How to Request Articles of Incorporation from the New York Secretary of State Website

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Navigate to [https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/](https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/)

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

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Choose the appropriate entity type (if you're unsure, just select all four options)

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Click "Search the Database"

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Click on your organization's name

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Note your organization's exact "Entity Name"

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Note your organization's exact "DOS ID"

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Click "FILING HISTORY"

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Find your "ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION"...

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And note the "File Number" NOTE: if your organization's current name is different than the one listed on your Articles of Incorporation (e.g., Articles of Organization) 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

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Use this information to send an email like this, using this form (https://dos.ny.gov/form/contact-us): "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 DOS 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? According to your website, the document number(s) for this/these documents is/are: {{INSERT DOCUMENT FILE NUMBER(S)}} Let me know if you require anything else in order to send me these documents. Thank you, {{INSERT NAME}}"