CLASNotes Blog

Several states achieved important business legislation milestones during the month of March. Please see below for summaries of the new laws for entities in Idaho, Indiana, New Mexico, Tennessee and Utah.

Please see below for a list of April 2018 state holidays and office closures. State filing offices occasionally make last-minute changes to their holiday closing schedules. We will update this list as we become aware of any such changes.

When a corporation is growing and expanding into a new geographic region, it can be difficult to determine if it is necessary to formally qualify in the new state - and figuring out how to facilitate the qualification can be daunting. In this article, we[..]

CLAS Information Services is pleased to announce that we have joined as an Associate Member of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL). As a longtime provider of due diligence support services to the SBA lending community,[..]

During the question and answer period following a recent CLAS webinar, Common UCC Filing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, an attendee asked a great question. She asked, “When a UCC is terminated, what happens when the UCC is then continued before its[..]

Please see below for a list of March 2018 state holidays and office closures. State filing offices occasionally make last-minute changes to their holiday closing schedules. We will update this list as we become aware of any such changes.

It’s important for a business to maintain corporate good standing. Being in good standing means that the business has satisfied all of the statutory requirements that have been imposed on it by the state.

When performing a UCC search as part of a due diligence investigation, it is imperative to search for liens under the right party names. Conducting searches under the incorrect names, excluding important parties from the search effort or failing to[..]

Please see below for a list of February 2018 state holidays and office closures. State filing offices occasionally make last-minute changes to their holiday closing schedules. We will update this list as we become aware of any such changes.

California Senate Bill 2 (CA SB-2), approved by governor Jerry Brown on September 29, 2017, went into effect on January 1, 2018. The bill imposes a fee of $75 to be paid at the time of the recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice[..]