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Form a California General Partnership - File the GP-1 Statement of General Partnership Authority form in Sacramento
Sun Document Filings can form a California General Partnership
by filing the GP-1 Statement of General Partnership
Authority form with the California Secretary of State in Sacramento on an expedited/rush basis. We even give you step by step information on how to form your General Partnership in California. First, you prepare the Statement of General Partnership
Authority - form GP-1 and obtain the signature(s) of at least two partners. Second, decide how fast you want to file your General Partnership with the California Secretary of State. Third, complete our order from for either a 24 hour rush or routine filing. Fourth, fax or e-mail our order form and the GP-1 form to our office. We will confirm receipt shortly after we have received the forms. If you are in a hurry, we offer 24 hour rush options and routine 5-7 business day options. Questions? 888 595-2747
To get started, just follow the steps.
Step 1: Determine if your business is qualified to become a General Partnership (GP) : A General Partnership must have at least 2 general partners. If there is only one partner, a GP cannot be formed. You may choose to form another type of partnership such as a California LP or California LLC.
Step 2: Prepare the GP-1 form: Prepare the Statement of General Partnership Authority form (form GP-1) and have the general partners sign the form. The GP-1 must be signed by at least 2 general partners. For your convenience, you may download a copy of the form including detailed instructions prepared by the California Secretary of State in PDF format below. The form provided can be viewed and printed from your computer using the most current version of the Adobe Reader (available for free from Adobe's Website).
Download form GP-1 Statement of General Partnership
Authority by clicking here
Please note that we provide California registered agent services for $169.00 a year. Please
contact us if you are interested and we will assist you in designating the
registered agent correctly on the Articles of Organization.
Please read tips and requirements to avoid document rejection for LP forms by clicking here.
Step 3: How fast do you need your General Partnership form GP-1 filed? Select the appropriate order form and fax or e-mail the completed form with the
signed GP-1 form to 888 955-2747 or e-mail to order@sundocumentfilings.com
**The order forms are in PDF format. Please type on the form from your computer.
For legibility purposes, please do not handwrite.** Fees
As of 09/15/2008 - rush fees, procedures, and cutoff times have been changed by the California Secretary of State. Please read our California Rush Filings Policy before placing an order.
Option 2: Routine (call for time frame) ORDER FORM (Click here to view the order form)
Step 4: Fax or scan and e-mail the document and our order from to us: Print out the partnership formation document, sign it, and fax it with our order form to 888 955-2747 or you may e-mail the form in a PDF file to: order@sundocumentfilings.com. Please note that you must have the complete version of Adobe Acrobat or you will not be able to save the information you have inputted on the form. The California Secretary of State will not file illegible or minimized documents. Please type your form for clarity.
Step 5: Document is Filed: If we receive your Statement of General Partnership Authority form GP-1 by 2:00pm M-F, your General Partnership and active by 5:00PM! This means your company will be given the file date your document was submitted on. Please note that even though we deliver your document in person to the California partnership filing counter, the state does not allow anybody to "stand and wait" for your document to be filed. Once the document is submitted to the Secretary of State, the State will take (call for time current time frame) or less you purchase the 24 hour rush option. If you mail the document to the state for processing, you will have to wait several weeks longer. From mid November to mid February, turnaround times will increase due to high volumes of work that the Secretary of State will have to process. This is due to companies trying to merge and dissolve before the end of the year to avoid additional taxes and new companies that are being formed at the beginning of the year. There is a 24 hour paid rush option.
Step 6: Document is complete: When the state is finished with your document, they will issue a state partnership number and two certified copies. Our runners' will pick up your document and bring it back to our office. We will immediately fax or scan and e-mail a copy of the filed document to you (based on your preference indicated on our order form). We will return the two certified copies via regular mail. FedEx is available for an additional $25.00 fee or if you have your own FedEx account number, there is no extra charge.
That is it. So fast and easy!
Step 7: Employer Identification Number: If you would like, we can obtain your client's EIN for their new California General Partnership. Simply download and fill out our EIN application in PDF format and we will prepare the form and e-mail it to you for your client's signature. Once we receive your client's signature, we will obtain the EIN within 24-48 hours. Add $45.00 for this service.
Step 8: GP Kit: We offer a
variety of General Partnership kits that include a custom binder with the name of the
General Partnership hot stamped on the binder, seal embosser, 20 General Partnership certificates,
partnership rolls, and more. You can order the GP kit at the
time of filing or if you prefer, you can place the order on-line using your
credit card. To view all of our General Partnership kits, please click here. Standard kit including
2nd day shipping is $85.00.
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Service and State Fees for General Partnerships
California Registered Agent services for one year: $169.00. Annual fee due at time of filing.
24 Rush: $350.00 Secretary of State rush fee + $70.00 state filing fee + $200.00 rush service fee. Total: $620.00 . Fee includes everything included on the order form. Please click here for the 24 hour rush order form.
Routine fax/e-mail: Our service
fee is $70.00 plus the California Secretary of State fee of
$85.00 ($70.00 filing fee + $15.00 counter fee) for a total
of $155.00. Fax or e-mail the document and our routine order form to our office. Credit
card required. This option shaves a day of the filing time,
eliminates preparation time on your end, and saves you a
FedEx fee to our office.
Budget Mail in: Our service fee is
$50.00 plus the California Secretary of State fee of $70.00
filing fee + $15.00 counter fee. To qualify for the reduced service fee, you must send
the following: 1 originally signed document and 2
photocopies. Two separate checks both made payable to the
Secretary of State; one for $70.00 and one for $15.00. A
third check for our fee made payable to Sun Document Filings
for $50.00. Add $3.00 if you would like a fax return copy.
Add $25.00 if you would like FedEx overnight. Use your own
FedEx number for no extra service charge.
Certificate of Good Standing at the time of filing:
Our service fee is $35.00 plus $5.00 state fee per certificate. For 24 hour rush filings, the good standing certificate cost is $150.00 plus the state fee of $5.00 per certificate.
Why choose Sun
Document Filings?
We have filed thousands of California partnership formation documents with the California Secretary of
State over the years. Unlike other online service companies, we are in
Sacramento...the only place California partnership formation documents can be filed
on an expedited basis. We personally visit the California Secretary of State's
California partnership counter 3 times a day to drop off and pick up documents. We are
very experienced in handling California partnership formations.
Please read what your
peers have to say about our services but viewing our testimonials.
Trust Sun Document Filings for all of your California document needs. Questions? 888 595-2747
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Tips
to help you prepare the form correctly and avoid rejection.
- Read all the instructions
provided by the California Secretary of State.
- If the form asks for a street address, do not put a P.O. Box or PMB address. Do not abbreviate the city's
name.
- All the PDF forms allow
you to type on the form. However you won't be able to save the document or less
you have the complete version of Adobe Acrobat. The free reader does not count
as the complete version.
- The PDF form has preset fields that may not be large enough for your
information. Simply complete as much as you can fit in and then print it out and
either type in the information with a type writer or neatly hand write the
additional information. After you print the document, double check that all
the information that you typed on the form is present. Often times, words are
cut off and are not discovered until after the document is rejected. Do not
abbreviate the information or exclude it because there isn't enough room to type
it in.
- For General Partnerships, the Statement of Partnership Authority shall be executed with the signatures of at least TWO partners.
- Do not complete both 4a. and 4b. Complete only one field.
If the general partner is a business entity, they must be listed on the current Statement of Information (for an LLC or corporation only) and sign the document as follows:
If general partner is a corporation - John Doe, President on behalf of ABC, Inc., General Partner - This would indicate that the general partner of the GP that is being formed is ABC, Inc. John Doe has authority as President of ABC, Inc. to sign on behalf of the company provided John Doe is listed on ABC, Inc.'s current Statement of Information.
If general partner is an LLC - John
Doe, Manager on behalf of ABC, LLC, General Partner - This would indicate that
the general partner of the GP that is being formed is ABC, LLC. John Doe has
authority as Manager of ABC, LLC to sign on behalf of the company provided John
Doe is listed on ABC, LLC's current Statement of Information.
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NOTE: We hope you find our form a partnership steps useful and easy to follow. Nothing contained in our steps should be construed as giving legal or financial advice. Our intended audience is attorneys and accountants. Therefore, if you are not an attorney or accountant, you should contact an attorney or accountant for specific legal or tax questions regarding your GP. Please be aware that the Tax agency and Nevada Secretary of State are government agencies and can change their fees/procedures/forms/turnaround times without notification. Although we do our best to update our steps and stay current, we shall not be held liable for any omissions or errors contained. We do not profess to be giving legal or financial advice to the general public. We are a typing and filing agency that serves the needs of attorneys and accountants.
