Business ProfileforParagon Document Research, Inc.

Charging for a free service is a total fraud on the consumer. Paragon Document Research solicits consumers by writing them without any request to do so and calls them their clients. I am not a client, never will be a client and they keep writing me year after year with the hope I fall for their scam. Minnesota should shut down companies like this.

March 26, 2024 Dear ******:Per your questioning on Paragon Document Research **** (Paragon) and the Secretary of ****** Office Annual Renewal Reinstatement filing process being misleading, you should know the following. The Secretary of State does not send out forms for your convenience to file your annual renewal or reinstatement notifications, like Paragon does, due to the paperless goals of their office. Paragon does not gather personal company information, like the Secretary of State. Paragon does not sell your information like the Secretary of State. We are merely a private compliance office for domestic, LLC and foreign corporate entities. We feel that a friendly mailing of the forms and corporate status is a good reminder to have your annuals filed by the end of each year, or possibly a notice of being Administratively Dissolved by the Secretary of State. Entities that are in Good Standing status may send these documents into the Secretary of State with no fee for an annual renewal or you may also contact them at ************ for more information on the filing of your annual renewal/reinstatement, at their office, with a prior appointment, or online for renewals and reinstatements. There is a $25.00 state mandated reinstatement fee and also an additional $20.00 for state online filing convenience if this is done through their online website. For in-person at their offices downtown ************, **, offsite parking is provided in nearby parking ramps. Registered Office Address changes also have a charge by the Secretary of State. Our letter is not a solicitation for your business, nor a ploy for you to pay us money for filing your documentation. The Secretary of State will not notify you of an Administrative steps of Termination that their office has taken, if this is not filed in a timely manner. We file many corporate documents with the Secretary of ****** Office and surrounding county offices on a daily basis. These offices are all well aware of our business practices as a document filing and retrieval company for over 35 years of business. The processing fee covers our fee. Other out of state filing companies charge a minimal $120 processing fee for the annual renewal service, and law offices also charge an increased fee for this service, usually at their legal hourly rate. Although we appreciate your exercise of freedom of speech, we are not a ******************* as you are not a ******************* We all charge for services. Paragon is a legal service company for hire. Forgive us if we have sent unwanted mail to you. Not our intention. We will remove you from our database and know that your information was given to ** from the Secretary of ************** You can request that your information not be given out to bulk information requestors, if you are in good standing with the Secretary of State. We also have notified you with our documentation that we are a for service corporation and we are offering our services for a fee, as accounting firms offer their services for a fee, though you may file your own taxes for no fee. Paragon is merely an option, as attorneys and accountants also are an option. Many services can be done for free, though many may not be correctly done according to ********* Statutes. Many do not know the difference between an LLC formed under *********** 322B and the mandate change that took place for LLCs now under *********** 322C. Our attorneys can guide you; however, there is a service fee for legal advice and that guidance. Many Assumed Names have not filed their existence in the legal section of their county newspaper for two consecutive weeks to validate their Assumed Name; therefore, many are doing business under their Assumed Name and their Assumed Name is not valid.Should you need further information, you can contact me personally at ************. Sincerely,********************************, Chair Paragon Document Research ****JLM:ts