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 Starting at 5:00 pm (EDT) on Friday April 4, 2025 and ending by 8:00 pm Sunday April 6, 2025 (EDT) the Charities, E-Notary and Structured Settlement services will be unavailable due to routine maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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The mission of the Office of the Secretary of State is to provide innovative technology to enhance the process of accurately maintaining, preserving and making available essential records while serving the public by providing prompt, efficient, and courteous customer service in order to fulfill our statutory duties.