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Secretary of State (SOS) business entity search across 44 official US state registries — status, formation, registered agent lookup, officers and directors — joined to UCC lien filings in 28 states. UCC search by debtor name: secured party, status. KYB verification for lending and diligence agents.

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Query

query

Required

The company name that produced this record.

Type:string

Example:

Tesla

Input index

input_index

Required

Zero-based position of the submitted company name in the deduplicated accepted order.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Example:

Status

status

Required

Resolution status. 'completed' = an entity was found and normalized. 'no_match' = covered state(s) searched but no entity matched the name. 'not_covered' = a requested state is not yet supported. 'failed' = a covered state's registry could not be reached (see error).

Type:string

Example:

completed

Options:

completedfailednot_coveredno_match

Error class

error_class

Optional

Machine-routable failure class on non-completed records; null when status is 'completed'. RETRY LATER, unchanged: 'source_error' = the official registry could not be reached, a transient upstream outage; 'records_unavailable' = the requested records could not be reached on this run and this is not evidence the entity is absent; 'source_walled' = the registry refused an automated search; 'budget_exhausted' = the run deadline arrived before this company finished. DO NOT RETRY unchanged: 'malformed_input' = the submitted input could not be used and must be corrected; 'no_match' = the registry answered and no entity matched; 'not_covered' = the requested state is not yet supported; 'lien_join_error' = the entity was found but its lien filings could not be retrieved; 'internal_error' = the search could not be completed. Branch on this field rather than on the prose in 'error'.

Type:string | null

Example:

source_error

Options:

source_errorrecords_unavailablesource_walledlien_join_errorinternal_errorbudget_exhaustedmalformed_inputno_matchnot_coverednull

State

state

Required

Two-letter US state code the entity is registered in. On 'no_match' this lists the states searched; null when unresolved.

Type:string | null

Example:

Legal name

legal_name

Required

The entity's legal / registered name as published by the state. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

Tesla Electric Company LLC

Entity ID

entity_id

Required

The state's registration / filing / account number for the entity. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

20141524018

Entity type

entity_type

Required

Legal form as classified by the state (e.g. LLC, business corporation, nonprofit). Verbatim from the source; codes vary by state. Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

DLLC

Entity status

entity_status

Required

Registration status verbatim from the state (e.g. Good Standing, Active, Delinquent, Dissolved, Forfeited). Some registries publish only currently-active entities; see field_notes. Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

Good Standing

Formation / registration date

formation_date

Required

Date the entity was formed or first registered in the state (ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD). Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

2014-08-27

Jurisdiction of formation

jurisdiction

Required

The state/country where the entity was originally formed (may differ from the state of registration for foreign entities). Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

Registered agent name

registered_agent_name

Required

The entity's registered agent for service of process, as published by the state (a person or a commercial agent company). Null when the state's dataset does not publish it.

Type:string | null

Example:

The Corporation Company

Registered agent address

registered_agent_address

Required

Mailing address of the registered agent. Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

1700 Broadway, Denver, CO, 80290

Principal address

principal_address

Required

The entity's principal office / mailing address on file with the state. Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

9750 Hilldale Dr, Morrison, CO, 80465

Mailing address

mailing_address

Required

The entity's mailing address on file where published separately from the principal address. Null when not published.

Type:string | null

Example:

PO Box 1234, Hartford, CT, 06103

Officers / principals

officers

Required

Officers or principals where the state's dataset publishes them. Empty array when not published. Each entry: {name, title, address}.

Type:object[]

Example:

[
  {
    "name": "JANE SMITH",
    "title": "Chief Executive Officer / Chairman",
    "address": "1 Main St, Albany, NY, 12207"
  }
]

Liens checked

liens_checked

Required

Whether this run attempted a UCC / lien search against a covered source for the entity. Independent of whether any filing was found or the source errored; inspect lien_coverage for the outcome and field_notes for details.

Type:boolean

Example:

true

Lien coverage

lien_coverage

Required

Explicit lien-join outcome on completed entity records: 'joined' = searched and attached, 'no_lien_source' = entity found but this state has no lien join, 'unavailable' = the lien source errored at request time, 'not_requested' = includeLiens was false. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

joined

Options:

joinedno_lien_sourceunavailablenot_requestednull

UCC / lien filings

ucc_filings

Required

The differentiator: UCC / secured-transaction (lien) filings recorded against this entity, matched by debtor legal name. Empty array when none are found or when the state's UCC is not yet integrated. Each entry: {filing_number, filing_type, status, filed_date, lapse_date, secured_party, collateral, debtor_name, source_url}.

Type:object[]

Example:

[
  {
    "filing_number": "20212029405",
    "filing_type": "UCC financing statement",
    "status": "active",
    "filed_date": "2021-03-30",
    "lapse_date": "2026-03-30",
    "secured_party": "U.S. Small Business Administration",
    "collateral": "All assets",
    "debtor_name": "TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC",
    "source_url": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/ucc/UCCSearchCriteria.do"
  }
]

UCC summary

ucc_summary

Required

Quick lien counts for this entity: {total, active, filings_truncated}. Null unless lien_coverage is 'joined'.

Type:object | null

Example:

[object Object]

Source

source

Required

The official registry the entity record was sourced from. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

Colorado Secretary of State (Business Entities)

Source URL

source_url

Required

Public URL of the state's business-search portal for verification. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do

Fetched at

fetched_at

Required

ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of when the record was retrieved. Null on non-completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-07-09T14:03:11Z

Error

error

Required

Short machine-readable reason on no_match/failed/not_covered records (e.g. 'no-entity-found', 'state-not-covered', 'registry-error'). Null on completed records.

Type:string | null

Example:

state-not-covered

Message

message

Optional

Human-readable explanation and retry guidance. Free text; use error and error_class for machine routing.

Type:string | null

Field notes

field_notes

Required

Explanations for fields that are structurally absent (not just missing) on this record. Each entry is {fields, reason, detail}: 'reason' is 'omitted_by_law' (not part of the public record) or 'not_in_source' (public elsewhere but not on this state's dataset — e.g. registered agent, or UCC not yet integrated for the state). Empty array when everything was sourced normally.

Type:object[]

Example:

[
  {
    "fields": [
      "ucc_filings"
    ],
    "reason": "not_in_source",
    "detail": "UCC / lien filings are not yet integrated for this state; the entity record is returned without a lien join."
  }
]

Entity results truncated

results_truncated

Required

True when maxRecordsPerCompany dropped one or more matching entity candidates for this query.

Type:boolean

Example:

false

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