U.S. State Government Websites with Entity & Business Information

	Alabama Secretary of State - corporations, elections, home inspectors, notary public, sports agents, and UCC records
	Alabama Secretary of State Inquiry System - corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and registered limited liability partnerships and foreign entities qualified to do business in Arizona

Alaska

Alaska Division of Banking, Securities and Corporations - corporate records, trademarks, and reserved or registered business names

Arizona

	Arizona Corporation Commission - Corporations Division - corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, trademarks, and trade names
	Arizona Secretary of State - UCC filings, charitable organizations, lobbyists, notaries, and registered telephone solicitors
	Arizona Secretary of State Name Availability Search Tool - check availability of corporate, LLC, limited partnership, trademark, and trade names

Arkansas

Arkansas Secretary of State - business and nonprofit corporations, banks, insurance companies, home builders, trademarks, co-operatives, home inspectors, and notaries

California

California Secretary of State - Business Portal - corporate, limited partnership and LLC records

Colorado

	Colorado Secretary of State - corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trademark and trade name records
	Colorado UCC and EFS records

Connecticut

Connecticut Secretary of State - Concord On-Line / Concord on the Net - corporate and UCC filings

Delaware

	Delaware Division of Corporations - primary website
	Delaware Division of Corporations - electronic filings of UCC-1 and -3 forms and annual franchise tax reports

Florida Secretary of State Sunbiz Utility - corporations, LLCs, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, trademarks, UCC filings, federal liens, judgment liens, and fictitious names

Georgia

Georgia Secretary of State - Corporations Division - business entity information and trademark

Hawaii

Hawaii eGovernment Services - business names and certificates of good standing

Idaho

	Idaho Secretary of State - corporations, unincorporated nonprofits, LLCs, limited liability partnerships, general and limited partnerships, assumed names, and name reservations and registrations
	Idaho Secretary of State - Commercial Division - UCC filings

Illinois

Illinois Secretary of State - Business Services - database of corporations and LLCs and name availability

Indiana

	Indiana Secretary of State - Business Services Division - business entities, name availability, new corporations, and Certificates of Existence or Authorization
	Indiana Secretary of State - UCCs

Iowa

	Iowa Secretary of State - corporate names, officers, stock, agents, and addresses, and trademarks
	Iowa Notaries
	Iowa UCC Records
	Iowa U CC Archives

Kansas

Kansas Secretary of State - corporate and UCC records, business entity searches, certificates and letters of good standing, name availability, name reservations, UCC searches and filing, business entity formation, FP, NFP, LC, LLP and LP.

Kentucky

Kentucky Secretary of State - business name availability; corporate status, registered agent and address, officers, assumed names, LLC member, managers, corporate officers, LLC members and managers, UCC filings and trademark registrations

Louisiana

	Louisiana Secretary of State - Commercial Division, Corporations Section - business and individual names, registered agents, and trademarks
	Louisiana Notaries

Maine

	Maine Secretary of State - Bureau of Corporations - business and nonprofit corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and trademarks
	Maine - InforME - the information resource

Maryland

	Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation - corporations, LLCs, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, trade names and UCC filings
	The Secretary of State - trademarks and charitable organizations

Massachusetts

	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - businesses
	Massachusetts UCC filings
	Massachusetts - Corporations Divisions Direct Access - corporations, limited partnerships, LLCs, limited liability partnerships, business trusts, tax and child support liens and UCC filing

Michigan

Michigan Corporation Division - database of corporations, limited partnership, LLC, and foreign corporation and limited partnership records. Access is also available through fee-based services such as LEXIS-NEXIS, CDB Infotek, or Information America - a separate, simple engine permits checking name availability for domestic and public service corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and professional limited liability companies.

Minnesota

Minnesota Secretary of State - entity information

Mississippi

	Mississippi Secretary of State's - Business Services Division - entity information
	Mississippi UCC filings
	Mississippi Notaries

Missouri

	Missouri Secretary of State
	Missouri Secretary of State Business Entities - domestic and foreign business entities, fictitious names, and name reservations
	Missouri UCC Records

Montana

	Montana Secretary of State - Business Entities - entity information
	Montana UCC Records

Nebraska

Nebraska Secretary of State - Nebraska@Online - business entities, UCC, drivers license, sales and use tax, vehicle title, vehicle liens and vehicle registrations

Nevada

Nevada Secretary of State - Corporation Searches - corporations

New Jersey

New Jersey Division of Revenue - Business Gateway Services - business entity database, name availability, reservation and registration, and UCC filings

New Mexico

	New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
	New Mexico Secretary of State - UCC filings

New York

	New York Department State
	New York Department of State Division of Corporations - corporations, nonprofits, limited partnerships, LLCs, limited liability partnerships and business entities

North Carolina

North Carolina Secretary of State - Corporations Division - corporations, LLCs, and limited partnerships

North Dakota

	North Dakota Secretary of State - corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, partnership fictitious names, trade names, trademarks, and real estate investment trusts.
	North Dakota Office of Administration & Licensing - licensed charitable organizations.
	North Dakota Central Indexing Division UCC, farm products, and miscellaneous filings.

Ohio

Ohio Secretary of State - corporations, professional associations, churches, foreign corporations and name registrations, business and real estate trusts, fictitious and trade names, LLCs, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, trademarks, name reservations and UCCs.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Secretary of State - name availability, business, trademark, and notary registrations

Oregon

	Oregon Secretary of State Corporation Division - business entities
	Oregon UCCs

Pennsylvania

	Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau of the Department of State - search for entity names and UCC filings
	Pennsylvania Department of State - database of registered charitable organizations
	Pennsylvania Open for Business site - business name availability requests

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Secretary of State - databases of corporations, annual reports, incorporation filings, and notaries

South Carolina

South Carolina Secretary of State - business filings - online database

South Dakota

South Dakota Secretary of State - filing and business information, UCC, financing statement and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe lien records

Tennessee

Tennessee Secretary of State - business name availability; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and LLPs; trademarks; and UCC filings

Texas

Texas Secretary of State SOS Direct - corporate, limited partnership, LLC, LLP, unincorporated non profit association, foreign and state financial institution, assumed name, trademark and UCC filings

Utah

Utah Division of Corporations & Commercial Code - business entity, name availability, registered principal, registered notary and UCC information at the Commerce Department’s Division of Corporations and Commercial Code

Vermont

Vermont Secretary of State - business name reservations and foreign corporation registrations; officers, registered agents, and addresses of registered corporations; owners of registered trademarks or trade names, UCC filings; notaries, election results, lobbyists, and professional licenses

Virginia

Virginia Office of the Clerk of the Corporation Commission - corporate, limited partnership, LLC, UCC filings, and tax liens

Washington

	Washington Secretary of State - Corporations Division - registration information for corporations, limited partnerships, LLCs, LLPs, and other registered entities.
	Washington Secretary of State - Charitable Organizations

West Virginia

West Virginia Secretary of State - Business Organizations Information System - active and terminated corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLCs, business trusts, and other registered entities; trade names, name reservations and registrations; and some registered trademarks

Wisconsin

	Department of Financial Institutions' Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions - Corporate Registration Information System - status, selected information from charter documents (excluding names and addresses of officers and directors), and locator numbers of filed annual reports for domestic and foreign business and nonstock corporations, cooperative associations, limited partnerships, LLCs, LLPs, and common law trusts
	Wisconsin Name Availability Guide - check name availability
	Wisconsin QuickStart LLC - create limited liability companies online

Wyoming

Wyoming Secretary of State - corporate, LLC, limited partnership, statutory trust, unincorporated nonprofit association, reserved name, trade name, and trademark records

Commercial Services

	CT Corporation Systems - public record searches for subscribers
	LexisOne - public records (including corporate filings) from all 50 states available on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
	LexisOne's Public Records in Every State - information from any state
	LexisOne's Your State’s Research Materials - single state’s business records
	Westlaw - multistate public records databases include combined corporate records and business registration records and combined fictitious business name records

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