How to Download Articles of Incorporation from the Kansas Secretary of State Website

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Navigate to [https://www.kansas.gov/bess/flow/main?execution=e2s1](https://www.kansas.gov/bess/flow/main?execution=e2s1)

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Click "Business Entity Database"

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Click "By business entity name"

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Insert your organization's legal entity name into the "Name of Business" field

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Click "Search"

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Click the "View Record" button next to your organization's entity listing

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Click "View History and Documents"

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Click this checkbox.

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Click "Next"

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Scroll to the bottom, and click the PDF icon in the row labeled "Articles of Incorporation" under "Document Type" to download it 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/Fictious 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}}"