[
  {
    "st": "AK",
    "state": "Alaska",
    "agency": "Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Dept. of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development)",
    "search_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/search/entities",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporations Database search by entity name, number, officer or agent. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "AL",
    "state": "Alabama",
    "agency": "Alabama Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://arc-sos.state.al.us/cgi/corpname.mbr/input",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Records search covers all entity types in one tool."
  },
  {
    "st": "AR",
    "state": "Arkansas",
    "agency": "Arkansas Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://sos-corp-search.ark.org/corps",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "The agency link https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_all.php redirects to this ark.org state-portal search."
  },
  {
    "st": "AZ",
    "state": "Arizona",
    "agency": "Arizona Corporation Commission",
    "search_url": "https://arizonabusinesscenter.azcc.gov/businesssearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC",
      "L.C.",
      "LC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/29/03112.htm",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Arizona Business Center replaced eCorp in 2025; the old ecorp.azcc.gov URL redirects here. Public search, no account needed."
  },
  {
    "st": "CA",
    "state": "California",
    "agency": "California Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP&sectionNum=17701.08.",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "bizfile Online search covers corporations, LLCs and LPs in one tool."
  },
  {
    "st": "CO",
    "state": "Colorado",
    "agency": "Colorado Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Database Search; also offers a separate name-availability check from the same page."
  },
  {
    "st": "CT",
    "state": "Connecticut",
    "agency": "Connecticut Secretary of the State",
    "search_url": "https://service.ct.gov/business/s/onlinebusinesssearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "business.ct.gov Business Records Search; single-field search by name, ALEI or filing number."
  },
  {
    "st": "DC",
    "state": "District of Columbia",
    "agency": "DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Corporations Division",
    "search_url": "https://boss.dc.gov/homepage/business-license-search",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "BOSS replaced CorpOnline in 2026; the Global Search covers entities and licenses and works without an Access DC login. Old corponline.dcra.dc.gov is offline."
  },
  {
    "st": "DE",
    "state": "Delaware",
    "agency": "Delaware Division of Corporations",
    "search_url": "https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/namesearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc01/index.html",
    "reservation": {
      "url": "https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/namereserv/namereservation.aspx",
      "fee_usd": 75,
      "days": 120,
      "source": "https://corpfiles.delaware.gov/Fee_Schedule/AugustFee2026.pdf (fee); https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc01/index.html (Sec. 18-103, 120 days)"
    },
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Free entity name search; detailed status reports cost extra."
  },
  {
    "st": "FL",
    "state": "Florida",
    "agency": "Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)",
    "search_url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName",
    "prefill": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResults?InquiryType=EntityName&SearchTerm={name}",
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0605/Sections/0605.0112.html",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Search by entity name covers corporations, LLCs, LPs and trademarks. Prefill tested with a sample name and returned a results list."
  },
  {
    "st": "GA",
    "state": "Georgia",
    "agency": "Georgia Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/BusinessSearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "eCorp Business Search; bot-protected but responds to normal browsers."
  },
  {
    "st": "HI",
    "state": "Hawaii",
    "agency": "Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division",
    "search_url": "https://hbe.dcca.hawaii.gov/search-and-buy",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "New Hawaii Business Express portal (2026); the old hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html redirects here."
  },
  {
    "st": "IA",
    "state": "Iowa",
    "agency": "Iowa Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/search.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entities Search; bot-protected but responds to normal browsers."
  },
  {
    "st": "ID",
    "state": "Idaho",
    "agency": "Idaho Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "SOSBiz portal business search; no account needed to search."
  },
  {
    "st": "IL",
    "state": "Illinois",
    "agency": "Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services",
    "search_url": "https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Covers corporations, not-for-profits, LPs, LLCs and LLPs. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "IN",
    "state": "Indiana",
    "agency": "Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz)",
    "search_url": "https://bsd.sos.in.gov/PublicBusinessSearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "INBiz public business search; no account needed."
  },
  {
    "st": "KS",
    "state": "Kansas",
    "agency": "Kansas Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/Search.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Search linked from sos.ks.gov/business. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "KY",
    "state": "Kentucky",
    "agency": "Kentucky Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://sosbes.sos.ky.gov/BusSearchNProfile/search.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Search; the same portal also has a separate Name Availability Search."
  },
  {
    "st": "LA",
    "state": "Louisiana",
    "agency": "Louisiana Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/commercialsearch/commercialsearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Commercial Database search by entity name, charter number, officer or agent."
  },
  {
    "st": "MA",
    "state": "Massachusetts",
    "agency": "Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division",
    "search_url": "https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "L.C.",
      "LLC",
      "LC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156C/Section3",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporations Division business entity search."
  },
  {
    "st": "MD",
    "state": "Maryland",
    "agency": "Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (Maryland Business Express)",
    "search_url": "https://egov.maryland.gov/BusinessExpress/EntitySearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Search on Maryland Business Express; no login needed to search."
  },
  {
    "st": "ME",
    "state": "Maine",
    "agency": "Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions",
    "search_url": "https://apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MainPage=x",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporate Name Search (ICRS); the older icrs.informe.org host now returns 404."
  },
  {
    "st": "MI",
    "state": "Michigan",
    "agency": "Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division",
    "search_url": "https://mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "MiBusiness Registry replaced the COFS search. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "MN",
    "state": "Minnesota",
    "agency": "Minnesota Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/Search",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/322C.0108",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "MBLS portal business search; no account needed."
  },
  {
    "st": "MO",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "agency": "Missouri Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BESearch.aspx?SearchType=0",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Search linked from sos.mo.gov/business/corporations. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "MS",
    "state": "Mississippi",
    "agency": "Mississippi Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessIdSearch/portal.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Search linked from sos.ms.gov/business-services. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "MT",
    "state": "Montana",
    "agency": "Montana Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Search on the SOS filing portal; agency help center says to use it for name availability. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "NC",
    "state": "North Carolina",
    "agency": "North Carolina Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC",
      "Ltd. Liability Co.",
      "Limited Liability Co.",
      "Ltd. Liability Company"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55D/GS_55D-20.html",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Registration search; NC is a distinguishable-on-the-record state. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "ND",
    "state": "North Dakota",
    "agency": "North Dakota Secretary of State (FirstStop)",
    "search_url": "https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "FirstStop business search; no account needed."
  },
  {
    "st": "NE",
    "state": "Nebraska",
    "agency": "Nebraska Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi?nav=search",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporate & Business Search on the nebraska.gov state portal."
  },
  {
    "st": "NH",
    "state": "New Hampshire",
    "agency": "New Hampshire Secretary of State (QuickStart)",
    "search_url": "https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "QuickStart Business Search. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "NJ",
    "state": "New Jersey",
    "agency": "New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services",
    "search_url": "https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Name Search on njportal.com (official state portal); separate from the paid Business Records Service."
  },
  {
    "st": "NM",
    "state": "New Mexico",
    "agency": "New Mexico Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Enterprise portal replaced portal.sos.state.nm.us, which no longer responds."
  },
  {
    "st": "NV",
    "state": "Nevada",
    "agency": "Nevada Secretary of State (SilverFlume)",
    "search_url": "https://esos.nv.gov/EntitySearch/OnlineEntitySearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited-Liability Company",
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Company",
      "Limited",
      "Ltd.",
      "L.L.C.",
      "L.C.",
      "LLC",
      "LC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-086.html",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business entity search; no account needed to search."
  },
  {
    "st": "NY",
    "state": "New York",
    "agency": "New York Department of State, Division of Corporations",
    "search_url": "https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LLC/204",
    "reservation": {
      "url": "https://dos.ny.gov/application-reservation-name-domestic-and-foreign-limited-liability-companies",
      "fee_usd": 20,
      "days": 60,
      "source": "https://dos.ny.gov/application-reservation-name-domestic-and-foreign-limited-liability-companies"
    },
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporation and Business Entity Database public inquiry."
  },
  {
    "st": "OH",
    "state": "Ohio",
    "agency": "Ohio Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://businesssearch.ohiosos.gov/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC",
      "Limited",
      "Ltd.",
      "Ltd"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1706.07",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Search by name, agent or number. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "OK",
    "state": "Oklahoma",
    "agency": "Oklahoma Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entities Search; the page itself calls results preliminary."
  },
  {
    "st": "OR",
    "state": "Oregon",
    "agency": "Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division",
    "search_url": "https://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.login",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Registry name search; shows a captcha to automated clients but loads normally in a browser."
  },
  {
    "st": "PA",
    "state": "Pennsylvania",
    "agency": "Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations",
    "search_url": "https://file.dos.pa.gov/search/business",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Filing Services search; records searchable by entity name or number only. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "RI",
    "state": "Rhode Island",
    "agency": "Rhode Island Department of State",
    "search_url": "https://business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporate Database search covering corporations, LPs, LLPs and LLCs."
  },
  {
    "st": "SC",
    "state": "South Carolina",
    "agency": "South Carolina Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entities Online name search; no login needed to search."
  },
  {
    "st": "SD",
    "state": "South Dakota",
    "agency": "South Dakota Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Information Search; no login needed."
  },
  {
    "st": "TN",
    "state": "Tennessee",
    "agency": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://tncab.tnsos.gov/business-entity-search",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "TNCaB replaced the TNBear search (tnbear.tn.gov no longer responds). Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "TX",
    "state": "Texas",
    "agency": "Texas Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/sosda/index.shtml",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": true,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Company",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms/205_boc.pdf",
    "reservation": {
      "url": "https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms/501_boc.pdf",
      "fee_usd": 40,
      "days": 120,
      "source": "https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms/501_boc.pdf"
    },
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "SOSDirect requires an account and charges $1 per search; the free official alternative is the Comptroller's Taxable Entity Search at https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/account-status/search."
  },
  {
    "st": "UT",
    "state": "Utah",
    "agency": "Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code",
    "search_url": "https://businessregistration.utah.gov/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "New Business Entity Search portal linked from commerce.utah.gov/corporations; the legacy secure.utah.gov/bes search redirects here. Direct automated fetch of the search page is bot-protected; URL confirmed from the agency's own site."
  },
  {
    "st": "VA",
    "state": "Virginia",
    "agency": "Virginia State Corporation Commission, Clerk's Office",
    "search_url": "https://cis.scc.virginia.gov/EntitySearch/Index",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Company",
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "L.C.",
      "LC",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title13.1/chapter12/section13.1-1012/",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Clerk's Information System entity search; shows a cookie-consent screen first."
  },
  {
    "st": "VT",
    "state": "Vermont",
    "agency": "Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division",
    "search_url": "https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "New portal (2026); the old /online/BusinessInquire path now redirects to login, but this public search needs no account."
  },
  {
    "st": "WA",
    "state": "Washington",
    "agency": "Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division",
    "search_url": "https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/BusinessSearch",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Liability Co.",
      "L.L.C.",
      "LLC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=23.95.305",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "CCFS business search; no account needed to search."
  },
  {
    "st": "WI",
    "state": "Wisconsin",
    "agency": "Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions",
    "search_url": "https://apps.dfi.wi.gov/apps/corpsearch/search.aspx",
    "prefill": "https://apps.dfi.wi.gov/apps/corpsearch/Results.aspx?type=Search&q={name}",
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "Limited Company",
      "LLC",
      "LC"
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/183/i/0112",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Corporate Records Search; prefill tested with a sample name and returned a results list."
  },
  {
    "st": "WV",
    "state": "West Virginia",
    "agency": "West Virginia Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntitySearch/",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Entity Search; certificates of existence can be ordered from the same tool."
  },
  {
    "st": "WY",
    "state": "Wyoming",
    "agency": "Wyoming Secretary of State",
    "search_url": "https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx",
    "prefill": null,
    "requires_login": false,
    "designators": [
      "Limited Liability Company",
      "LLC",
      "L.L.C.",
      "Limited Company",
      "LC",
      "L.C.",
      "Ltd. Liability Company",
      "Ltd. Liability Co.",
      "Limited Liability Co."
    ],
    "designators_source": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf",
    "verified": "2026-09-08",
    "notes": "Business Center filing search; shows a captcha to automated clients but loads normally in a browser."
  }
]