Risk Management Blog

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

After receiving such a positive response to this pair of blog posts back in October, and with year end literally now here, we present them again conveniently in one post, just in case you missed it. Happy Holidays! Year end is here.  Lightning speed transactions require entity Formations and Registrations in several states.  Below, we have listed some reminders to help you through the year-end rush. Delaware Direct Access. Delaware… >> READ MORE

Do you know if your entity, or portfolio, has filed the latest Secretary of State Annual Reports?  How do you know if you have missed a filing? Or if the state cashed your check but did not actually record the filing? Once your entity has filed with one or more Secretary of State offices, you have created a growing obligation to keep basic pieces of public data current though annual/biennial filings.  These Annual Reports seem simple… >> READ MORE

No Fooling. FCS CEO David Silverburg along with Escrow Compliance Manager Pamela Putnam will present “The Incredible Bulk Sale Superpower—UCCs” at National University in Costa Mesa this Saturday, April 1. The event is co-hosted by the California Escrow Association and The Escrow Training Institute. Seminar moderator Debbi Faber of Chicago Title, a long-time partner and friend to Bulk Sale education in California, completes… >> READ MORE

The State of Delaware offers Preclearance Review of Corporate Documents to assist filers through the corporate filing process and reduce the number of filings that do not meet required criteria. Various preclearance corporate filing services are offered and their official review procedures are a convenient way to avoid potential processing errors. This service assures that you have accurately drafted your corporate document before formally… >> READ MORE

Familiar with that feeling? Of course we’re all looking for ways to improve efficiency and, on this topic, there are some steps you can take that may help save time and streamline processes so you’re ready when it’s time and you’re not frustrated by missing documents at your closings. Don’t wait until the last minute. This seemingly simple tactic is vital to assuring you have the documents you need when you need them. If you… >> READ MORE