Corporate Records Search
Corporate Records Search is not the corporation search office
Quick answer. Corporate Records Search is not a government agency. We do not issue certificates, we do not file documents, and we are not the office that keeps the corporation search record.
What Corporate Records Search will not sign
Corporate Records Search is not a secretary of state and does not hold anyone’s corporate records book.
When you need the filed articles, order the imaged charter or a certified copy from the same office that ran the corporation search. A PDF reprint on a private site is not the certified copy a bank asked for.
“Corporate records” is two different piles. The state pile is the articles of incorporation, amendments, mergers, and the annual or periodic report. The company pile is the minute book, the stock ledger, and signed consents. A corporation lookup on a state site reaches only the first pile. Corporate books and records requests under a shareholder statute are aimed at the company, not at the filing office.