Maintaining compliance with legal requirements is essential in the complicated world of business. It can be difficult for businesses of all sizes to manage entity-related documentation and comply with legal requirements. This is where registered agent and entity management services enter the picture as an essential business support system.
A well-known leader in the industry, CSC provides a full range of services to help businesses easily navigate the challenging world of compliance and has earned a long-standing reputation for excellence and dependability.
CSC’s Registered Agent and Entity Management services afford several advantages to businesses looking for dependable compliance solutions. With our broad range of expertise, commitment to excellence, and global presence, we can help your business succeed in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. When you work with CSC, we’ll make sure your company is compliant and prepared to take advantage of growth prospects.
Registered Agent services
A registered agent provides expertise around compliance standards for all states and jurisdictions to help organizations stay in good standing. Registered agents maintain a physical office in each jurisdiction where services are provided and are available during local business hours to receive service of process (SOP) like court and state documents. A registered agent will also forward notifications from state agencies related to annual reports and tax returns. Failure to process litigation documents and adequately respond in a timely manner can result in significant fines and penalties. Failure to file annual reports on time can result in the loss of good standing which can have major repercussions on your business. As such, using a qualified registered agent is crucial to business success. Having a third party, such as CSC, serve as your registered agent brings efficiencies and superior technology that can make collaboration, tracking, and managing compliance requirements easier and more streamlined.
CSC’s Registered Agent services guarantee that businesses continue to operate in compliance with the law. Companies who use CSC as their registered agent benefit from swift delivery of time-sensitive legal papers and significant notices. Businesses can focus on their core competencies thanks to this effective solution, lowering the risk of missing important deadlines and facing possible legal penalties.
CSC is a beneficial partner with expertise in resolving compliance issues and mitigating risk, bringing companies peace of mind and seamless compliance management. CSC’s unique value lies in our true integration of service and technology, creating significant efficiencies that outperform other providers.
The benefits of using CSC’s Registered Agent services
- Legal compliance and service of Process
Service of process (SOP) is a high priority and requires immediate attention, explains Paul Matthews, our director of Product Management, Representation Services, in a recent interview. With CSC’s same-day scanning and electronic delivery of SOP, including online tracking for proof of delivery, businesses are guaranteed quick and accurate delivery of crucial legal documents, notices, and communications from authorities including subpoenas and lawsuits. This aids companies in adhering to all applicable local, state, and federal rules, preventing missed deadlines and negative legal repercussions. Optical Character Recognition scanning of documents delivers pristine, fully text-searchable images for easy location and reporting. - Customizable solution
Our service model is based on the growing and changing needs of organizations. We understand that not every organization and industry is the same. So we’ve built our technology and solutions to be customized and a “ready fit” for businesses of every size and complexity. Robust and customizable SOP-routing rules allow for automated distribution of documents with permission-based access for collaboration with your entire team, including outside counsel. CSC’s online platform centralizes all compliance data and documents and provides direct access to other CSC compliance services as well as secure integration with your other downstream third-party systems via our premier application program interface. - Flexibility and convenience
CSC provides much more than a mailing address. An experienced team of compliance specialists are available when you need them. Our applications also boast built-in platform support with everything from Q&As, to user manuals, and live chat options to make sure you know how to operate our applications and have the support you need when you need it. For added convenience, documents and filing evidence from any transaction or corporate filing completed by CSC (formation, annual report, qualification, etc.) are automatically linked to the appropriate entity within your portfolio without any manual work from your team. Corporate and entity status information changes from the secretary of state are viewable in real time so you’ll always know the compliance status of your entity portfolio. - Privacy and security
Listing a third-party registered agent provides an additional level of privacy for business owners. By using CSC as your agent on record, business owner’s private information is kept out of the public domain, lowering the possibility of unsolicited advertising, identity theft, and potential security risks.
In addition to personal privacy, CSC follows robust and extensive security measures, including Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) checks and other clearances. All CSC applications and data are stored and maintained on CSC dedicated servers located within the United States. Servers are ISO 27001 certified and receive SOC 2 Type 2 certification annually from a third-party auditing firm. In addition, we conduct regular penetration tests to evaluate and improve our security measures, firewalls, encryptions, and other protections. With an entire team of security specialists dedicated only to security and availability of our software, we’re ensuring the highest levels of protection to put your mind at ease.
In addition to our relentless commitment to going above and beyond for our registered agent clients with our award-winning service, CSC takes pride in offering an unparalleled breadth of compliance services and technology solutions. Learn more of the leading reasons why clients change their agent to CSC in our recent on-demand webinar.
Entity Management software
CSC provides comprehensive entity management software that speeds up legal and regulatory compliance procedures in business. Companies may effectively manage every phase of their entities, from formation to continuing compliance, by using CSC’s services. With the help of the cloud-based system, organizations can stay organized and proactive across multiple jurisdictions by centralizing important data, deadlines, and compliance needs.
Businesses benefit from a proactive approach to compliance with CSC’s knowledge, reducing risks of fines and legal issues. By selecting CSC as their entity management partner, businesses are given the freedom to concentrate on their core activities while saving time and money and ensuring their compliance demands are precisely and successfully handled.
The industry has recognized and praised CSC for their dedication to excellence and delivery of outstanding technology services. Readers of the esteemed New York Law Journal have chosen CSC as the “Best Entity Management System” for 11 straight years, CSC Entity ManagementSM was named a “2022 Legal Tech Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal, and CSC was recognized as “Most Used Provider for Corporate Governance and Entity Management” in the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) 2021 State of the Industry Report. These prestigious awards are a testimonial to CSC’s creative and dependable solutions, displaying our capacity to offer top-notch entity management software that genuinely benefits companies. Regular recognition from peers and industry experts strengthens CSC’s position as a dependable leader in the field of registered agent and entity management services.
The benefits of using CSC’s Entity Management software
- Increased efficiency
The CSC Entity Management platform streamlines operations, requiring less time and effort to manage entities by centralizing entity data and compliance information. Every time CSC conducts an entity transaction on your behalf anywhere around the world, CSC Entity Management captures that data and automatically builds it into your electronic portfolio, tying evidence documents directly to your entities. Data is then organized into easy-to-use screens with custom layouts allowing you to track and manage data that can vary from entity to entity in a scalable fashion. Intuitive reporting tools let you serve up subsidiary details any way you want. CSC Entity Management has the ability to handle all your current entity requirements and the flexibility to grow with you as your company expands. Like all of CSC’s business solutions, CSC Entity Management can be accessed from anywhere in the world with a secure internet connection and valid login. Entity information can be easily shared and transferred to colleagues, board members, and legal counsel both inside and outside your company. - Improved compliance
Businesses can avoid fines and legal troubles by staying compliant with regulatory standards thanks to the system’s proactive compliance tracking and automatic reminders, which assist in meeting filing deadlines. Compliance tracking tools within the platform automatically create annual compliance events for U.S. entities as well as international entities that use CSC’s Global Subsidiary Management service. Event statuses are updated automatically when CSC handles compliance filings. Custom compliance events can also be added to the system, giving you full control and customization of your compliance events. - Enhanced visibility
Businesses are given a complete picture of their entity structures, enabling them to deploy resources effectively and make wise decisions. Visualization of your organizations is made easy through the ability to create organization charts based on ownership data with advanced charting features including historical ownership and other entity-related attributes. Reporting is simplified with more than 30 standard report templates and the function to design and save custom reporting templates. Search across all your entity data with the powerful search feature including full-text document searching capabilities. - Time and resource saving
Our secure compliance and governance solution offers a powerful and user-friendly way to store, organize, and monitor the status of all your global corporate entities. With the power of CSC Entity Management, businesses may concentrate on strategic goals and core operations. Regular enhancements ensure technology with greater function and capabilities that save you time and resources. Recently, CSC partnered with DocuSign® to bring a whole new level of efficiency to managing electronic signature requests. With this feature, electronic signature requests can be initiated, tracked, and stored with more simplicity and transparency than ever before. CSC Entity Management also features a pre-built integration with Workday® to facilitate alerts concerning employee changes that stand to impact the officer and director records maintained in our entity solution. We’re committed to bringing you continuous improvements in service. - Reduced risk
By reducing the danger of non-compliance, CSC’s experience and extensive resources help safeguard a company’s good name and financial status. With real-time monitoring of your entities’ secretary of state statuses and good standing, tracking and managing entity status changes is quick and easy. Changes to entity status are reported directly to you via email alerts, giving you the early warning you need for timely resolution. Full visibility of your entire entity portfolio and the expertise of CSC’s compliance specialists provides expert maintenance throughout the full life cycle of your entities.
CSC is an established industry leader providing Registered Agent and Entity Management services. A full range of services and award-winning technology aids companies in successfully navigating complicated regulatory standards. Businesses who work with CSC as a dependable partner have reliable legal compliance, streamlined entity management, improved privacy, and decreased risk of non-compliance. With knowledge, global presence, and illustrious renown, CSC is a crucial ally, ensuring that businesses flourish and abide by regulations with confidence in a constantly changing landscape.
Read more about our Registered Agent and Entity Management services, or get started here.