Coverage
Coverage by state
Business checks in 15 states, UCC lien search in 10, and search by lender in 5. Every result names its official source, and fields a state doesn't publish for free are marked as not published.
Coverage in numbers
Covered states
17 states have at least one check today. For every other state, see where to search by hand: business search by state and UCC search by state.
| State | Business check | Lien search | Search by lender | What the free records leave out |
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| Alabama | Yes | Yes | No | Nothing we know of |
| Arkansas | Yes | Yes | No | Liens: City and state only. |
| Colorado | Yes | Not yet | No | Business: No officers published. |
| Connecticut | Yes | Yes | Yes | Liens: Active liens and those lapsed under a year; includes tax and municipal liens. |
| Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes | Business: At most six people listed per company, the limit of the state's data file. Liens: Loaded from the registry's data files: filings made after the date shown on each result appear with the next load. |
| Idaho | Yes | Yes | No | Liens: No filing history. |
| Kentucky | Yes | Yes | No | Nothing we know of |
| Minnesota | Yes | Not yet | No | Nothing we know of |
| Nebraska | Not yet | Yes | Yes | Liens: City and state only; includes federal and state tax liens. |
| New Jersey | Yes | Yes | No | Business: No status, registered agent or officers (the state sells status reports). Liens: No lender names or lapse dates (the state sells them). |
| New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | Liens: City and state only, no street addresses. |
| New York | Yes | Not yet | No | Business: Active companies only. |
| North Dakota | Yes | Not yet | No | Nothing we know of |
| Oregon | Yes | Not yet | No | Business: Active companies only. |
| Pennsylvania | Yes | Not yet | No | Business: Status not published. |
| Rhode Island | Not yet | Yes | Yes | Nothing we know of |
| Texas | Yes | Not yet | No | Business: No officers published. |
How each state is read
Clerkfield only uses sources a state allows automated access to.
Open-data portals
Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas publish their business registries as open data, refreshed by the state.
Bulk data files
Florida publishes free bulk files of its registry, which Clerkfield loads and searches.
The state's own search
Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico and North Dakota are read through the state's public search, one request at a time, when you run a check. Nothing is bulk-copied.
Not covered yet
34 states have no check today: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Most put their searches behind bot protection or charge per search, so they need a data agreement or a bulk purchase before Clerkfield can cover them.
Need a state that isn't covered? Tell us which one; demand decides the order.
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Clerkfield only uses sources a state allows automated access to: open-data portals, bulk files and public searches without a CAPTCHA or a ban on robots. Many states put their search behind bot protection or charge per search, so those states need a data agreement or a bulk purchase first.
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From each state's own business registry and UCC filing office: open-data portals such as data.ny.gov and data.ct.gov, the state's bulk data files, or the state's public online search, one request at a time. Every result names its source.
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Some states don't publish every field for free. New Jersey sells status reports and lender names, Texas and Colorado don't publish officers, and New York's open data lists active companies only. Clerkfield marks these fields as not published instead of leaving them blank.
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Yes. clerkfield.com/v1/coverage returns every state and what each check covers there as JSON, with no API key needed.