Penalty Amount
$150,000
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Corporate Certificates, LLC and FL UCC Statement Service, LLC resolving allegations that the companies mailed marketing materials to Colorado businesses designed to look like official government invoices, without the statutorily required disclaimers and with purported deadlines implying a legal duty. Under the stipulated consent judgment, the companies will pay $150,000 in refunds and fees and permanently cease all operations in Colorado. The companies had ignored prior warning notices and stopped operating in Colorado in August 2025 after the AG obtained a preliminary injunction.
Under the stipulated consent judgment, the companies must pay $150,000 in refunds and fees to the state and permanently cease all operations in Colorado. The companies had already halted Colorado operations in August 2025 due to the Attorney General's motion for preliminary injunction, following warning notices sent in May and December 2024.
In-house legal teams should review agreements with marketing vendors, direct-mail agencies, and third-party business compliance/filing service providers (registered agents, annual report filers, UCC retrieval services) for clauses governing solicitation and advertising materials. Contracts should require vendors to comply with state solicitation disclosure laws, including Colorado's requirement for a clear 24-point font disclaimer stating the offer is not from a government agency, and should expressly prohibit the use of deadlines or formatting that imply a legal duty or mimic official government correspondence. Teams should also confirm contracts include representations and warranties of marketing-law compliance, indemnification for consumer protection violations, audit rights over mailed materials, and termination rights for deceptive solicitation practices. Additionally, accounts-payable procedures should be checked so that purported government invoices received from vendors are verified against the secretary of state's official records before payment.
Entity
Corporate Certificates, LLC and FL UCC Statement Service, LLC
Industry
OtherOfficial Press Release
https://coag.gov/press-releases/companies-will-stop-sending-deceptive-notices-to-businesses-pay-150000-to-the-state-under-agreement-with-attorney-generals-office/
Stipulated Consent Judgment UCC
https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2026/09/Stipulated-Consent-Judgment-UCC.pdf
Colorado Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://coag.gov/
"a settlement with Corporate Certificates, LLC, and FL UCC Statement Service, LLC"
"Sept. 16, 2026 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser today announced a settlement"
"the companies will pay $150,000 in refunds and fees"
"mailed marketing materials to Colorado businesses that appeared to be official invoices from a government entity, but lacked required disclaimers and included purported deadlines in violation of state law"
"Colorado law allows businesses to market some periodic report filing services and certificate of good standing retrieval services, it requires marketing materials to have clear disclaimers in at least 24-point font"
"will permanently cease all operations in Colorado"
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