The following procedures were developed to accommodate expedited photocopy services in accordance with the General Associations Act 1988-177, as amended by Act 1990-98, Section 136(b).
Expedited service is available for good standing certificates, corporate certified and uncertified copies, engrossed certificates and any other related photocopy services.
Requests must be hand delivered, received by overnight express mail service, or faxed at least four hours before the close of business on any day (by 1:00 p.m.). All processed requests will be either placed at the reception desk by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the request or mailed (pre-addressed air bill should accompany the request). Requests received after 1:00 p.m. on any day will be processed in the next day's request.
The fee for this service is $70 per name, per transaction (a good standing certificate and certified copies for ABC, Inc. = two transactions), in addition to the regular fee for the service requested. This $70 should be submitted with a separate check. The cover letter should indicate that it is an "expedited photocopy request." Customer deposit accounts may be used for payment of fees.
If staff time and resources have been utilized to provide expedited service, but the request cannot be completed, the $70 fee will not be refunded by the Corporation Bureau. For example, if a good standing certificate has been requested on an expedited basis but cannot be issued because the association for which the good standing was requested is not in good standing.
Expedited service may be denied in instances where the customer is paying for the work by check and the fee cannot be calculated in advance from the computer terminal. In such cases the $70 fee would be returned to the customer.
Requests to expedite large-volume copy orders would be subject to approval based on availability of resources.
You may reach the bureau by telephone by calling (717) 787-1057 option 3. The telephone lines are available from 8:00 am to 4:45 pm.
