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New York SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official NY SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a New York lookup
- New York SOS entity record — name, status, entity type, formation date, registered agent + address, principal office, and officers/managers where the state exposes them.
- USDOT / FMCSA carrier verification — for trucking deals, we pull the carrier's authority status, MC#, fleet size, MCS-150 history, and BASIC scores. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — every search runs the company name against the Treasury sanctions list. Clear-result PDFs are signed.
- DBA / Fictitious Name registries — surfaces the county/town clerk where this entity would file a DBA in New York, plus the statewide registry when one exists.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How New York files business entities
New York's Division of Corporations sits inside the Department of State at dos.ny.gov — not a standalone Secretary of State agency. The official entity data is also published via Socrata at data.ny.gov, which is the cleaner channel for programmatic verification.
Official portal: New York Department of State (Division of Corporations) ↗
How DBAs work in New York
New York files Certificates of Assumed Name at the county clerk where the business is located. New York City's five borough county clerks (New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond) each handle their own filings, and pre-1995 paper records for some counties still require an in-person visit to retrieve. Corporations and LLCs file Assumed Name Certificates with the NY DOS in addition to the county filing.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in New York
New York LLCs face a unique 'publication requirement' — newly-formed LLCs must publish a notice in two newspapers (one daily, one weekly) for 6 consecutive weeks in the county of the office address, costing $500-$2,000 in NYC. Failure to publish suspends the LLC's authority to bring lawsuits in NY. NY also requires a Biennial Statement (every 2 years) with a $9 fee — small but easy to miss.
Practical New York reference
Filing fees: $200 LLC formation fee + $9 biennial statement + $500-$2,000 publication requirement (one-time, NYC counties are most expensive)
Officer visibility: Registered-agent and process-service addresses are visible on the public detail page. Officer/member data is generally NOT included in NY filings — the state does not require disclosure of LLC members in the formation document.
New York county DBA registries
We've indexed 21 New York county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any New York address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
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VerifySOS pulls the New York SOS record directly in real-time. Most NY lookups complete in seconds — no manual lookup, no PDF upload required. Owners/officers are included wherever New York publishes them on the free public record.
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