Alabama LLC Correction to Name Form

An Alabama-based domestic or foreign LLC that has previously reserved a business name is permitted to change the reserved name at a later time. To request for the change, the representative must accomplish this form and submit it to the Secretary of State’s office.

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STATE OF ALABAMA 
 
CORRECTION TO  NAME   RESERVATION / REGISTRATION 
CERTIFICATE REQUEST  FORM     
Correction Name  Certificate  – 6/2012    Page 1  of  3  
   
PURPOSE:  To request a corrected certificate for an existing Name 
Reservation or Registration.  You must be the registered holder of the 
name on the certificate to make the request. 
will not be accepted via fax.  Using a credit card, you may email the 
form to  [email protected]	 .    Due to volume, we are unable to search for requests that may or 
may not have been received via regular mail to provide receipts or status – if a receipt is needed use registered mail 
service,  courier service, or set your em ail to notify you when the email is read – our system will automatically give 
the receipt if requested (the person receiving the em ails will not email you back that they received it).  If a check is 
dishonored there will be a $30.00 NSF charge (it will be colle cted prior to filing of the entity formation/registration 
documents if necessary). All processing instructions are complete  in this form; cover letters are not necessary and will not 
be reviewed. 	
          	(For SOS Office Use Onl	y)	
 
 	
The information completing this form  must be typed or laser printed. 
Faxed request will not be acknowle dged, processed, or returned.

CORRECTION TO  NAME  RESERVATION/REGISTRATION  CERTIFICATE REQUEST  FORM     
Correction  Name  Certificate  –  6/2012         Page  2  of  3  
 	
 	
Mailing Address     (If the certificate is to be held for pick-up,  Hold For Pickup must be typed in this line.) 
 
 
 
The typed name and signature of the requester must be the holder of the name listed on the certificate, or 
an officer with their title if the ho lder is an entity, or there must be an affidavit signed by the holder 
requesting the change attached.  
 
 
   	
            	 	
Date        Typed Name & Signature of Requester   
 
 
 
If the requester is, a Service Pr ovider using a prepaid account: 
 
Acct Name:         	
Acct Number:      	 
 
  	
$10.00 Standard Processing        or	    	$25.00 Expedited Processing 
 
 
 
Credit Card Payment Option (must be completed and signed): 
 
 	
$10.00 standard processing option (processing timeframe depends on volume and staffing – no 
  timeframe can be guaranteed or estimated –  check worked through date on our website under 
  Government Records tab/Business Entity Records li nk/Entity Name search to determine timeframe) 
 
 
$25.00 expedited processing option   (p rocessed within approximately 3 business days after date of 
 receipt) 
 
Card Type:   	
(Visa, MC, Discover & AmEx) 
 
Card Number:        	
  Expiration Mo/Yr:     	/  	 
 
Card Holder Name:              
 
  
Complete Billing Address:             
 
    	
Street or PO                 City    State    Zip    	
 
 
 
Signature of Card Holder:             	
 
      MUST be signed in order to process.

CORRECTION TO   NAME  RESERVATION/REGISTRATION  CERTIFICATE REQUEST  FORM     
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Informational Only/Do Not Send With Request   
 
 	
Processing Timeframes:	 
 
Standard processing has no guaranteed timeframe.  The reques t will be worked in the order it was received.  To 
determine how long it will take to  process you request under standard pr ocessing procedure you can go to our 
website at  www.sos.alabama.gov	
 and click on the Government Records  tab and the Business Entity Records 
link beneath it.  Click on Entity Name in the search types.   Just above the block to enter the entity name is the 
phrase “Filings Competed Through” in bold face type followed by a date – that date  is the most recent date 
completed for standard filing.  Look at the date we are  through and the current date when making your decision 
about how long it will take to get your request pr ocessed.  If you cannot wait the timeframe indicated, you 
should use expedited processing.   
 	
Expedited processing is filed within thr ee (3) business days after the date of receipt of the request.   If you want 
expedited processing you must indicate it on the initial request, it cannot be  changed to expedited filing status 
after the filing has been received in the filing office. 
 
 
 
Status of Request:	
 
   	
If a status of the request is needed, please go to  www.sos.alabama.gov	 and click on the Government Records tab.  Under 
that tab, there is a link for Business En tity Records, select it.  The screen that  appears will offer a variety of ways to 
search.  Click on the Entity Name search - that screen will list  the “filings completed through” date to show the date 
through which processing has been completed.  If you do not have  evidence of receipt (courier or registered mail) and the 
request was sent prior to “through date,”  (allowing for mailing  time round trip)  we have to assume that the request never 
got into the office – the only way to obtain a receipt is through registered mail or courier service.  If there is an issue abo ut 
the status of a request, email the details and a copy of the receipt of delivery to  [email protected]	
  and a 
supervisor will research the problem and respond in the orde r in which the email was received.   Please do not call the 
office or come in with a question about status as research  time is required and every call slows processing procedures.  If 
processing time is an issue the Online Service is  the fastest method of processing available. 	
 
 
 
Mailing of Certifications of Name Registration:	
 
 	
All documents are mailed standard USPS unless preaddressed e nvelopes with special postage or overnight courier 
envelopes are included with the request.  Any overnight courier envelopes must have a  completed	
 airbill showing no 
reference to the Office of the Secretary of State, with  the billing information completed and clearly marked “bill 
recipient.”  Airbills not completed in this manner will be  discarded and the certificate will be returned standard USPS.