How Download Articles of Incorporation from the Texas Secretary of State Website

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Navigate to [https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/acct/acct-login.asp](https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/acct/acct-login.asp)

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If you already have an account with the Texas Secretary of State website, then log in here

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If you do not, feel free to use the "Temporary Login Form"

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Insert your organization's business information

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Click "Continue"

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Provide a payment method

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Click "Continue"

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Click "I Accept"

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Click "Business Organizations"

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Click "Find - Entity"

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Insert your organization's legal entity name into the "Search" field

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Click "Search"

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Click on your organization's "Filing Number"

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Click "FILING HISTORY"

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Click the icon in the "View Image" column, in the row labeled "Articles of Incorporation"

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NOTE: if your organization's current name is different than the one listed on your Articles of Incorporation you'll also need to order any Articles of Amendment or DBA/Assumed Business Name documentation showing the connection between your original and your current entity name

If you are unable to order the necessary documents using this method:

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You'll need to email your Secretary of State requesting these documents directly. To do so, send an email like this to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]): "To whom it may concern, My name is {{insert name}}, and I am the {{insert job title}} for {{insert organization's legal entity name}} ({{insert business entity ID}}). I am reaching out because our organization is enrolling in Apple's developer program to publish an app, and they have requested that we provide them our Articles of Incorporation and any subsequent Articles of Amendment/DBA documentation. Could you please send me electronic and/or physical copies of these documents so that we may move forward with our enrollment in Apple's developer program? Let me know if you require anything else in order to send me these documents. Thank you, {{insert name}}"