180.0122(1m)(Lg) (Lg) A director or principal officer statement under s. 180.0860 (1), $3.
180.0122(1m)(Lr) (Lr) A director or principal officer resignation notice under s. 180.0860 (2), $3.
180.0122(1m)(m) (m) Amendment of articles of incorporation, $40.
180.0122(1m)(n) (n) Restatement of articles of incorporation with or without amendment of articles, $40.
180.0122(1m)(o) (o) Articles of merger, $150.
180.0122(1m)(om) (om) Articles of share exchange, $50 for each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state that is a party to the share exchange.
180.0122(1m)(p) (p) Articles of dissolution, $20.
180.0122(1m)(q) (q) Articles of revocation of dissolution, $10.
180.0122(1m)(r) (r) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, $90.
180.0122(1m)(s) (s) Certificate of reinstatement, $10.
180.0122(1m)(t) (t) Certificate of judicial dissolution, $10.
180.0122(1m)(u) (u) Application for certificate of authority, $100, and, unless the application is made by a qualified new business venture, $3 for every $1,000 or fraction thereof of the foreign corporation's capital exceeding $60,000 employed or to be employed in this state, computed as provided in s. 180.1503, as shown by the application.
180.0122(1m)(v) (v) Application for amended certificate of authority, $40.
180.0122(1m)(w) (w) Application for certificate of withdrawal, $40, and in case that application shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in excess of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed as provided in s. 180.1520 (2) (f), an additional fee which, with previous payments made on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to $3 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the excess.
180.0122(1m)(x) (x) Annual report of a domestic corporation, $25.
180.0122(1m)(y) (y) Annual report of a foreign corporation, $65, and in case the annual report shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in excess of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed as provided in s. 180.1503, an additional fee which, with previous payments made on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to $3 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the excess.
180.0122(1m)(ym) (ym) Articles of correction, $40.
180.0122(1m)(yr) (yr) Articles of conversion, $150.
180.0122(2) (2)The department shall collect the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c) each time process is served on the department under this chapter. The party to a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding causing service of process may recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
180.0122(3) (3)The department may not collect a fee for any of the following:
180.0122(3)(a) (a) Filing a certificate of administrative dissolution or a certificate of revocation of authority to transact business.
180.0122(3)(b) (b) Providing a confirmation of status by telephone.
180.0122(3)(c) (c) Filing a domestic corporation's or a foreign corporation's statement of change of registered office if the only change is to an address and all of the following apply:
180.0122(3)(c)1. 1. The new address is the result of a change in the way a county, city, village, town or the U.S. postal service describes the physical location of the registered office.
180.0122(3)(c)2. 2. A copy of the notice indicating the new address is submitted with the statement.
180.0122(3)(c)3. 3. The physical location of the registered office has not changed.
180.0122(4) (4)In addition to the fees required under sub. (1m) or permitted under sub. (1g), the department may collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed with the department under this chapter and may collect the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (f) for preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate of status under s. 180.0128 (1) to (3) or a statement of status under s. 180.0128 (4).
180.0122(5) (5)The department, by rule, may specify a larger fee for filing records described in sub. (1m) in paper format.
180.0123 180.0123 Effective date and time.
180.0123(1)(a) (a) Except as provided in sub. (2) or s. 180.0124 (3), 180.1622 (5) or 180.1921 (4), a record filed by the department under this chapter is effective on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:
180.0123(1)(a)1. 1. The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.
180.0123(1)(a)2. 2. If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.
180.0123(1)(b) (b) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department's endorsement on the original document under s. 180.0125 (1).
180.0123(2) (2)A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.
180.0123 History History: 1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 16, 269; 1995 a. 27; 2021 a. 258.
180.0124 180.0124 Correcting filed document.
180.0124(1)(1)A domestic corporation or foreign corporation may correct a document that is filed by the department if any of the following applies:
180.0124(1)(a) (a) The document contains a statement that was incorrect at the time of filing.
180.0124(1)(b) (b) The document was defectively executed, including defects in any attestation, seal, verification, or acknowledgment.
180.0124(1)(c) (c) The electronic transmission of the document to the department was defective.
180.0124(2) (2)To correct a document under sub. (1), a domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall prepare and deliver to the department for filing articles of correction that satisfy all of the following:
180.0124(2)(a) (a) Describe the document, including its filing date, or include a copy of the document.
180.0124(2)(b) (b) Specify the incorrect statement and the reason that it is incorrect, or specify the manner in which the execution was defective, whichever is applicable.
180.0124(2)(c) (c) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution.
180.0124(2)(d) (d) Are signed by the person correcting the filed document.
180.0124(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document that they correct.
180.0124(3)(b) (b) With respect to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction, the articles of correction are effective when filed.
180.0124 History History: 1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 2021 a. 258.
180.0125 180.0125 Filing duty of department of financial institutions.
180.0125(1)(1)Upon receipt of a document by the department for filing, the department shall stamp or otherwise endorse the date of receipt on the original, the document copy and, upon request, any additional document copy received. The department shall return any additional document copy to the person delivering it, as confirmation of the date of receipt. The duty of the department under this section is ministerial.
180.0125(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a document satisfies s. 180.0120 and the terms of the document satisfy, if applicable, s. 180.0401 (1) and (2) or 180.1506 (1) and (2), the department shall file the document by stamping or otherwise endorsing “Filed", together with the department name, on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, the department shall deliver the document copy to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative.
180.0125(2)(b) (b) If a domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in default in the payment of any fee required under s. 180.0122 with respect to any of the following documents, the department shall refuse to file any document relating to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation until all delinquent fees are paid by the domestic corporation or foreign corporation:
180.0125(2)(b)1. 1. Articles of incorporation.
180.0125(2)(b)2. 2. An application for use of indistinguishable name.
180.0125(2)(b)3. 3. A written application for reserved name or renewal of reserved name.
180.0125(2)(b)4. 4. A notice of transfer of reserved name or of registered name.
180.0125(2)(b)5. 5. An application for registered name or renewal of registered name.
180.0125(2)(b)6. 6. A statement of change of registered office.
180.0125(2)(b)7. 7. Amendment of articles of incorporation.
180.0125(2)(b)8. 8. Restatement of articles of incorporation with or without amendment of articles.
180.0125(2)(b)9. 9. Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication.
180.0125(2)(b)10. 10. Articles of dissolution.
180.0125(2)(b)11. 11. Articles of revocation of dissolution.
180.0125(2)(b)12. 12. An application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
180.0125(2)(b)13. 13. Certificate of reinstatement.
180.0125(2)(b)14. 14. Certificate of judicial dissolution.
180.0125(2)(b)15. 15. An application for certificate of authority.
180.0125(2)(b)16. 16. An application for amended certificate of authority.
180.0125(2)(b)17. 17. An application for certificate of withdrawal.
180.0125(2)(b)18. 18. An annual report of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation.
180.0125(2)(b)19. 19. Articles of correction.
180.0125(3)(a)(a) If the department refuses to file a document, the department shall return it to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative, within 5 business days after the document was received by the department for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.
180.0125(3)(b) (b) The department's failure to either file or return a document within 5 business days after it was received constitutes a refusal to file the document.
180.0125(3)(c) (c) Except as provided in s. 180.0124 (3), if a document that had been refused for filing by the department is resubmitted and filed by the department, the effective date of the filed document under s. 180.0123 is the date that the resubmitted document is received by the department for filing or a delayed effective date specified in the resubmitted document in accordance with s. 180.0123 (2). The effective time of the resubmitted document shall be determined under s. 180.0123 (1) or (2), whichever is applicable.
180.0125(4) (4)Except as provided in s. 180.0203 (2), the department's filing of, or refusal to file, a document does not affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part and does not create a presumption of any of the following:
180.0125(4)(am) (am) That the document does or does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.
180.0125(4)(c) (c) That the information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
180.0125 History History: 1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 44; 2021 a. 258.
180.0126 180.0126 Appeal from department of financial institutions' refusal to file document.
180.0126(1)(1)If the department refuses to file a document received by the department for filing, the domestic corporation or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal by filing a petition in circuit court to compel the department to file the document. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition in the circuit court for the county where the domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is or will be located. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall attach to the petition the document and any explanation by the department of the reasons for the refusal to file.
180.0126(2) (2)The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition under sub. (1) within 30 days after the department returns the document under s. 180.0125 (3) (a). If the department does not return the document within the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b), the domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition within 30 days after the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b) expires.
180.0126(3) (3)The court may summarily order the department to file the document or take other action that the court considers appropriate. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
180.0126 History History: 1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 35.
180.0127 180.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. A certified copy of a document filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the department.
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 93 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on March 22, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after March 22, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 3-22-24)