checked .
- www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/faqs/: report due date, late penalty. Checked .
- www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities: online filing. Checked .
- www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/processing-dates/: processing time. Checked .