Corporation Section Filing Fees
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- Phone:
- Customer Service: (608) 261-7577
- TTY: 711
- DFI Corporations Unit
- Department of Financial Institutions
- Mailing: PO Box 7846
- Madison WI 53707-7846
- Physical Address: 4822 Madison Yards Way, North Tower
- Madison WI 53705
Domestic Corporation Filings & Fees
(In effect
April 17, 2022)
Articles of Incorporation | $100 | $35.00 |
Amendment or Restated Articles | $40.00 | $40.00 |
Articles of Merger | $150.00 | $150.00 |
Articles of Share Exchange | $50.00 for each domestic & licensed foreign corporation | $150.00 |
Articles of Conversion | $150.00 | $150.00 |
Articles of Dissolution | $20.00 | $20.00 |
Articles of Correction | $40.00 | $40.00 |
Change of Registered Agent/Registered Office | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Agent’s Change of Registered Office, or Statement of Resignation | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Articles of Revocation of Dissolution | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Application and Certificate of Reinstatement Following Administrative Dissolution | $100.00, plus back fees and penalties owed | $100.00, plus back fees and penalties owed |
Annual Report | $25.00 Electronic & $40.00 Paper | $25.00 Electronic & $25.00 Paper |
Application for: | ||
- reserved name (or renewal) | $15.00 | $10.00 |
- registered name (or renewal) | $50.00 | $50.00 |
- use of indistinguishable name | $10.00 | $10.00 |
- Without capital stock | $25.00 |
- With capital stock | $1.25 per $1,000 of authorized shares, but not less than $25.00 |
Amendment, Restated Articles, Consolidation or Division | $10.00, plus $1.25 per $1,000 of newly-created shares |
Articles of Merger | $30.00 |
Articles of Dissolution | $5.00 |
Annual Report | $10.00; if filed late, $26.00 |
CERTIFICATE OF NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS, $3.00.
EXPEDITED SERVICE, additional $25.00 for each transaction.
SERVICE OF PROCESS, $10.00.
TRANSFER OF RESERVED NAME, $10.00.
STATEMENT or CERTIFICATE OF STATUS, $10.00.
Uniform Commercial Code
The Uniform Commercial Code Section of the Division of Corporate & Consumer Services at the Department of Financial Institutions examines and files documents under the Uniform Commercial Code, including statements of business indebtedness, consignments, terminations, and financing statements and maintains the statewide Uniform Commercial Code lien system.
New Filing Rejection Policy
Beginning July 1, 2019, UCC documents that are received in a state that is unsuitable for filing shall be rejected by the Department. The Department will not hold filings that are awaiting corrections, revisions, additional fees or information from the filer.
Any fees received that are intended for filing a rejected document will be refunded to the filer as soon as allowable under Department policy.
Rejected filings will need to be corrected and submitted anew, along with all appropriate fees for that filing.
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- If you have WI UCC questions, please call us at 608-266-8915 or send e-mail to .
- For questions relating to a Lien release on a Motor Vehicle Title, call DFI Division of Banking at 608-261-7578.
- For Realty-Related (Fixture) Filings, please refer to the Wisconsin Register of Deeds website.
Business Entity Types
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- Related Topics ↓
- Contacts ↓
- Phone:
- Customer Service: (608) 261-7577
- TTY: 711
- DFI Corporations Unit
- Department of Financial Institutions
- Mailing: PO Box 7846
- Madison WI 53707-7846
- Physical Address: 4822 Madison Yards Way, North Tower
- Madison WI 53705
Non-DFI Entities
The following types of business organization are not filed with the Department of Financial Institutions. Other public record custodians, such as the county Register of Deeds, may accept a notice or statement for record under the provisions of sections 134.17 and 178.39 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
A business conducted by a sole proprietor has no existence apart from its owner. They are not filed with the department. A sole proprietor may elect to file a statement with respect to its use of a business name with the county Register of Deeds, or may file a tradename with the DFI.