The document provides instructions for searching corporate entity records through the Kansas Secretary of State website. It describes how to search by business name, ID, or resident agent to find details on registered corporations, LLCs, LPs, and LLPs in Kansas, such as corporate details, annual reports, and state of registration. A 4-step process is outlined for conducting a sample search for "Starbucks".

1. Kansas (KS) Secretary of State – Corporation and
Business Entity Search
secstates.net /kansas/
Abhishek Kumar
Kris Kobach, a republican, is the current
Secretary of State of Kansas. The office of the
Secretary of State of Kansas is responsible for
several duties which can be broadly classified into
three divisions that include electoral, economic
and administrative responsibilities.
In this post we will describe you how to
search Corporations, Limited Partnerships (LP),
Limited Liability Companies (LLC), and Limited
Liability Partnerships (LLP) for availability in
Kansas. Using the search page, you can search
for a corporate entity, check for availability of
names, charitable organizations and trademark /
service-mark search.
Below steps illustrate the corporate name search
assuming you have the business entity or the
corporate name handy. Follow these simple steps below to find details about any entity registered with
the Secretary of State of Kansas.
Search Kansas Corporation Registry :
Step 1: Click this link to start your search. You will find a page which looks something like this.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Business Entity Database to find a corporate entity filed with the Secretary of
State of Kansas. The page for the search will look like the screen shown below.
You may choose to start your search with business entity name, business entity ID, a keyword,
resident agent’s full name or the resident agent’s name keyword. Depending on the information you
have handy, click on the appropriate link to start your search.
Consider you want to search ‘Starbucks’. Key-in ‘starbucks’ in the business name field.
Step 3: Click on ‘Search’ button to find a page that looks like the screenshot shown below
Step 4: Click the view record button that is against the name ‘STARBUCKS CORPORATION’. Details
like corporate entity ID, current states, business entity type, annual reports etc are available in this
page.
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