The 7-digit Entity (File) Number is provided by the
1b.
Enter the 7-digit Entity (File) Number
issued to the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit
Secretary of State above the file stamp at the top of
the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation’s
Corporation by the California Secretary
of State at the time of registration.
registration document filed with the California
Secretary of State.
To ensure you have the correct Entity (File) Number
of the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation, look to
your registration document filed with the California
Secretary of State and any name change
amendments.
Secretary of State Records can be accessed online
through our Business Search at
BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov. While searching the
Business Search, be sure to identify your Nonprofit
Mutual Benefit Corporation correctly including the
jurisdiction that matches your corporation.
If you cannot locate your Secretary of State Entity
(File) Number of the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit
Corporation, please leave item 1b blank.
There are legal limitations on what name can be
I.
If you are changing the name of the
Corporation listed in Item 1a, enter the
used for the Corporation. For general corporation
new name of the Corporation exactly
name requirements and restrictions or for
as you want it is to appear on the
information on reserving a corporation name prior
records of the California Secretary of
to submitting Form RST MU-GS, go to
State including the entity ending, if any
(ex.: “Jones & Company, Inc.” or “Smith
programs/business-entities/name-availability.
Construction, Incorporated”). If you are
A preliminary search of corporation names already
not changing the name of the
of record can be made online through our Business
corporation, please list the name
Search at BusinessSearch.sos.ca.gov. Please
exactly as it appears on the records of
note: The Business Search is not intended to serve
the Secretary of State including the
as a formal name availability search. For
entity ending, punctuation and
information on checking or reserving a name, go to
abbreviation (as you did in item 1a).
programs/business-entities/name-availability.
A name reservation is not required to submit Form
RST MU-GS.
There is no requirement that you change your
name when changing from a nonprofit mutual
benefit corporation to a general stock corporation
unless the entity name would be misleading when
used by a general stock corporation (e.g. the name
included the words “a nonprofit mutual benefit
corporation”).
2017 California Secretary of State
RST MU-GS Instructions (12/2017)
bizfile.sos.ca.gov
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