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Business Services. The Business Services Division is committed to making it easier to do business in Missouri. The Division has four primary units. The Corporations Unit handles the creation and maintenance of all business entities doing business in Missouri.
These business entities include for-profit and nonprofit corporations, specialized business entities such as professional corporations, close corporations, agricultural cooperatives and mutual associations, and limited liability companies, limited partnerships and others. File a Registration Report.
John R. (Jay) Ashcroft is Missouri’s 40th Secretary of State, elected in November 2016. In each year of elected statewide office, he has visited every one of Missouri’s 114 counties and met with local election officials, library executives and business owners to promote the Office’s services and learn how he can help improve elections and support Missouri libraries and businesses.
Search Document Filings. Images of documents filed by business entities may be reviewed online. To search the documents filed by a particular entity, search our online database. Then, click on the appropriate entity and select "Filings" next to the General Information tab.
Search for Registered Corporation/Business Names. File Corporation's Registration Report. Print Corporation's Registration Report. Order Certificate of Good Standing. Order Certified Copies for Business Entities. Verify Online Certificates. File Fictitious Name Registration. Renew Fictitious Name Registration. File LLC Articles of Organization.
Missouri law requires any person or business entity which transacts business in the state under a name other than their own “true name” to register that business name with the Secretary of State’s Office as a Fictitious Name Registration.
Foreign corporations transacting business in Missouri must first register with the Secretary of State. See Section 351.572 RSMo to determine whether a foreign corporation is "transacting business."
The Corporations Division provides many services necessary to ensure the valid legal existence of the various business entities authorized by law. These services allow business entities to obtain and maintain the requisite authority to transact business within Missouri.
Online registration of a fictitious name with the Office of Secretary of State can be accomplished at https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/. To register your fictitious name by mail, obtain the registration form at https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/forms.
The Uniform Commercial Code Division is the central filing office for the perfection of personal property liens. These liens are perfected by filing a UCC-1 Financing Statement showing the name and address of the debtor and the secured party along with a description of the collateral.