California Code, Corporations Code - CORP § 2283

(a) If the Secretary of State determines that the application, as submitted by the claimant, fails to comply with the requirements of Section 2282, the Secretary of State shall, within 21 calendar days after receipt of the application by a single claimant or within 40 calendar days after receipt of the application by multiple claimants, mail an itemized list of deficiencies to the claimant.

(b) The time within which the Secretary of State is required to act under Section 2284 shall be measured from the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of a completed application.  In the event of an irreconcilable dispute between the claimant and the Secretary of State on the question of whether the application is complete, the claimant may immediately file the claim with the court pursuant to Section 2287.

(c) If the Secretary of State has mailed one or more itemized lists of deficiencies to a claimant, and, if after 30 calendar days the Secretary of State has not received a response to the latest list of deficiencies, the Secretary of State shall notify the claimant that, unless the claimant responds to the deficiencies within a specified period of time of not less than 15 calendar days, the application will be denied.