Filing Annual Reports with the N.C. Secretary of States Office

The North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office recently mailed out “Notices of Grounds of Administrative Dissolution” to businesses which lacked one or more filed annual reports. As you are probably aware, business corporations and limited liability companies which are approved to conduct business in the State by the N.C. Secretary of State are required to file annual reports with the Secretary of State. Being delinquent on filing the annual reports is grounds for administrative dissolution. If a business is administratively dissolved, the business no longer has what is referred to as the “corporate shell” which could create personal liability for the owners, board of directors and officers of the business.

If Your Employees Text While Driving, It Could Be Your Business That Crashes

Recent studies show that people who are reading or writing text messages while driving are 23 times more likely to crash. And most people agree that restricting the use of technology for sending and receiving text messages, emails, and other similar communications while driving makes sense. It is simply too dangerous. Effective Dec. 1, 2009, it will be unlawful to …

Ur Emp Shudnt Txt While Drving

We’ve all seen the headlines: “Driver in fatal crash was text messaging.” Reading or sending text messages on cell phone while driving is a dangerous practice, and as of December 1, 2009, an illegal one in North Carolina. Effective on that date, it will be unlawful to drive a motor vehicle and use a mobile telephone or other similar digital …