Risk Management Blog

Does your law firm or corporation spend precious time searching for Secretary of State online business entity search pages? Trying to locate the appropriate webpage to execute this simple action can lead you through various departments, advertisements, and state pages not related to satisfying your Business Entity Status search need. First Corporate Solutions, Inc. (FCS) has simplified this process by creating our Business Entity Research… >> READ MORE

We are building resources for you!  This week we have added web-links to all the Attorney General offices under our Resources page.  Much like our Secretary of State links webpage from last week, you do not have to conduct multiple searches for Attorney General websites to find what you need anymore.  We have it all on one page. Please let us know what government agencies you search most so that we can prioritize adding them. You… >> READ MORE

Banking and Financial Institution Government web pages are now in one place for all 50 states and Washington, DC. The world of financial licensing, laws, and regulations continues to increase. And though we do not directly work with these specific license types, we know the majority of our clients do. For this reason, this week we have added weblinks to all the State Banking and Finance Divisions across the country. Much like other… >> READ MORE

Looking for Department of Revenue web pages for any of the 50 states and DC? We know the majority of our clients are at some point. For this reason, this week we have added weblinks to all the Departments of Revenue across the country. Much like other 50 state links we have been adding, you do not have to conduct multiple searches for websites to find what you need. We have it all on one page. Whether you are searching for information… >> READ MORE

Getting organized, eliminating clutter, consolidating and streamlining. We’ve all heard these buzz words, we’ve all worked towards accomplishing them. When something pops up that helps us do these things, we take advantage. Every little time saver helps as life around us gets faster and faster. Here at FCS it’s the same. As a service company, we’re committed to constantly striving to help our customers increase efficiencies while… >> READ MORE

You’ve probably been there. You’re performing your due diligence to qualify the credit worthiness of some new prospects, you’re doing your lien searches, your credit checks, your court research including bankruptcy, and if your prospects are entities, also your business entity research—what’s the exact legal name, are they in good standing, who are the officers, etc. To do all of this research, you have to go to this state’s… >> READ MORE

Effective January 1, 2017, some changes affecting notaries public are coming from the California Secretary of State’s Business Programs Division, Notary Public and Special Filings Section One change regards apostilles. Whereas an individual apostille used to require a separate certificate for each individual country under The Hague Convention of 5 October, 1961, now the apostille will no longer include the country in which it will be… >> READ MORE

To add to last week’s blog, these are a few additional tips to move your deals at lightning speed and efficiency. Have your service company "in the deal" as a partner. If you are able to share a few key points to the transaction, deadlines, or closing date by walking your service provider through the transaction, it will help you execute on multiple points.  This may include Initial Annual Reports, Publication, County Recording,… >> READ MORE

Perfecting your registration or qualification with all Secretary of State Offices under the same name is important for many reasons.  Most companies want name consistency in all the states they are registered or qualified to do business.  Name consistency in each state keeps contracts, business cards, licenses, etc. uniform so that there are no exceptions or variations from state to state. This week’s blog is the first of a two-part… >> READ MORE

This is Part II of our two-part blog on Corporate Names. We posted Part I in last week’s blog that discussed Corporate Name Availability in more detail. Today we share some tips on Name Reservation vs. Name Registration. Name Reservation. This is generally a document and filing fee submitted to a Secretary of State office, or just a fee paid. A Name Reservation can hold your name for a term that can vary from 30 to 180 days depending… >> READ MORE