Corporations Division of the Secretary of State for Every State

When serving subpoenas or initial complaints on corporations, it is critical to know a few pieces of information:

1. The official name of the corporation being served;
2. The identity of the registered agent of service; and
3. The address of the registered agent of series.

All of this information should be filed with the state in which the corporation is incorporated.  In most states, this will be filed with the Secretary of State for that state.  I have created a list of the websites for the corporations divisions of each state’s Secretary of State (or that state’s equivalent agency).

If any of the following information is out of date or incorrect, please let me know in the comments below.  If you have any questions or suggested topics for the blog, please email me at blauney@gmail.com.

State	Secretary of State / Corporations Websites
Alabama	http://www.sos.alabama.gov/vb/inquiry/inquiry.aspx?area=Business%20Entity
Alaska	https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/Main/CBPLSearch.aspx?mode=Corp
Arizona	http://www.azsos.gov/business http://www.azcc.gov/Divisions/Corporations/
Arkansas	http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/BCS/Pages/default.aspx
California	http://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs
Colorado	http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/businessHome.html
Connecticut	http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3172&q=525434
Delaware	https://corp.delaware.gov/ https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx
Florida	http://www.sunbiz.org/
Georgia	http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/corporations
Hawaii	http://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/
Idaho	http://www.sos.idaho.gov/corp/index.html
Illinois	http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/home.html
Indiana	http://www.in.gov/sos/business/index.htm
Iowa	https://sos.iowa.gov/
Kansas	http://www.sos.ks.gov/business/business.html
Kentucky	http://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana	http://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/Pages/default.aspx
Maine	http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/
Maryland	http://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/ucc-charter/Pages/CharterSearch/default.aspx
Massachusetts	http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/
Michigan	http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61343_36845---,00.html
Minnesota	http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=3
Mississippi	https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessIdSearch/portal.aspx?#clear=1
Missouri	http://www.sos.mo.gov/business
Montana	http://sos.mt.gov/Business/index.asp
Nebraska	http://www.sos.ne.gov/dyindex.html#boxingName
Nevada	https://nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=4
New Hampshire	http://sos.nh.gov/Corp_Div.aspx
New Jersey	http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/searchfile.shtml
New Mexico	http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Business_Services/Corporations_Overview.aspx
New York	http://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/for_nfpfile.html
North Carolina	https://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/thepage.aspx
North Dakota	http://sos.nd.gov/business/business-services
Ohio	http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Businesses.aspx
Oklahoma	https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/default.aspx
Oregon	http://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/default.aspx
Pennsylvania	https://www.corporations.pa.gov/search/corpsearch http://www.dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities/Business/Pages/default.aspx#.Vv8ZY5wrJdg
Rhode Island	http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-portal
South Carolina	http://www.sos.sc.gov/Business_Filings
South Dakota	https://sdsos.gov/business-services/default.aspx
Tennessee	http://sos.tn.gov/business-services
Texas	http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/index.shtml
Utah	https://secure.utah.gov/bes/ http://www.corporations.utah.gov/searches.html
Vermont	https://www.sec.state.vt.us/corporationsbusiness-services.aspx
Virginia	https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Find/Business
Washington	http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/
West Virginia	http://www.sos.wv.gov/business-licensing/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin	https://www.wdfi.org/corporations/
Wyoming	http://soswy.state.wy.us/business/