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For Kentucky entities only: to access your reinstatement packet, click the button below, then enter your company name or organization number in the search engine. From your company information page, look under "Printable Forms" to locate the Reinstatement Packet.

Out-of-state entities cannot be reinstated: if you have had your certificate of authority revoked by our office, you may requalify. The links below will direct you to the appropriate form for your company type.

            

 

Business Services

Business Database Services

Organization Search:  Search by organization name or identification number
Name Availability Search:  Check the availability of your chosen business name
Current Officer Search:  Search for current officers by name
Founding Officer Search:  Search for founding officers and directors by name
Registered Agent Search:  Search for registered agents by name

Business Filings & Records Services

File Annual Report:  File an annual report for a corporation, professional service corporation, or limited liability company
Assumed Name Renewal:  File a renewal for an assumed name
Validate Certificate:  Validate a certificate purchased and printed online
Prepaid Account Status:  Determine the current status and account balance of an existing pre-paid account, including recent deposits and charges against the account.
Purchase Certificates:  Purchase any available certificate for the organization

UCC Online Services

Make a UCC Filing Online:  You can make most types of simple UCC-1 and UCC-3 filings here.
Uniform Commercial Code Index Search:  Search for Uniform Commercial Code filings.  KRS 355.9 (Revised Article 9), effective July 1, 2001, establishes the Secretary of State's office as the central filing agency for liens against non-titled property.
Prepaid Account Status:  Determine the current status and account balance of an existing pre-paid account, including recent deposits and charges against the account.

Trademarks/Service Marks Online Services

Kentucky Secretary of State Trademark Database:  Search for those trademarks and service marks registered with the state of Kentucky.

Bulk Data

Bulk Data Service:  This service allows authorized subscribers the ability to download bulk business and UCC records on file with the Secretary of State.

Elections

Election Candidate Filings:  View the candidates for the upcoming primary or general election

Administrative Services

Notary Lookup Service:  Search Kentucky Notaries from 1996 to present

Service of Summons Lookup Service:  Search summonses filed during the last six months

Kentucky Land Office

Kentucky Cities database:  Includes information on city filings submitted to the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office.  this database also includes various listings of Kentucky cities, population information, and contact information for city and county government, if available.  Also included is a Prebuilt Lists and Queries Search.

Revolutionary War Warrants database:  Access information on 4748 Revolutionary War Warrants issued to Virginia veterans or their assigns prior to 1792. View color images from the Warrants Register and all Kentucky patent files authorized by Revolutionary War Warrants.

West of Tennessee River Military Patents database:  Research and view color images of 242 patents in the Jackson Purchase authorized by warrants issued to Virginia Revolutionary War veterans or their assigns.

Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants database:  Access information regarding Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants issued to Kentucky's earliest settlers. View color images of patent files as they are linked to the "Authorized Patents" field.

Lincoln Entries database:  Research 4763 Entries filed with the Lincoln County Surveyor's Office when Lincoln County comprised one-third of Kentucky. (Military Entries in southwestern Kentucky are not included on this database.) Link to scanned images of each Entry.

County Court Order Patents database:  Research 70239 patents filed with the County Court Order Series dating from 1835 to the present. Search by patent number, grant book & page, or perform an advanced search to access information by grantee, survey name, county, watercourse, survey year or grant year.

Jackson Purchase database:  Use the 1885 Loughridge Map to determine locations within the Jackson Purchase, the only area in Kentucky mapped by by the public land system mapping method used by the federal government. Use Jillson's "Kentucky Land Grants, West of Tennessee River" to identify Ranges, Townships, Sections, E/W then use this database to find the exact location of the patent or key in a specific location and see it depicted on the Loughridge Map.

County Formations database:  Research the complete text of all Acts establishing Kentucky's 120 counties. Acts pertaining to Kentucky County, Virginia, Fincastle County, Virginia, and Beckham County, Kentucky are also included. Acts regarding boundary changes are added as they are identified.

Virginia Treasury Warrants Database:  This database includes all entries in the Virginia Treasury Warrants Register, Volumes I & II.  Included are the names of persons purchasing Treasury Warrants, immediate assignees, acreage, cost of the warrant in pounds, shillings & pence, and the date the warrant was purchased.  Treasury Warrant numbers range from 1 to 23082.  Many Warrants link to colorscanned images of patent files.

Executive

Executive Journal:  Selected Executive Orders and other official filings in Governor Ernie Fletcher's Executive Journal are available online

Enacted Legislation:  This database includes scanned images of enacted legislation filed with the Secretary of State during past sessions of the Kentucky General Assembly.

 

Last Updated 12/15/2008
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