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Save Time, File Online The NC Department of Secretary of State is entering its seasonal busy season. Combined with continued staffing shortages, this means there will be delays processing Annual Reports and other business organization documents. The delays are greatest for mailed filings. We strongly urge our customers to save time and file their documents online if at all possible. Mailed filings currently require 10 to 15 days to process, compared to 5 days or less for documents filed online. Save time, file online.
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What We Do

The Lobbying Compliance Division operates under Chapter 120C, Articles 2, 4, 6, and 8 of the North Carolina General Statutes to administer and to enforce the Lobbying Act.

Since 1933, the Department of the Secretary of State has regulated lobbying. The Department provides registrants the ability to register and to file reports electronically. This Division publishes a real time Directory of lobbyists, lobbyist principals, state agency liaisons, and local government liaisons. It also provides online access to all registrations and reports. The Division also examines reports to assure the complete and timely disclosure of reportable lobbying expenditures. It also provides a searchable database so that legislators, appointed officials, public, and the media can search to determine who is lobbying and the magnitude of the filers lobbying.

On Oct.3. 2023, Session Law 2023-134 became law which requires lobbyists and lobbyist principals to pay a $500 fee at the time of each registration. The principal only pays the fee once regardless of the number of lobbyists representing the principal. The Secretary of State is required to collect this fee and deposit the amount into the state’s General Fund. There is a $3.00 nonrefundable electronic fee.

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Telephone

919-814-5400

Mailing Address

Lobbying Compliance Division
Department of the Secretary of State
Post Office Box 29622
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0622
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