(805 ILCS 105/Art. 15 heading)
(805 ILCS 105/115.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.05)
Sec. 115.05. Fees and charges to be collected by Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
(a) Fees for filing documents.
(b) Miscellaneous charges.
(c) Fees for filing annual reports.
(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)
(805 ILCS 105/115.10) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.10)
Sec. 115.10. Fees for filing documents. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:
(Source: P.A. 94-605, eff. 1-1-06; 95-655, eff. 6-1-08.)
(805 ILCS 105/115.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.15)
Sec. 115.15. Miscellaneous charges. The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:
(a) For furnishing a copy or certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a corporation, or for a certificate, $5.
(b) At the time of any service of process, notice or demand on him or her as resident agent of a corporation, $10, which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit or action causing such service to be made if such party prevails in the suit or action.
(Source: P.A. 97-839, eff. 7-20-12.)
(805 ILCS 105/115.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.20)
Sec. 115.20. Expedited service fees.
(a) The Secretary of State may charge and collect a fee for expedited services as follows:
All filings, copies of documents, and copies of documents of dissolved corporations having a file number over 5199, $25.
The Secretary may not consider a request submitted by electronic means a request for expedited services solely because of its submission by electronic means, unless expedited service is requested by the filer.
(b) Expedited services shall not be available for a statement of correction or any request for copies involving annual reports filed before January 1, 1984 or involving dissolved corporations with a file number below 5200.
(c) All moneys collected under this Section shall be deposited into the Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund. No other fees or taxes collected under this Act shall be deposited into that Fund.
(d) As used in this Section, "expedited services" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 15.95 of the Business Corporation Act of 1983.
(e) The Secretary may not provide expedited services for the online electronic filing of annual reports or requests for certificates of good standing.
(Source: P.A. 101-578, eff. 8-26-19.)
(805 ILCS 105/115.85) (from Ch. 32, par. 115.85)
Sec. 115.85. Effect of nonpayment of fees or taxes. (a) The Secretary of State shall not file any articles, statements, certificates, reports, applications, notices, or other papers relating to any corporation, domestic or foreign, organized under or subject to the provisions of this Act until all fees and charges provided to be paid in connection therewith shall have been paid to him or her, or while the corporation is in default in the payment of any fees, charges or penalties herein provided to be paid by or assessed against it, or when the Illinois Department of Revenue has given notice that the corporation is in default in the filing of a return or the payment of any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest as required by any tax Act administered by the Department.
(b) The Secretary of State shall not file, with respect to any domestic or foreign corporation, any document required or permitted to be filed by this Act, which has an effective date other than the date of filing until there has been paid by such corporation to the Secretary of State all fees and charges due and payable on or before said effective date.
(c) No corporation required to pay a penalty under this Act shall maintain any civil action until all such penalties have been paid in full.
(d) The Secretary of State shall, from information received from the Illinois Commerce Commission, compile and keep a list of all domestic and foreign corporations that are regulated pursuant to the provisions of the Public Utilities Act, or the Collateral Recovery Act, or the Personal Property Storage Act, or Chapter 18a, 18c, or 18d of the Illinois Vehicle Code and which hold, as a prerequisite for doing business in this State, any franchise, license, permit, or right to engage in any business regulated by such Acts.
(e) Each month the Secretary of State shall, by written notice, advise the Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission of: (i) any domestic corporation on the list maintained under subsection (d) that has been dissolved within the month; and (ii) any foreign corporation on the list maintained under subsection (d) whose authority to do business in Illinois has been revoked within the month.
(f) The Secretary of State and the Illinois Commerce Commission may provide each other the information required under this Section in an electronic format, including, without limitation by means of such agreed access, those records of the Secretary of State that will provide the Illinois Commerce Commission the information it requires under the statutes it administers. The provision of information under this Section shall begin as soon as is practicable, but in no event later than October 1, 2020.
(Source: P.A. 101-494, eff. 1-1-20.)
(805 ILCS 105/115.90)
Sec. 115.90. No fees for publishing lists of not-for-profit corporations. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to permit the Secretary of State to charge fees for lists of not-for-profit corporations published as open data under Section 1.25 of the Business Corporation Act of 1983.
(Source: P.A. 102-49, eff. 1-1-22.)