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Secretary's letter
Welcome to the Delaware Division of Corporations' website. Thousands of visitors from around the globe visit our web pages every day to learn about the advantages of Incorporating in Delaware.
More than half a million business entities have their legal home in Delaware including more than 50% of all U.S. publicly-traded companies and 58% of the Fortune 500. Businesses choose Delaware because we provide a complete package of incorporation services including modern and flexible corporate laws, our highly-respected Delaware Courts, a business-friendly State Government, and the customer service oriented Staff of the Delaware Division of Corporations. These factors have all contributed to making Delaware a premier legal home to companies around the world.
Every year, our Governor and General Assembly work with our Courts and the Delaware State Bar Association to ensure that our legal system is the most modern, flexible and responsive in the nation. I encourage customers to look in our Newsroom to learn more about continuing improvements to our corporate statutes, the recently expanded jurisdiction of our Court of Chancery, and a 2003 poll of American businesses that ranked Delaware as the best legal system in the nation.
Since being appointed Secretary of State in 2001 by Governor Ruth Ann Minner , I have had the privilege of speaking to audiences around the world and throughout our State. At each stop I have the opportunity to share the many recent accomplishments of the Division of Corporations as follows:
- Adding innovative and customer-friendly new
services such as :
- 1-hour service
- Online Access to Corporate Status and Information
- Automated confirmation of document receipt via e-mail or fax
- Online Tax and Annual Report filing
- Online UCC filing
- Delaware Corporation Laws Online
- Successfully handling a 40% increase in filing
volumes.
- Reducing actual expenditures and returning $15 million of unspent funds to the State's general fund.
The credit for these accomplishments goes to the nearly 100 full-time and part-time professionals of the Division of Corporations who are dedicated to providing high-quality service to our customers around the world. We hope you'll find the answers you are looking for on this website. We encourage you to contact a Registered Agent, call our Information Center at 302-739-3073 or contact us through the Division of Corporations' e-mail service for additional information or help.
The Delaware Division of Corporations is at your service and we welcome your comments and feedback. On behalf of our entire staff, we look forward to being of service and thank you for doing business with Delaware.
Last update: 2005-08-26 23:12
Author: Site Admin
Revision: 1.0
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