Business search · Arkansas
Arkansas business search
The Arkansas Secretary of State keeps the official record of every company, LLC and corporation registered in Arkansas. Look one up by name and see status, entity type, formation date, officers and registered agent. Clerkfield reads the state's own search directly, each time you search, and every result shows the source and the date of the data.
What Arkansas's records include
The fields a Clerkfield result returns for Arkansas, taken from the state's own record.
- Legal name and filing number
- Status, in the state's own words
- Filing type (for example Limited Liability Company) and the act it was filed under
- Date filed
- Principal address
- Registered agent and agent address
- People listed under Officers, with their titles (for example Incorporator/Organizer)
- Fictitious names, foreign name and state of origin when listed
- City and state from the results list
Not in Arkansas's free records
Nothing we know of: the free records carry every field listed here.
What Arkansas's statuses mean
Arkansas uses its own words for a business's standing. Clerkfield keeps the state's wording in every result and marks each one active or inactive.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Good Standing | On file and current with the Secretary of State, including the annual franchise tax. |
| Dissolved | The company has been wound up and closed, by its owners or by the state. |
| Forfeited Charter | The Secretary of State proclaimed the company's charter forfeited because its annual franchise tax went unpaid. |
| Merged | The company merged into another entity and no longer exists on its own. |
How to search Arkansas records by hand
The state's own search is at www.sos.arkansas.gov.
- Open the Secretary of State's business entity search from sos.arkansas.gov.
- Type part of the company name. You can also search by fictitious name, registered agent, agent city or filing number.
- Scan the results: each row shows the name, city, state and status.
- Click the name to open the record with filing number, filing type, status, principal address, agent, date filed and officers.
Fees and how current the data is
Fees
Searching is free. Every company files an annual franchise tax report, due on or before May 1.
How current it is
Clerkfield reads the state's search live when you run a check.
Good to know about Arkansas records
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Forfeited Charter is common in Arkansas results: in one sample name search it was almost as frequent as Dissolved. It points to unpaid franchise tax, not a voluntary closing.
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The Officers line may name only the person who formed the company (Incorporator/Organizer), so it does not prove who owns the business today.
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Business records and lien records sit on two different state systems: the entity search on sos-corp-search.ark.org, liens on bcs.sos.arkansas.gov.
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Clerkfield opens the full record for the closest few name matches; other matches show the list fields only (name, city, state, status).
Liens on Arkansas businesses
Clerkfield also searches Arkansas UCC filings, from the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services (UCC).
Arkansas UCC search-
Yes. Anyone can search Arkansas companies and open their records on the Secretary of State's site without an account.
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The Secretary of State proclaimed the charter forfeited because the company's annual franchise tax went unpaid. Ask the merchant for proof of reinstatement before you rely on the company.
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On or before May 1 each year. Missing it is what usually leads to a Forfeited Charter status.
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It shows whoever the state has under Officers, often just the incorporator or organizer who filed the paperwork. That is not proof of current ownership.
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Yes. The search form takes a registered agent name and the agent's city and state, as well as company name, fictitious name and filing number.