(a) A person, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation required by the provisions of this chapter to file a return, shall, at the time of filing as provided, pay a registration fee of $50.00 to the Secretary of State.

(b) A person, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation required by the provisions of this chapter to file a certificate of cessation or change of business status or an application to reserve a business name shall, at the time of filing, pay a fee of $20.00 to the Secretary of State.

(c) Statement of change of designated agent or designated office, or both: $25.00, not to exceed $1,000.00 per filer per calendar year.

(d) The Secretary shall collect $25.00 each time process is served on the Secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if he or she prevails in the proceeding. (Amended 1959, No. 177, eff. May 14, 1959; 1961, No. 217, § 1, eff. July 13, 1961; 1967, No. 278 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1977, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1981, No. 125 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. March 1, 2004; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2013, No. 1, § 81, eff. March 7, 2013; 2013, No. 72, § 4.)