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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 1.1Ch. 21Art. 1§ 1873 Annual Corporate Condition Report

§ 1873 Annual Corporate Condition Report

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§ 1873 Annual Corporate Condition Report

Key Takeaways

  • •Every company must send a report to the state by February 1st each year.
  • •The report must show how the company was doing on January 1st of that year.
  • •Two top bosses must swear the report is true and correct.
  • •If the company has offices in other countries, the report can cover a time between November 1st and January 1st.

Example

A big toy company has stores in California and also in Japan.

The toy company must send a report to the state by February 1st. The report should say how the company was doing on January 1st. Since they have stores in Japan, they can choose to write about how they were doing any time between November 1st and January 1st. The two main bosses must sign the report and promise that everything in it is true.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 1873 Annual Corporate Condition Report

On or before the first day of February in each year, each corporation and every foreign corporation licensed by the commissioner to transact the business of such a corporation in this state, shall make a written report to the commissioner which shall contain a statement of its condition on the morning of the first day of January in that year and shall be in the form and contain the matters prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may, however, in his or her discretion, accept from a corporation, which has branches in a foreign country or countries, a report containing a statement of its condition as of a date not later than the first day of January and not earlier than the first day of November in the preceding year. Every report shall be verified by the oaths of the two principal officers in charge of the affairs of the corporation or foreign corporation at the time of the verification, which shall state that the report is true and correct in all respects to the best of the knowledge and belief of the persons verifying it, and that the usual business of the corporation or foreign corporation has been transacted at the location required by this article and not elsewhere. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

corporationforeign corporationwritten reportcommissionerprincipal officers

Related Statutes

  • § 1875 Corporate Reporting Penalties
  • § 1852 Corporation Formation Authorization
  • § 1871 Corporate Recordkeeping Compliance
  • § 1872 Corporate Communication Reporting Requirements
  • § 1877 Corporate Stockholder Records Requirement

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 1873.
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