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Filing Forms & Fee Schedule
All forms can be submitted online at www.OhioBusinessCentral.gov(opens in a new window). To file on paper, please note that we may only accept single-sided, 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper as the documents are all scanned and imaged into our database after being processed.
Please make checks and money orders payable to “Ohio Secretary of State.”
Send forms to the P.O. Box Number listed on the form. Send overnight express packages to: Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services Division, 180 Civic Center Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43215.
All filings EXCEPT preclearance requests, certificate requests, and UCC filings can be expedited. Expedite filings require an additional fee which is stated on the forms below and may be submitted online, delivered to the Client Service Center in at 180 Civic Center Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43215, or mailed to P.O. Box 1390, Columbus, OH 43216.
Please note: all PDF forms and documents function optimally when downloaded to your computer and opened with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software(opens in a new window).
Domestic (Ohio) Business Entities
Foreign (Non Ohio) Business Entities
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| File Registration of Corporation Name Online at Ohio Business Central (opens in a new window) Download Registration of Corporation Name (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$39.00/$25.00 |
530C |
Cooperatives
Name Registrations
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| File Name Reservation/Transfer/Cancellation Online at Ohio Business Central(opens in a new window) Download Name Reservation/Transfer/Cancellation (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$39.00/$25.00 |
534B |
Foreign Nationally / Federally Chartered Banks
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| File Notification for a Corporation That is a Bank, Savings Bank, or Savings and Loan Association Chartered Under the Laws of the United States Online at Ohio Business Central(opens in a new window) Download Notification for a Corporation That is a Bank, Savings Bank, or Savings and Loan Association Chartered Under the Laws of the United States (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$25.00 |
552 (Revised 10/24) |
Trademarks & Service Marks
Trusts
Mergers, Consolidations & Conversions
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| File Certificate of Merger Online at Ohio Business Central(opens in a new window) Certificate of Merger: TO be used when at least one constituent entity is an Ohio entity (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$99.00 |
551 (Revised 10/24) |
| Download Certificate of Merger: To be used when all constituent entities are foreign (non-Ohio) (PDF)(opens in a new window) |
$99.00 |
549 (Revised 2/23) |
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| File Certificate of Consolidation Online at Ohio Business Central(opens in a new window) Certificate of Consolidation (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$99.00 |
550 (Revised 10/24) |
Additional Forms
| Form Name | Fee | Form # |
|---|---|---|
| Data Purchase Order Form (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
Varies |
200 |
| Consent for Use of Similar Name (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
No Fee |
590 |
| Copy/Certificate Request (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$5.00 |
500 (Revised 2/23) |
| Verified Oath to Submit Foreign Corporation Application for License (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) | No Fee | 593 (Revised 2/23) |
| Name/Address Change for Statutory Agent Representing More Than 5 Entities (PDF)(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) |
$125.00 |
526 (Revised 10/24) |
Share Fee Information
| Number of shares | Price per share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1,000 |
$.10 cents |
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| 1,001 to 10,000 |
$.05 cents |
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| 10,001 to 50,000 |
$.02 cents |
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| 50,001 to 100,000 |
$.01 cents |
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| 100,001 to 500,001 |
$.005 (1/2 cents) |
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| More than 500,000 |
$.0025 (1/4 cents) |
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