# How do I find out if a company is incorporated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087 "2004-10-01T20:03:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nobody\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_Special)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087/1 "2004-10-01T20:03:09Z")

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How can I find out if a company in California is incorporated?

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**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087/2 "2004-10-01T20:29:48Z")

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[http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html](http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html)

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**Author:** ![Nobody\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nobody\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_Special)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087/3 "2004-10-01T21:13:31Z")

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Thanks. That was perfect.

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**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-company-is-incorporated/267087/4 "2004-10-01T22:42:25Z")

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Glad I could help.