If you are not completing this form online, please type or print legibly in black or blue ink. Complete the Statement of
Information (Form SI-550) as follows:
1.
Enter the name of the corporation exactly as it
appears on file with the California Secretary of
State, including the entity ending (ex: “Jones &
Company, Inc.” or “Smith Construction
Company”).
• The name must match exactly the name as shown on the
records of the California Secretary of State.
• If your corporation is a registered foreign corporation using an
assumed name in California (e.g. “ABC CORPORATION DOING
BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA AS ABC CORPORATION OF
DELAWARE”), you must enter the complete assumed name.
2. Enter the 7-digit file number issued by the
California Secretary of State.
• The 7-digit file number is provided by the Secretary of State
above the file stamp at the top of the corporation’s registration
document filed with the California Secretary of State.
• To ensure you have the correct file number and exact name of
the corporation, look to your registration document filed with the
California Secretary of State and any name change
amendments.
• Secretary of State Records can be accessed online through our
Business Search at BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov. While
searching the Business Search, be sure to identify your entity
correctly including the jurisdiction that matches your entity.
3a. Enter the complete street address, city, state
and zip code of the corporation’s principal
executive office.
• The complete street address is required, including the street
name and number, city, state and zip code.
• Address must be a physical address.
• Do not enter a P.O. Box address, an “in care of” address, or
abbreviate the name of the city.
3b. Enter the complete mailing address, city, state
and zip code of the corporation, if different from
Item 3a.
• This address will be used for mailing purposes and may be a
P.O. Box address or “in care of” an individual or entity.
• Do not abbreviate the name of the city.
3c. Enter the complete street address, city and zip
code of the corporation’s principal office in
California, if any and if different from Item 3a.
Complete this item 3c only if the address in
Item 3a is outside of California.
• The complete street address is required, including the street
name and number, city and zip code.
• Address must be a physical address in California.
• Do not enter a P.O. Box address, an “in care of” address, or
abbreviate the name of the city.
• If Item 3a is an address in California leave Item 3c blank and
proceed to Item 4.
4. Enter the name and complete business or
residential address of the corporation’s:
a. Chief Executive Officer (i.e. president)
b. Secretary and
c. Chief Financial Officer (i.e. treasurer).
• Do not abbreviate the name of the city.
• Every corporation is required to have at least these 3 officers.
• An additional title for the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer may be added; however, the preprinted titles on
this form must not be altered.
• Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise,
the president, of if there is no president, the chairperson of the
board, is the chief executive officer of the corporation.
• California Corporations Only: Any number of offices may be held
by the same person unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws
provide otherwise, except, in the case of a California agricultural
cooperative, neither the president nor the secretary may be the
same person.
5a. California Stock and Agricultural Cooperative
Corporations ONLY:
Enter the name and complete business or
residential address of the corporation’s current
director(s).
• If the corporation has more than one director, enter the name(s)
and addresses of the additional directors on Form SI-550A
available at https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/corp/pdf/so/si-550a.pdf.
• Please do not abbreviate the name of the city.
• Every California stock and agricultural cooperative corporation is
required to have at least one director.
SI-550 - Instructions (REV 11/2019)
2019 California Secretary of State
bizfile.sos.ca.gov