185.83 Fees for filing.

(1) Except as provided under sub. (1m), the department shall charge and collect for:

(a) Filing articles for a new cooperative, $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock, but in no case less than $25. A cooperative organized without capital stock shall pay a fee of $25.

(b) Filing an amendment to or restatement of the articles or articles of consolidation or division, $10, plus $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock not authorized at the time of the amendment, restatement, consolidation, or division, except that no fee may be collected for any of the following:

1. An amendment showing only a change of address resulting from the action of a governmental agency if there is no corresponding change in physical location and if 2 copies of the notice of the action are submitted to the department.

2. An amendment filed to reflect only a change in the name of a registered agent.

(bm) Filing articles of merger, $30.

(c) Filing articles or decree of dissolution, $5.

(d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized to be served on the department by this chapter, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c).

(e) Filing an annual report of a cooperative, $15.

(g) Filing a report of names and addresses of officers or directors, $3.

(h) Processing a document required or permitted to be filed or recorded under this chapter in an expeditious manner, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.

(1m) The department, by rule, may specify a larger fee for filing documents described in sub. (1) in paper format.

(2) No document may be filed or recorded until all fees therefor have been paid.

History: 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1587, 1588, 2204 (47); 1983 a. 134; 1985 a. 29; 1985 a. 30 ss. 39m, 42; 1985 a. 338; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 123; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16, 44.