Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the "Terms," "TOS," or "Agreement") govern your access to and use of 56filing.org, including all pages, forms, questionnaires, portals, uploads, order flows, lead-capture flows, pricing displays, review tools, communication tools, document request systems, submission tools, status tools, and related services made available through the website (collectively, the "Site" and the "Services").

The Site and Services are operated by 56filing.org ("56filing.org," "we," "us," or "our").

Contact Email (only): contact@56filing.org

By accessing the Site, submitting information, uploading documents, requesting review, placing an order, making a payment, communicating with us, or otherwise using the Site or Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Site or Services.

1. Eligibility; Authority; Binding Effect

You represent and warrant that:

• you are at least 18 years old and legally competent to enter into this Agreement;
• all information you provide to us is truthful, current, accurate, and complete;
• if you act for another person or entity, you have full authority to act on that person's or entity's behalf and to bind them to these Terms; and
• your use of the Site or Services does not violate any applicable law, regulation, court order, sanction, or third-party right.

If you use the Site or Services on behalf of another person or entity, "you" includes both you and that person or entity, and you are jointly and severally responsible for all obligations, representations, warranties, consents, authorizations, and liabilities arising under these Terms.

2. Nature of Services; Independent Private Service; No Government Affiliation; No Professional Advice

We are an independent private document preparation service. Our Services consist of: (a) preparing IRS Form 56 (Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship) from the information you provide; (b) determining the applicable IRS service-center mailing address based on published IRS guidance; (c) assembling an attachment checklist for your evidence of authority; and (d) after we receive the form signed by you, mailing it to the IRS by USPS Certified Mail and providing you the tracking number and a copy of the form as mailed, together with related intake, communication, document-management, and status services.

We are not:

• a government agency;
• the IRS;
• a law firm;
• an accounting firm;
• your attorney, CPA, or enrolled agent;
• a fiduciary (you are the fiduciary; we do not assume any fiduciary duty to you or to the person you act for);
• a records custodian;
• an escrow agent; or
• your representative before any governmental authority, except only to the limited extent necessary for ministerial handling or mailing support in connection with the Services.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or any other government agency. You can complete and mail Form 56 yourself at no charge; the form and its instructions are available on IRS.gov, and the IRS does not charge a fee to file Form 56. Our fees are solely for optional preparation, coordination, and mailing services that you are not required to purchase, and are separate from and in addition to any amounts (if any) charged by any government agency. You acknowledge that you use the Site and Services voluntarily and at your own risk.

We do not provide legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, audit defense, controversy representation, or jurisdiction-specific professional advice. Any information on the Site or in communications is general information only. Questions about fiduciary duties, personal liability, probate procedure, or discharge from liability should be directed to a qualified attorney.

You remain solely responsible for the accuracy of the information on your Form 56, for signing it, for your fiduciary duties, and for determining whether any filing, position, disclosure, or non-filing position is correct for your situation.

No attorney-client, accountant-client, tax-preparer, agent, fiduciary, or other professional or confidential relationship is created between you and us by your access to or use of the Site or Services.

3. Definitions

For purposes of these Terms:

"Notice" means a single IRS Form 56 prepared for one person or entity for whom you act. A separate Notice is required for each person or entity, so acting for both a decedent and the decedent's estate involves two Notices.

"Subject" means the person or entity for whom you act as fiduciary and about whom a Notice is prepared.

"Signed Form" means a prepared Notice that you have personally signed with your fiduciary title and the date.

"Order" means any request for preparation, mailing support, termination-notice preparation, add-on service, or related service.

"User Content" means any information, documents, uploads, data, descriptions, instructions, responses, communications, payment information, images, metadata, or other materials submitted by you.

4. Scope of Service; The Prepare, Sign, Mail Model; Your Signature Is Required

Form 56 must be signed by the fiduciary personally, under penalty of perjury, with the fiduciary's title and the date. We cannot and do not sign the form for you. The typed name you provide at checkout authorizes preparation only and is not a signature on the IRS form.

Our fulfillment sequence is: we prepare the Notice(s) and attachment checklist and determine the mailing address; we deliver the prepared form to you for signature; you sign personally and return the Signed Form to us through your secure upload link or by other means we specify; and we then mail the Signed Form with its attachments to the IRS by USPS Certified Mail. We have no obligation to mail anything until we have received your Signed Form and your evidence of authority.

Target turnaround: we aim to prepare your Notice within 2 business days after we have complete information and documents, and to mail your Signed Form within 2 business days after we receive it. These targets are estimates, not guarantees.

Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, our Services are limited to the Notices, service types, and add-ons you select or purchase. We may, but are not required to, flag additional filings, risks, issues, missing records, or potential follow-up work.

5. Order Requests; Acceptance; Right to Refuse, Pause, Limit, or Stop

Submission of information, an intake form, uploaded documents, or payment does not obligate us to accept, begin, continue, complete, prepare, or mail any matter.

We may, in our sole discretion and at any time, with or without notice:

• refuse service;
• pause service;
• request additional information or documents;
• impose conditions;
• limit the scope of work;
• exclude one or more Notices from the scope;
• cancel an Order; or
• stop work,

for any reason or no stated reason, including operational, compliance, fraud-prevention, verification, sanctions, legal, security, reputational, technical, payment, or risk-management reasons.

We may rely on the information, documents, and instructions you provide without independent investigation or verification. We have no duty to detect errors, omissions, inconsistencies, forgery, fraud, unauthorized activity, authority disputes, or third-party rights issues, though we may do so in our sole discretion.

6. User Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for:

• providing accurate and complete information about yourself and each Subject;
• accurately identifying your fiduciary role and the authority under which you act, including its date;
• accurately providing each Subject's legal name, identifying number (SSN, ITIN, or EIN), address, and, for a decedent, date of death;
• obtaining the estate's EIN where an estate Notice is required;
• providing your evidence of authority (such as current letters testamentary, a court certificate, or the relevant pages of a trust instrument), and, for receivers and assignees, the court details of the proceeding;
• ensuring that all uploads are authentic, lawful, complete, legible, properly oriented, and suitable for review;
• reviewing the prepared Notice for accuracy before signing it;
• signing the prepared Notice personally, with your title and the date, and returning it to us promptly;
• reviewing all information before submission and payment;
• promptly responding to our communications and document requests; and
• consulting your own legal, tax, or accounting advisor where needed.

You acknowledge that incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, delayed, or misleading submissions may result in refusal, delay, additional fees, inability to complete the Services, or suspension of IRS processing of your Notice.

7. Timing; No IRS Acknowledgment; Proof of Filing; No Guarantee

Any timing information shown on the Site or provided in communications is an estimate only, provided for convenience, and is not a guarantee.

You acknowledge that the IRS does not send an acknowledgment or confirmation for Form 56 and may correspond only if required information or evidence is missing. Your proof of filing is the USPS Certified Mail record (including the tracking number we provide) together with the copy of the form as mailed. Do not expect any confirmation from the IRS.

Receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors are subject to a 10-day filing duty under 26 CFR 301.6036-1. Meeting that or any other timing requirement depends on when you engage us, how quickly you provide complete information and documents, and how quickly you return your Signed Form; you assume all timing risk.

We do not guarantee:

• that any Notice will be prepared or mailed by a particular date;
• how, when, or whether the IRS will process a Notice;
• that the IRS will not request additional information or evidence;
• that filing (or not filing) a Notice will produce any particular tax, procedural, or legal outcome; or
• that USPS or any carrier will deliver by a particular date.

8. Multiple Notices; The Decedent and Estate Combination

A separate Form 56 is required for each Subject. If you indicate that you act for both a decedent and the decedent's estate, your Order includes two Notices, each priced separately. The estate's Notice requires the estate's own EIN; if you do not yet have it, we may prepare and mail the decedent's Notice first and complete the estate's Notice when the EIN is available.

You are solely responsible for confirming that information copied or repeated across Notices is accurate for each Subject.

9. Documents; Uploads; Digital Handling; Limited Physical Handling

You authorize us and our service providers to receive, collect, upload, download, store, copy, review, process, transmit, organize, reformat, print, scan, merge, separate, convert, extract, and otherwise handle User Content in the ordinary course of providing the Services, including printing and mailing your Signed Form and attachments to the IRS.

You should retain your own originals and full copies of all records, including a copy of your Signed Form.

If physical documents are requested or sent, you remain solely responsible for packaging, carrier selection, insurance, tracking, and retention of copies. We are not a vault, archive, or storage provider, and your submission of materials does not create a bailment, fiduciary duty, safekeeping obligation, storage agreement, or special duty of care.

We may reject, delete, or refuse to handle files that are incomplete, corrupted, suspicious, oversized, password-protected without access, malicious, illegible, irrelevant, or otherwise unsuitable.

10. Verification; Fraud Screening; Compliance

You authorize us, directly or through third parties, to conduct any screening, review, verification, or risk assessment we deem appropriate, including verification of identity, authority, documents, contact details, intended use, payment method, and compliance status.

You agree not to use the Site or Services:

• for any unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, abusive, or unauthorized purpose;
• to submit forged, altered, fabricated, misleading, or stolen information or documents;
• to impersonate another person or entity or misrepresent your authority or fiduciary status;
• to evade sanctions, export controls, anti-fraud rules, tax obligations, or legal restrictions; or
• in any manner that could expose us or our service providers to legal, regulatory, payment, reputational, or security risk.

We may suspend, limit, cancel, or terminate any matter whenever we suspect fraud, unauthorized use, forged records, restricted-party involvement, payment risk, sanctions concerns, compliance concerns, or any legal or operational risk.

11. Third-Party Providers

We may use third parties, including payment providers, software vendors, cloud providers, communications platforms, analytics tools, hosting providers, OCR or document tools, contractors, consultants, mailing and postal services, and other vendors or service providers to perform any portion of the Services.

You authorize us to disclose and transmit your information, documents, and instructions to such parties as we deem necessary or useful to provide, administer, secure, support, improve, investigate, verify, enforce, process, or document the Site and Services.

Third parties (including USPS) are independent parties and not our insurers or guarantors. We are not responsible for their acts, omissions, errors, delays, outages, security incidents, or other performance.

12. Fees; Per-Notice Pricing; Payment Authorization; Taxes

Prices, fees, add-ons, per-Notice charges, rush fees, correction fees, and other amounts may change at any time before acceptance of an Order.

Our standard fee is charged per prepared-and-filed Notice. Where your submission involves multiple Notices (for example, a decedent and the decedent's estate), you authorize us to calculate pricing based on the number of Notices reflected in your submission, selections, follow-up communications, and any adjustments agreed with you.

By submitting payment, you authorize us and our payment processors to charge your selected payment method for all amounts associated with your Order, including service fees, per-Notice fees, add-ons, taxes, pass-through costs, correction fees, rework fees, re-mailing fees, notice-response fees, and other amounts arising from your instructions, omissions, changes, errors, or expanded scope.

You are responsible for any sales tax, value-added tax, processing fees, bank fees, currency-conversion costs, duties, or similar charges imposed in connection with your Order, except where prohibited by law.

13. Refunds; No Guaranteed Outcome; Fees Earned as Work Is Performed

Unless expressly stated otherwise by us in writing or required by applicable law, payments are non-refundable once work on the applicable matter, Notice, or service has begun.

You acknowledge that our fees cover intake, review, preparation, communication, follow-up, document handling, and mailing support, not just a final mailing. Without limitation, no refund or credit is owed for:

• your failure to sign and return the prepared Notice;
• your failure to provide evidence of authority, an estate EIN, or other requested items;
• IRS correspondence, processing decisions, or delay;
• carrier or postal delays;
• incomplete, poor-quality, inconsistent, or incorrect submissions;
• failure to respond;
• duplicate orders;
• a change in your plans or scope;
• our refusal, suspension, or cancellation based on risk, fraud, compliance, payment, or verification concerns; or
• any matter outside our control.

Any courtesy refund, adjustment, accommodation, or credit is discretionary, may be conditioned as we choose, and does not create any obligation in any other case.

14. Corrections; Rework; Expanded Scope; Additional Fees

If any matter requires correction, re-preparation, re-mailing, additional Notices, expanded scope, additional records, special handling, notice response, or additional work for any reason, including your submissions, changed facts, newly discovered Subjects, IRS correspondence, or third-party demands, we may require additional fees before taking further action.

We have no obligation to continue, revise, or expand work unless and until all requested fees are paid and all requested materials are provided.

15. Chargebacks; Payment Disputes; Collections

You agree to contact us first at contact@56filing.org and provide a good-faith opportunity to address any billing issue before initiating a chargeback, reversal, or payment dispute.

If you initiate or threaten a chargeback, reversal, or payment dispute, or if any payment is reversed, clawed back, declined, or deemed high risk, we may, in our sole discretion:

• stop work immediately;
• suspend or terminate access or processing;
• refuse further services;
• require cleared alternative payment before resuming any Services;
• contest the dispute and provide relevant records relating to your Order, communications, performance, and acceptance of these Terms; and
• pursue collection of all amounts owed, plus processor fees, administrative charges, collection costs, attorneys' fees where permitted, and other recovery expenses.

16. Communications; Electronic Records; E-Sign Consent

You consent to receive all communications from us electronically, including notices, disclosures, agreements, invoices, receipts, requests, updates, records, and modifications, by email, through the Site, through a client portal, by posting, or by other electronic means.

You consent to the use of electronic records, electronic signatures, electronic checkboxes, electronic submissions, electronic acknowledgments, electronic order flows, and electronic confirmations for your dealings with us. Your electronic submission, use of the Site, or payment constitutes your signature and intent to be bound by these Terms. This consent does not change the requirement that the IRS Form 56 itself must be signed by you personally in the manner the IRS requires.

You are solely responsible for:

• providing and maintaining a valid email address and contact information;
• checking your inbox and spam folders;
• ensuring you can receive, open, and retain electronic records; and
• updating your information promptly.

We are not responsible for undelivered emails, spam filtering, bounced messages, inbox issues, or your inability to access electronic records.

17. Privacy; Lead Capture; Data Handling; Retention

Your use of the Site and Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

You authorize us and our service providers to collect, receive, store, process, copy, review, analyze, transmit, retain, use, and disclose your information and documents as we deem necessary or useful to provide, administer, secure, improve, monitor, verify, document, enforce, support, or investigate the Site and Services and to comply with legal, tax, accounting, payment, fraud-prevention, operational, and security requirements.

You acknowledge that:

• we may capture and retain partial submissions, incomplete intakes, lead information, metadata, logs, communications, and uploads;
• we may follow up regarding incomplete or abandoned submissions;
• we may retain records for as long as we deem appropriate, subject to applicable law and our internal policies;
• no method of transmission, storage, or processing is guaranteed to be secure or error-free; and
• we may use third-party systems, cloud providers, processors, and communications platforms.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim liability for unauthorized access, interception, loss, corruption, delay, deletion, destruction, or disclosure of data, except to the extent such disclaimer is prohibited by applicable law.

18. Acceptable Use; Site Restrictions

You agree not to:

• access or use the Site in violation of law;
• interfere with or disrupt the Site or Services;
• probe, scan, or test vulnerability;
• bypass or circumvent security or access controls;
• upload malicious code or harmful material;
• scrape, crawl, harvest, mirror, frame, or systematically extract data or content;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code from the Site;
• use any robot, spider, automation, or similar means except as expressly authorized by us;
• impersonate us or misrepresent affiliation with us; or
• use the Site in any way that could burden, disable, damage, or impair the Site or our operations.

We may monitor use of the Site and may block, limit, suspend, or terminate access at any time, with or without notice.

19. Intellectual Property

The Site and all content, designs, text, graphics, logos, trade names, service marks, interfaces, forms, templates, pricing layouts, compilations, software, and other materials made available by us are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property and other laws.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Site solely for your own lawful internal use in connection with the Services. No ownership rights are transferred.

We reserve all rights not expressly granted.

If you provide feedback, suggestions, ideas, improvements, comments, or proposals regarding the Site or Services, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable right to use them for any purpose without restriction or compensation.

20. No Reliance on Site Outputs; No Guarantee of Results

You acknowledge that the Site may display or generate intake summaries, role descriptions, attachment checklists, computed mailing addresses, pricing estimates, timing estimates, status updates, and similar outputs based on your responses, published IRS guidance, and our internal logic.

Those outputs are for workflow and informational purposes only. They are not legal conclusions, tax advice, professional opinions, or guarantees of outcome. You remain responsible for reviewing the prepared Notice before signing it.

We do not guarantee that:

• a computed mailing address will remain current until your form is mailed (IRS addresses change; we re-verify at preparation);
• the IRS will not request additional information or evidence;
• filing a Notice will produce any particular tax, procedural, or legal outcome; or
• an IRS notice or examination will not occur.

21. Disclaimers

THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," "WITH ALL FAULTS," AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RESULT, TIMELINESS, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, OR AVAILABILITY.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:

• THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE;
• DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED;
• ANY FILE, RECORD, COMMUNICATION, OR SYSTEM IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS;
• ANY ORDER WILL BE ACCEPTED, REVIEWED, PREPARED, MAILED, OR COMPLETED;
• ANY MAILING WILL BE TIMELY, DELIVERED, COMPLETE, OR SUFFICIENT;
• ANY IRS PROCESSING OUTCOME WILL BE ACHIEVED, AVOIDED, REDUCED, OR RESOLVED; OR
• ANY ESTIMATE, ADDRESS DETERMINATION, TIMING DISPLAY, STATUS UPDATE, OR COMMUNICATION WILL PROVE ACCURATE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE DISCLAIMERS ARE A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT AND AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN, AND THAT WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SITE OR SERVICES WITHOUT THEM.

22. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR OWNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, VENDORS, PROCESSORS, AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, ENHANCED, OR MULTIPLE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, OPPORTUNITY, USE, DATA, GOODWILL, REPUTATION, OR SUBSTITUTE PROCUREMENT COSTS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS, COST, OR EXPENSE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO:

• IRS action or inaction, including processing decisions and correspondence;
• any filing requirement, non-filing position, or reporting position;
• carrier or postal performance, delay, loss, or misdelivery;
• deadlines, timing issues, or late discovery, including the receiver/assignee 10-day duty;
• incomplete or inaccurate user information;
• missing or unavailable records;
• third-party acts or omissions;
• software errors, communication failures, or data issues;
• fraud, forgery, identity theft, or unauthorized submissions by any person;
• your instructions, changes, or errors;
• suspension, cancellation, or refusal of service; or
• any matter outside our control.

IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, LIABILITY IS IMPOSED ON US, THEN TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, SERVICES, OR THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US FOR THE SPECIFIC ORDER DIRECTLY GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) U.S. $100.

THE LIMITATIONS IN THESE TERMS APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

23. Release

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you release us and our owners, members, managers, officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, licensors, affiliates, processors, and service providers from all claims, demands, actions, damages, liabilities, and losses arising from or related to third-party acts, authority decisions, IRS decisions, carrier or postal performance, software-provider acts, payment-provider acts, fraud by others, document authenticity disputes, identity disputes, payment disputes, or your use of the Site or Services, except to the extent such release is prohibited by applicable law.

24. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our owners, members, managers, officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, licensors, affiliates, processors, and service providers from and against any and all third-party claims, demands, actions, proceedings, investigations, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and collection costs, arising out of or related to:

• your use of the Site or Services;
• your User Content, uploads, documents, information, or instructions;
• your breach of these Terms or the Privacy Policy;
• your violation of law or third-party rights;
• fraud, forgery, misrepresentation, identity misuse, or unauthorized activity connected to your Order; or
• any dispute over authority, authenticity, consent, fiduciary status, or the facts stated on a Notice connected to your submission.

We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate fully.

25. Suspension; Termination

We may suspend, restrict, cancel, or terminate your access to the Site or Services, any Order, or any communication channel, immediately and without liability, at any time and for any reason or no stated reason, including if:

• you breach these Terms;
• we suspect fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity;
• payment is reversed, disputed, or high risk;
• required information is missing, unavailable, or cannot be verified;
• continued service could create legal, reputational, operational, payment, or compliance risk; or
• we discontinue or modify any portion of the Site or Services.

Termination or suspension does not entitle you to any refund, credit, or compensation.

26. Abandoned Matters; Inactive Intakes; Storage; Deletion

If you fail to respond, fail to provide requested information or documents, fail to return your Signed Form, fail to pay requested fees, or otherwise leave a matter incomplete or inactive, we may treat the matter and any associated materials as abandoned.

After thirty (30) days from our last request, notice, or attempted contact, we may, in our sole discretion and without further notice:

• close the matter;
• delete, purge, archive, or dispose of electronic materials;
• refuse further work on the matter; and
• cease any further obligation relating to the matter.

We are not liable for any consequence of abandonment, deletion, archival, or disposal carried out under this section.

27. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS.

(a) Mandatory Informal Resolution

Before starting arbitration or filing any claim, you must first send a detailed written notice of dispute to contact@56filing.org, including your full name, contact information, order information, and a description of the claim and requested relief. You agree to allow at least thirty (30) days after such notice for informal resolution.

(b) Binding Arbitration

Except for claims that qualify for small claims court and except for claims by us seeking injunctive or equitable relief relating to misuse of the Site, intellectual property, confidential information, payment recovery, fraud, abuse, or unauthorized access, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or the Services shall be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration.

The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its applicable Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect at the time the claim is filed, except as modified by these Terms.

Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Arbitration Format

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable rules and law, arbitration may be conducted on written submissions, by remote appearance, by telephone, by video conference, or by an in-person hearing as determined by the arbitrator or applicable AAA rules.

(d) Individual Claims Only; Class Action Waiver

YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF, CLAIMANT, CLASS MEMBER, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

UNLESS BOTH YOU AND WE EXPRESSLY AGREE OTHERWISE IN WRITING, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON'S CLAIMS AND MAY NOT PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS, COLLECTIVE, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

(e) Jury Trial Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND WE WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN ANY PROCEEDING PERMITTED TO PROCEED IN COURT.

(f) Opt-Out

You may opt out of this arbitration section by emailing contact@56filing.org within thirty (30) days after you first accept these Terms. Your email must include your full legal name, contact information, and a clear statement that you are opting out of arbitration. Opting out of arbitration does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

28. Governing Law

These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or related to the Site or Services, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent preempted or displaced by applicable federal law or the arbitration rules governing a particular dispute.

29. Time Limit to Bring Claims

To the maximum extent permitted by law, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to the Site, the Services, or these Terms must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose, or it is permanently barred.

30. Changes to Site, Services, Prices, or Terms

We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict, replace, or update any portion of the Site, Services, pricing, workflows, intake forms, outputs, content, policies, availability, or these Terms, with or without notice.

Updated Terms are effective when posted, unless a different effective date is stated. Your continued access to or use of the Site or Services after updated Terms are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

31. Entire Agreement; No Reliance

You acknowledge that you have not relied on, and these Terms are not modified by, any oral statement, prior dealing, draft language, estimate, FAQ, support communication, marketing statement, status update, sample, pricing example, review output, or representation not expressly set forth in these Terms or in a separate written agreement signed by our authorized representative.

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site and Services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings, communications, and proposals relating to the same subject matter.

32. Assignment

You may not assign, delegate, transfer, or sublicense any rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. Any attempted assignment in violation of this section is void.

We may assign, delegate, or transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without notice or consent, including in connection with any merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, asset sale, or internal reorganization.

33. Severability; Waiver; Interpretation

If any provision of these Terms is held unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.

No failure or delay by us in exercising any right, remedy, or provision shall operate as a waiver.

Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. "Including" means "including without limitation."

34. Force Majeure

We are not liable for any delay, suspension, interruption, error, loss, or failure resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, weather, war, terrorism, civil unrest, strikes, labor shortages, utility interruption, internet or telecom outages, software or hosting failure, cyber incidents, carrier or postal disruption, payment processor disruption, authority closure, backlog, policy change, governmental action, epidemic, pandemic, embargo, sanctions issue, or any other force majeure event.

35. No Third-Party Beneficiaries

These Terms are solely for the benefit of you and us and our respective permitted successors and assigns. Nothing in these Terms, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer on any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit, remedy, or claim.

36. Survival

Any provision that by its nature should survive termination or expiration of these Terms will survive, including provisions governing fees and payment obligations, chargebacks and collections, disclaimers, limitations of liability, release, indemnification, dispute resolution and arbitration, the class-action and jury-trial waivers, governing law, the time limit to bring claims, intellectual property, and these general provisions.

37. Contact

56filing.org
Email (only): contact@56filing.org