Registered Agents

Description:
The registered agents listed on the corporate registration filings associated with the business location. This is a legacy attribute that only exists for business locations.

Child attributes (and data file structure):

JSON Sample:

"registered_agents": [
       "ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES INC",
       "CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY",
       "SECRETARY OF STATE",
       "CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY D B A CSC-LAWYERS INCORPORATING SERVICE COMPANY",
       "CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY WHICH WILL DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA AS CSC - LAWYERS INCORPORATING SERVICE"
   ]

Coverage:

• Business: 55%
• Business Locations: 48%

Time structure:

• All registered agents from corporate registration filings associated with the business at the current point in time. No event stream.

Timeliness:

• The “lag” or “freshness” of the data depends on the state.
• New businesses are added to the Enigma data set within either 3 weeks or 6 weeks of their incorporation date (depending on the state).
  • New businesses are added within 3 weeks for 41/50 states/regions.
  • New businesses are added within 6 weeks for 9/50 states/regions.
• Updates to the registration status: Each registration’s status is checked and updated between once a month to once every 6 months depending on the state.
  • 12/50 states are on a once a month refresh timeline.
  • 27/50 states are on a once every 3 month refresh timeline.
  • 11/50 states are on a once every 6 months refresh timeline.

Data sources:

• The Secretary of State offices for each state or region.
  • Enigma’s product covers corporate registration from 52 of the 52 states and jurisdictions (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico).
  • The two states not covered are Delaware and Utah.

Methodology:

• Enigma shows each of the registered agents that appear on any of the corporate registration filings associated with the business or business location.