First Quarterly Expense Report is due on April 19, 2013.

Miscellaneous Fee Information:

• As of April 1, 2011 the $2.00 Electronic Fee is not refundable.

In a continuing effort to simplify and expedite the report filing process, we are pleased to announce the release of the "EZ" quarterly short forms in 2009 for lobbyists, principals and liaisons with no expenses to report other than payment for services. We continue to provide long forms for monthly reporting and quarterlies with expenditures to disclose. Should you have any questions or comments regarding the new short forms, please direct them to our Customer Service Line at (919) 807-2170

	2013 Expense Report Due Dates
	Government Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010
	Electronic Filing Instructions

This is the link to the official version of the Secretary of State’s permanent Lobbying Act rules published by the NC Codifier of Rules. The permanent rules were approved by the Rules Review Commission on November 15, 2007. The Lobbying Rules were effective on December 1, 2007.

The Department of the Secretary of State registers and regulates lobbying in North Carolina. The lobbyist registration fee is $100.00. The principal authorization and registration fee is $100.00. The principal pays only one principal registration fee for the first lobbyist. The principal only pays the $100.00 registration fee once, no matter how many lobbyists it may have.

Should any information supplied in a registration statement change, a supplementary registration is required to be filed within 10 days of the change. No fee is required for changes to existing registrations.

The NC Department of the Secretary of State has launched a list server, to offer the public another means of involvement as the department prepares to implement North Carolina's new lobbying law in January of 2007.  Subscribe to the NC Lobbyist List Server.

North Carolina State Ethics Commission 

If you need to go to the North Carolina State Board of Elections click here