DCRA’s Superintendent of Corporations heads Corporations Division that acts as of the Office of Corporate Registrar for the District of Columbia. To form a domestic filing entity appropriate form and fee must be paid and filed with DCRA’s Superintendent of Corporations. Corporations division forms all filing entities in the District of Columbia.
The definition of filing entity includes the following organizational types:
- For-profit corporation including professional and benefit corporation
- Nonprofit corporation
- Limited liability company
- Limited cooperative association
- General cooperative association
- Limited partnership including limited liability limited partnership
- Limited liability partnership
- Business statutory trust
If your entity has been registered as one of the organization types above outside of the District of Columbia, please refer to Register a Foreign entity link below for relevant information.
To get more information on the differences between entity types, please visit the Choose a corporate structure link.
To get more detailed information on any particular entity type, please visit the appropriate link below.
Online Filing
Go to CorpOnline, create a profile, and access the online services main page.
The following services are available for the public using this service:
1. Online formation of all domestic filing entities (limited liability companies, nonprofit and for-profit corporations, limited and limited liability partnerships, general and limited cooperative associations and business trusts);
2. Online registration of all foreign filing entities;
3. Online filing of required biennial reports for all domestic and foreign filing entities;
4. Online domestic name reservations and foreign name registrations;
5. Online trade name registrations for all filing entities and sole proprietors and other non-filing entities;
6. Online good standing certificate and certified copy requests;
7. Online reinstatement filings for domestic and foreign filing entities including back report filing;
8. Online withdrawal application for all foreign entities;
9. Online dissolution filings for domestic LLCs and nonprofit and for-profit corporations;
10. Online amendment filings for domestic LLCs and nonprofit and for-profit corporations;
11. Online amended registration filings for all foreign entities;
12. Online search of all registered entities with expanded entity information including report history, trade name and governor information;
13. Online tracking of submitted filings including filing rejection management and approved services tab for filing evidence.
CorpOnline service is compatible with most web browsers (Internet Explorer 11 or higher, latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, etc.).
Some online filings may be expedited for one day or three day service for additional fee.
Reporting Requirement
Every domestic and foreign corporation, Limited Liability Company, Limited Liability Partnership, Limited Partnership, General and Limited Cooperative Association, Business Trust is required to file two-year reports with Corporations Division to maintain good standing within the District of Columbia.
- First reports are due April 1 of the very next year from the year of registration.
- Foreign entities might be liable for back reports if commenced business prior to registration.
- Subsequent reports are due April 1 every two years thereafter.
2016 List of All Entities Required to File Biennial Report
2017 List of All Entities to Required File Biennial Report
Revocation Information
All domestic and foreign filing entities that do not file mandatory biennial report for any given reporting period and/or maintain the registered agent with DCRA’s Corporation division are subject to revocation of their registration.
This revocation takes place by Superintendent of Corporations of DCRA pursuant to DC Code § 29-105.11 and 29-106.02.
All domestic entities are subject to administrative dissolution and all foreign entities are subject to have their registration canceled in the District of Columbia. Entities that were subject to revocation may not continue to conduct their business except for the purpose of “winding down” (closing out the business). If entity wishes to continue conducting its business it must reinstate immediately. Conducting business in revoked status may subject the entity to potential civil infractions and other penalties. Revocation takes place first business day of September of any given year.
- For 2014 filing period, revocation has taken place as of September 1st, 2017. Attached is the 2014 Entity Revocation File.
- For 2016 filing period, revocation has taken place as of September 1st, 2017. Attached is the 2016 Entity Revocation File.
- For 2017 filing period, revocation has taken place as of September 1st, 2017. Attached is the 2017 Entity Revocation File.
This list may not be all inclusive. Since the publication of the list, some of the entities may have changed. To view the current status of entities access the CorpOnline Web Portal.
For more information including how to reinstate your filing entity, please, contact Corporations Division at (202) 442-4432.
Service Details:
- Choose a Corporate Structure
- Domestic For-Profit and Benefit For-Profit Corporation
- Domestic Limited Liability Company
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Domestic Professional Corporation
- Domestic Limited Liability Partnership
- Domestic Limited Partnership
- Domestic Statutory Trust
- Domestic General Cooperative Association
- Domestic Limited Cooperative Association
- Corporate Registration: Sole Proprietor
- Corporate Registration: Domestic General Partnership
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