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Secretary of State registration status review tasks

Secretary of State registration verification results appear as review tasks on the Business object. This page describes their types, statuses, and messages.

SOS filings status review task

Check the business’s Secretary of State registration status across all states where it’s registered.

This review task is unique in that more than one review task from this category can be returned and each outcome carries a distinct key value. For example, consider a scenario where Middesk found 3 registrations for a given business; one is active, one is unknown, and one is inactive. The business response from Middesk would contain:

  • one review task with "key":"sos_active" and "message": "1 of 3 filings found are Active"
  • one review task with "key":"sos_unknown" and "message": "1 of 3 filings have no status provided"
  • one review task with "key":"sos_inactive" and "message": "1 of 3 filings found are Inactive"

Middesk summarizes the filing statuses.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessX of Y filings found are ActiveActive
WarningX of Y filings have no status providedPartially Unknown
WarningX of Y filings found are InactivePartially Inactive
FailureThe business has no Active Secretary of State filingsInactive
FailureThe business has no Secretary of State filingsNot Registered

sos_match review task

Confirm the business is properly registered in the state of its submitted office address.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessThe business is Active in the state of the submitted office addressSubmitted Active
WarningThe submitted state does not make filing status availableSubmitted Unknown
FailureThe business is Inactive in the state of the submitted office addressSubmitted Inactive
FailureThe business is not registered in the state of the submitted office addressSubmitted Not Registered

sos_domestic review task

Verify the status of the business’s domestic registration filing.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessActive domestic filing foundDomestic Active
WarningNo domestic filing status providedDomestic Unknown
FailureInactive domestic filing foundDomestic Inactive
FailureThe business has no domestic filingDomestic Missing

sos_domestic_sub_status review task

Determine the detailed compliance status of the business’s domestic registration.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessThe domestic registration is in Good Standing.Good Standing
WarningThe domestic registration is Pending Active.Pending Active
WarningThe domestic registration is Pending Inactive.Pending Inactive
WarningThe domestic registration is Not Provided by State.Not Provided by State
FailureThe domestic registration is Not in Good Standing.Not in Good Standing
FailureThe domestic registration is Dissolved.Dissolved

sos_status review task

Provide an overall status assessment for all Secretary of State filings.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessAt least one SOS filing status is activeActive
WarningAll SOS filings are in states that don’t share statusUnknown
FailureAll filings are inactive or unknownInactive

formation_state review task

Verify that the submitted formation state matches the state of the domestic registration.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessSubmitted formation state matches the domestic registration stateFound
FailureSubmitted formation state does not match the domestic registration stateMismatch

entity_type review task

Identify the entity type of the business from registration records.

statuslabelsub_label
SuccessEntity type is identifiedVerified
FailureEntity type could not be identifiedUnverified

time_in_business review task

Determine how long the business has been operating based on formation date.

statuslabelsub_label
FailureFormed in the last month<1 month
WarningFormed between 1 month and 1 year ago<1 year
WarningFormed between 1 year and 3 years ago1-3 years
SuccessFormed between 3 years and 10 years ago3-10 years
SuccessFormed over 10 years ago10+ years
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