Info sources

Various useful sites for checking information.

Canada

• Canadian trade-marks database

New Zealand

• New Zealand Companies Register

USA

Non-profit/charity

• CitizenAudit
• ERI Nonprofit Organization Information
• Guidestar. (Free signup required.)

Arizona

• Ariz. Corp. Comm. -- Corporations Division

California

• California Registry of Charitable Trusts
• California Secretary of State Business Search Corporations doing business in California.
• Charity Research Tool, State of California - Department of Justice.
• License Search for Security Guard
  • POWER TO ARREST TRAINING MANUAL, Bureau of Security and Investigative Services

Los Angeles County

• LA County - Fictitious Business Name Search
• LA County - Property Assessment Information System

Riverside County

• Property Information, County of Riverside.
• Riverside County Geographic Information Services

Florida

• Corporations, Trademarks, Limited Partnerships, & Limited Liability Companies, etc. Sunbiz.
• Search for a Licensee (Private investigator, private investigator intern, security officer, security officer instructor, recovery agent, recovery agent intern, recovery agent instructor, or an agency manager).

Texas

• Texas Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search

Utah

• Utah Business Search