Upcoming Holiday Closure: In observance of Labor Day, Fairchild and all State, Federal, and County offices will be closed on Monday 9/5/22 and will reopen at 8:00 am on Tuesday 9/6/22.

In observance of Independence Day, Fairchild and state offices nationwide will be closed Monday, 7/4/22. Offices will re-open for normal business hours on Tuesday, 7/5/22. Have a safe and happy 4th!

In observance of Juneteenth, Fairchild Record Search and the Washington Secretary of State’s office will be closed Monday, June 20th. Other jurisdictions closed on June 20th include AL, CO, DE, DC, GA, ID, IL, NE, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, and VA. The states of LA and NJ…

Upcoming Juneteenth Closures: In observance of Juneteenth, Fairchild Record Search and the Washington Secretary of State’s office will be closed Monday, June 20th. Other jurisdictions closed on June 20th include DE, DC, GA, ID, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, NM, NY, OH, OR, SD, and VA. The states of LA and NJ will be closed…

In observance of Memorial Day, Fairchild, and state offices nationwide will be closed on Monday, May 30th. Our office will reopen for normal business hours on Tuesday, May 31st at 8:00 AM. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day!

Friday, 5/6/22, the DE Corporations Division will hold an employee recognition luncheon, which affects cutoff times as follows: Staff will only be available from 5:00 AM to 8:30 AM on this day. There will be no “Same-Day” or “Must” expedite service after 7:30 AM PT. All 30 Minute, 1, and 2 hour filings must be…

The California Secretary of State is working to roll out a new and improved online system for business and UCC services. Starting 4/1, online services such as corporate and UCC filings will not be available. They plan to restore services on 4/7/22. Further information can be viewed on their website https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/bizfile Please contact Fairchild with…

Friday, 3/25/22, the DE Corporations Division will hold an employee recognition luncheon, which affects expedited cutoff times as follows: • 30-minute and 1-hour filings must be submitted before 2 pm PT, and 2-hour filings must be submitted before 2 pm PT. • These filings will not be processed between 8 am and 10 am PT….

Many state offices nationwide, including the Washington Secretary of State, will be closed Monday, February 21st, 2022 in observance of Presidents Day. Fairchild Record Search will be open for business this day.

Washington SOS – Apostille Update: Due to a system issue with the WA Department of Licensing, the Secretary of State’s office has limited ability to verify notary licenses on documents submitted for apostille. This means that some more recently licensed notaries are not able to be verified and the WA SOS unfortunately, cannot apostille those…

Due to inclement weather, several states are closed today, 2/3/22. Those states include AR, IL, NM, OK, and TX. Further updates will be posted here if they occur.

Delaware Secretary of State Update: Beginning Monday, January 24th through Friday, February 4th, the DE Secretary of State’s office will not accept any submissions for filing pre-clearances, due to a high volume of requests. We will post any updates here if they occur.

MLK Jr. Day Closures: All state offices will be closed Monday, January 17th, 2022 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Fairchild Record Search will be open for normal business hours.

Due to an increase of COVID precautions in the state of IL, the Secretary of State will be closed to the public from 12/31/21 – 1/18/22. During this time, filings will need to be completed online or sent in by mail. Document retrieval services will operate as normal. Further information is available on IL’s website…

Washington Nonprofit Online Filing Outage Starting 12/30 Beginning 12/30/21 at 5 pm, filings for nonprofit corporations in WA will be unavailable online through February 2022. During this time, paper forms will be required as the state updates its online filing system. The whole CCFS online system will be down starting at 5pm 12/31, returning 1/3/22….