The California Secretary of State’s office has posted a notice on its website advising that letters are being sent to California corporations and LLCs directing them to submit $495 and a completed form to a private company named Business Filings Division in order to dissolve their entity. The letter/form does not meet the requirements of the California Corporations Code, and a corporation cannot delegate the obligation to have the Certificate of Election to Wind Up and Dissolve and the Certificate of Dissolution signed and verified by the shareholders, members, officers or directors of the corporation. Organizations that receive one of these fraudulent solicitation letters can mail a written complaint along with the entire solicitation (including the solicitation letter, the outer and return envelopes, and all related documents) to the California Attorney General’s office, Public Inquiry Unit, P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento, California 94244-2250. A complaint form, can also be completed online and printed to mail, which is available on the California Attorney General’s website at www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/general.php.
