How to Request Articles of Incorporation from the North Dakota Secretary of State Website | Scribe

    How to Request Articles of Incorporation from the North Dakota Secretary of State Website

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      Navigate to [https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business](https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business)
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      Insert your organization's legal entity name into the "Business Search" field
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      Click the "Search" icon
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      Click on your organization's name
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      Note your organization's exact legal entity name.
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      Note your organizations "SOS Control ID#"
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      Click the "View History" icon
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      Note the "SOS Control ID#" for your "Initial Filing" NOTE: if your organization's current name is different than the one listed on your Articles of Incorporation (e.g., Initial Filing) 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://sos.nd.gov/office-secretary-state/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 SOS CONTROL 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 SOS CONTROL ID#(S)}} Let me know if you require anything else in order to send me these documents. Thank you, {{INSERT NAME}}"