Info sources

Various useful sites for checking information.

World

• Official company registers.
• OpenCorporates The Open Database Of The Corporate World.

Australia

• ABN Lookup, Australian Business Register.
• Search Company and Other Registers, Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
• Find a charity on the ACNC Register, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Canada

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Canadian trade-marks database - Intellectual property and copyright
• Corporations Canada - Search for a Federal Corporation
• Corporations Canada - Provincial Registrars
• Canada Revenue Agency - Charities Listings

Ontario

• Private Security & Investigative Services - Licence Registry, Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

Quebec

• Rechercher une entreprise au registre - Registraire des entreprises

New Zealand

• New Zealand Companies Register

USA

Federal

• US House of Representatives, Lobbyist Registration.
• US Senate, Query the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database.

Misc

• CitizenAudit
• ERI Nonprofit Organization Information
• Guidestar. (Free signup required.)
• Drug Rehab Licensing – State Agencies, Narconon Reviews.

Alabama

• Government Records Inquiry System / Alabama Secretary of State

Arizona

• Ariz. Corp. Comm. -- Corporations Division

California

• California Board of Accountancy - Licensees
• 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.
• California Fictitious Business Names, Free Public Records at SearchSystems.net.
• 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

Colorado

• Colorado Secretary of State - Records Search

Delaware

• Department of State: Division of Corporations

District of Columbia

• Business License Verification

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).

Pinellas County

• Pinellas County Florida Free Public Records

Georgia

• Georgia Corporations Division Business Search

Illinois

• Illinois Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search

Indiana

• Search for Indiana Business Information, Secretary of State - Business Services Division.

Louisiana

• Search for Louisiana Business Filings, Louisiana Department of State.

Maryland

• DAT: UCC and Charter Search

Michigan

• Corporation Division Business Entity Search
• Statewide Search for Substance Abuse Programs

Nevada

• Business Entity Search - Secretary of State, Nevada

New Mexico

• New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State

New York

• NYS Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC

Oklahoma

• Search Corporation Entities, Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Oregon

• Oregon Business Registry Business Name Search

South Carolina

• South Carolina Secretary of State: Search Business Filings

Texas

• Texas Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search

Utah

• Utah Business Search

Virginia

• Business Entity Search

Washington

• Corporations Search - Corporations - WA Secretary of State

Wyoming

• Business entity search, Wyoming Secretary of State's Office.