Annual reports · California
File Your California Statement of Information Online
California's Statement of Information is filed online with the California Secretary of State at bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov. It is due the last day of your anniversary month in each report year. We prepare it from your company's details and submit it to the state for you, so it is done before the deadline and off your list.
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File My California Statement of InformationCalifornia Statement of Information at a Glance
- Filing
- Statement of Information
- Filed with
- California Secretary of State
- Where online
- bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov (account required)
- State fee (LLC)
- $20
- Initial statement
- Within 90 days of formation, before the recurring cycle
- Due
- The last day of your anniversary month in each report year
- Filing window
- The last day of your anniversary month; the window is the six months ending with the anniversary month, so it opens five months before it
- Frequency
- Every two years, counted from the year the LLC was formed (formed in 2026: 2028, then 2030), after an initial statement within 90 days of formation
- State late penalty
- California's $250 late penalty is assessed by the Franchise Tax Board after the Secretary of State sends a delinquency notice and 60 days pass; it is billed to the company, not paid with the statement.
- If you miss it
- California keeps taking the late report, with the penalty billed separately by the state, through December 31 of the report year. The Secretary of State sends a delinquency notice; if the statement is still unfiled 60 days later, the $250 penalty goes to the Franchise Tax Board to assess and collect, and an LLC that keeps ignoring it is suspended by the Secretary of State (the most common reason for suspension). A suspended LLC is revived by filing a current statement, then the Secretary of State's relief letter and the Franchise Tax Board's revivor; a penalty waiver can be asked for online once a current statement is on file.
California charges every LLC an $800 annual tax, paid to the Franchise Tax Board, separate from formation and from the Statement of Information; the first-year exemption (AB 85) expired for LLCs formed after 2023. The $20 Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) is due within 90 days of formation, then every 2 years in the six-month window ending with the registration month. A late statement draws a $250 penalty, assessed by the Franchise Tax Board after the Secretary of State's delinquency notice, and an LLC that keeps ignoring it is suspended. Put both on your calendar and verify exact dates with California.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are California's own, from the state's published schedule and statute, and the penalty is paid to the state, not to us. Every state's report is listed on the annual report directory.
Forming a new company instead? Form an LLC in California online, or read what the California Form LLC-1 asks for. Filing the new company yourself on bizfile Online? bizfile Online LLC filing, step by step.
What the California Form Asks
bizfile Online (bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov) files the Statement of Information, Form LLC-12, behind an account login, and since August 1, 2026 the option is shown only to a web user with access to the LLC: the user who filed the Articles of Organization online has it; anyone else requests it from the entity's record, and the state either emails the request to whoever already holds access or mails a PIN letter to the LLC's mailing address on file.
The entity number and the exact LLC name are on the record. The statement asks for the principal office street address (no PO box, the city spelled out), a mailing address (a PO box is fine there) and a California office address when the principal office is out of state; then each manager, or every member if there are no managers, with a business or residential address, the chief executive officer if the LLC has one, and the type of business in one line.
The agent for service of process is either an individual with a California street address or a registered corporate agent entered by its exact registered name, never both; a corporate agent must have approved the appointment in advance and hold a current 1505 certificate. The agent does not sign the statement. Item 9 is the Labor Judgment question, a required yes or no, and Item 10 opts the LLC in to email notices and statement reminders.
The signer dates it, types a name and title and affirms under penalty of perjury that the information is true and correct and that they are authorized by California law to sign; bizfile can also send the statement out for signature. The $20 is paid by card, the submission then shows in My Work Queue, and the filed LLC-12 appears as a free PDF under the LLC's documents in Business Search. When nothing has changed and a complete statement has been on file since 2022, bizfile offers a No Change statement at the same $20.
The initial statement is due within 90 days of registration, then every two years in the six months ending with the registration month; a free No Fee statement updates an address or agent between windows. Failure to file draws a $250 penalty, assessed by the Franchise Tax Board after the Secretary of State's delinquency notice, and then suspension. The $800 annual LLC tax is a separate Franchise Tax Board matter and is never part of the statement.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed on March 15, 2026 files its initial Statement of Information by June 13, 2026, 90 days after formation. Its first periodic Statement of Information is then due March 31, 2028, the last day of its anniversary month. After that it files every second year (2030, 2032).
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as California registered it
- Its entity number, from the state's record or the formation approval
- The principal office street address and the mailing address, if different
- The registered agent's name and California street address
- The names and addresses of the managers or members on record
- The name and title of the person signing, and a card for the state fee
Our order form asks for the same items, in the same order the California screens do.
California Statement of Information Dates
| Formed in | Initial Statement of Information due | First periodic Statement of Information due | Window opens |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | April 15, 2026 | January 31, 2028 | August 1, 2027 |
| February 2026 | May 16, 2026 | February 29, 2028 | September 1, 2027 |
| March 2026 | June 13, 2026 | March 31, 2028 | October 1, 2027 |
| April 2026 | July 14, 2026 | April 30, 2028 | November 1, 2027 |
| May 2026 | August 13, 2026 | May 31, 2028 | December 1, 2027 |
| June 2026 | September 13, 2026 | June 30, 2028 | January 1, 2028 |
| July 2026 | October 13, 2026 | July 31, 2028 | February 1, 2028 |
| August 2026 | November 13, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | March 1, 2028 |
| September 2026 | December 14, 2026 | September 30, 2028 | April 1, 2028 |
| October 2026 | January 13, 2027 | October 31, 2028 | May 1, 2028 |
| November 2026 | February 13, 2027 | November 30, 2028 | June 1, 2028 |
| December 2026 | March 15, 2027 | December 31, 2028 | July 1, 2028 |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the California filing site
The Statement of Information is filed with the California Secretary of State at bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. California takes it the last day of your anniversary month; the window is the six months ending with the anniversary month, so it opens five months before it.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its entity number, the number on the company's California record, not by name alone. Two companies can have near-identical names, and a report filed under the wrong number files the wrong company's report.
3. Confirm or update the details
The principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members on record. Anything that changed since the last filing goes in now, including a new registered agent.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay California's fee ($20 for an LLC). Save the confirmation; it is your proof of filing until the state's record shows the report.
Rather skip the state's site? We file it for you, and the state's confirmation comes to your inbox. To file it yourself, start at the California filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your own login on bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov | Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name |
| Finding the company | You enter the entity number | We look up the record and match it to your order |
| The details | You retype the addresses, the agent and the managers or members on the state's screens | You confirm them once on our form; we check them against the California record before filing |
| Signing | An authorized person signs electronically | You authorize the filing at checkout and name the signer; the state's signature line is completed the way the state allows |
| State fee | Paid to the state by card at the end | Paid to the state on your behalf and itemized on the order review step |
| Timing | Any time the window is open (the last day of your anniversary month; the window is the six months ending with the anniversary month, so it opens five months before it) | Order any time; a report the state is not taking yet is held and filed the day the window opens |
| Confirmation | Shown on screen; save it yourself | The state's confirmation is emailed to you and kept on your order page |
| Registered agent change | Named on the Statement of Information | Chosen on the order form and named on the same filing |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a California street address that receives lawsuits and state notices for the LLC; a post office box does not qualify, and the agent's address is public.
- Principal office and mailing address
- Where the business is run, and the address the state should write to if that differs; both appear on the public record.
- Managers or members
- Who runs the LLC. The Statement of Information lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- Entity number
- The number California gave the company when it was formed. It is on the approved formation document and on the state's business search, and it is how the filing finds the right record.
- Good standing, dissolution and reinstatement
- Good standing is the status a company keeps by filing on time. Administrative dissolution (some states say revocation or forfeiture) is what the state does to one that stops filing, and reinstatement is the filing that brings it back, with the missed reports and fees.
What Goes Wrong on the California Statement of Information
- Treating the first Statement of Information as a next-year matter: California wants the initial statement within 90 days of formation (formed March 15, 2026: by June 13, 2026), and the first periodic one follows in 2028.
- Filing outside the window: the Statement of Information is due the last day of your anniversary month, and the window is the six months ending with the anniversary month, so it opens five months before it; the state's system does not take it earlier.
- Filing in an off year: California's report falls every second year, counted from the formation year, so a company formed in 2026 has no 2029 report.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its entity number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Leaving a registered agent change for later: California takes the new agent on this filing, and a change left off it needs its own filing afterwards.
- Starting without bizfile Online access to the LLC: since August 1, 2026 the statement is shown only to a web user with access, so an LLC filed by someone else means an access request first (approved by whoever holds it, or a PIN letter mailed to the LLC's address). On the form itself, a PO box or an abbreviated city in the principal office, both an individual and a corporate agent, or a corporate agent typed differently from its registered name all get it refused.
- Waiting too long: California keeps taking the late report, with the penalty billed separately by the state, through December 31 of the report year. The Secretary of State sends a delinquency notice; if the statement is still unfiled 60 days later, the $250 penalty goes to the Franchise Tax Board to assess and collect, and an LLC that keeps ignoring it is suspended by the Secretary of State (the most common reason for suspension). A suspended LLC is revived by filing a current statement, then the Secretary of State's relief letter and the Franchise Tax Board's revivor; a penalty waiver can be asked for online once a current statement is on file.
After you file
bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov shows a confirmation and sends a receipt to the filer's email; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the California Secretary of State posts the Statement of Information to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the California business search stays active, which is what a bank, a lender, a landlord or a licensing board checks before it opens an account, extends credit or renews a license. A certificate of status or good standing, where one of them asks for paper proof, is a separate document the state issues on request. The next thing the California business registry expects is the next Statement of Information, two years later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Change Your Agent on the Report
California's Statement of Information can name a new registered agent and registered office, so a company switching agents does it on this filing, with no separate change form and no second state fee.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's California address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. California's Statement of Information names the new agent, so it is done with this filing. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksCalifornia Statement of Information: Questions
Can I file the California Statement of Information online?+
Yes. California takes it online through the California Secretary of State (bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov), after you sign in or create an account. If you would rather not, we file it for you: one short form with your company's details, and we submit it to the state.
When is the California Statement of Information due?+
The last day of your anniversary month in each report year. The window is the six months ending with the anniversary month, so it opens five months before it. Order any time: if California is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the California deadline?+
California's $250 late penalty is assessed by the Franchise Tax Board after the Secretary of State sends a delinquency notice and 60 days pass; it is billed to the company, not paid with the statement. California keeps taking the late report, with the penalty billed separately by the state, through December 31 of the report year. The Secretary of State sends a delinquency notice; if the statement is still unfiled 60 days later, the $250 penalty goes to the Franchise Tax Board to assess and collect, and an LLC that keeps ignoring it is suspended by the Secretary of State (the most common reason for suspension). A suspended LLC is revived by filing a current statement, then the Secretary of State's relief letter and the Franchise Tax Board's revivor; a penalty waiver can be asked for online once a current statement is on file. We file late reports while the state still takes them; the state's penalty, where there is one, is paid to the state with its fee.
Is the California Statement of Information every year?+
Every two years, counted from the year the LLC was formed (formed in 2026: 2028, then 2030), after an initial statement within 90 days of formation. In the years between, California has nothing to take from your LLC, and a report sent in an off year is not what the state is waiting for. The dates table above shows which years are yours.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file a Statement of Information?+
Yes, once, soon after formation. An LLC formed on March 15, 2026 files its initial Statement of Information by June 13, 2026, 90 days after formation. Its first periodic Statement of Information is then due March 31, 2028, the last day of its anniversary month. After that it files every second year (2030, 2032). The initial statement is the same form at the same state fee, and it starts the two-year cycle; nothing else is owed to the California Secretary of State in between.
What do I need to file it?+
The company's exact legal name and its entity number, the principal and mailing address, the registered agent on record, and the managers or members. We ask for the same on our order form, so nothing is missing when we file.
Do I need an account on bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov?+
Yes. The California filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Statement of Information; bizfile Online (bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov) files the Statement of Information, Form LLC-12, behind an account login, and since August 1, 2026 the option is shown only to a web user with access to the LLC: the user who filed the Articles of Organization online has it; anyone else requests it from the entity's record, and the state either emails the request to whoever already holds access or mails a PIN letter to the LLC's mailing address on file. When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.
Can I change my California registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. California's Statement of Information can name a new registered agent, so choosing our registered agent service on our order form puts our partner's California address on the record instead of yours with this filing.
Is America LLC Filing the California state office?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with California. The state's fee is the same whether you file at bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Arizona: no LLC annual report
- Nevada: Annual List, due the last day of your anniversary month each year
- Oregon: Annual Report, due your formation anniversary date each year
- Alaska: Biennial Report, due January 2 in each report year
- Hawaii: Annual Report, due the last day of the calendar quarter that holds your anniversary month each year
- Washington: Annual Report, due the last day of your anniversary month each year
Get Your California Statement of Information Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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