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Alabama

• 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 Division of Corporations - primary website

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

Florida

• 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 UCC 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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