How to search North Dakota business entities online

What the search covers

The database covers entity types registered with the Secretary of State: LLCs, professional LLCs, business corporations, professional corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited partnerships, LLPs, limited liability limited partnerships (LLLPs), and cooperatives. Trade names and fictitious partnership names registered statewide are also included.

Search options

The basic search matches on entity name, including partial names. An Advanced search adds Contains and Starts With matching modes, plus a checkbox to limit results to active entities only.

Clicking a result opens a detail panel with the entity's SOS Control ID, status, principal and mailing addresses, term of duration, and filing history.

Annual report due dates

North Dakota annual report due dates differ by entity type, which makes compliance planning more involved than in states with a single universal deadline:

• March 31 — limited partnerships, LLPs, LLLPs, professional LLPs, and cooperatives
• April 15 — farming/ranching LLCs and corporations, and authorized livestock farm entities
• May 15 — foreign business corporations and foreign professional corporations
• August 1 — domestic business corporations and domestic professional corporations
• November 15 — LLCs and professional LLCs

A late annual report incurs a late filing fee and puts the business into Not Good Standing status. If the past-due report still isn't filed within roughly 6 to 12 months, the entity is involuntarily dissolved (or, for a foreign entity, its authority to transact business is revoked); reinstatement is possible within one year of falling out of good standing.