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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Monday I filed for a new client LLC using the new Secretary of State web portal which anonymously deducted $1,000 from my business bank account in the form of five separate filing fees instead of the $200. The SofS receipt I received only showed $200. Yesterday I will went online to check my bank account and noticed the erroneous $800 in charges.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">After forever on the phone and zero help from the first line Secretary of State employee I asked for her supervisor. The supervisor was apologetic and indicated they have had “lots of problems” with the new portal. Not isolated. This morning the SofS was kind enough to return my $800.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I thought the $1,000 filing fee is a new way to fund <u>McCleary. </u></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="85" height="89" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D35E11.CE79A550" align="left" hspace="10" alt="image002.jpg@01D33EAD"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert R. Rowley</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> | Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">7 S. Howard St, Suite 218</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practice concentrated on business, real estate and general legal matters in Washington and Idaho.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rowleylegal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.gif@01D35E11.CC64A800" alt="cid:image003.gif@01D33EAD.3FB3F920"></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-rowley/11/172/b20"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.gif@01D35E11.CC64A800" alt="cid:image004.gif@01D33EAD.3FB3F920"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ROBERTRROWLEY"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.gif@01D35E11.CC64A800" alt="cid:image005.gif@01D33EAD.3FB3F920"></span></a><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/robert-r-rowley-spokane"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="21" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D35E11.CE79A550" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D33EAD.3FB3F920"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. 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