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

    How to Request Articles of Incorporation from the Vermont Secretary of State Website

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      Navigate to [https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/](https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/)
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      Select "Contains" as your search option
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      Insert your organization's legal entity name into the "Business Name" field
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      Click "Search"
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      Click on your organization's name
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      Copy your "Business Name" as it appears on this page
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      Open a new tab or window, and go to [https://sos.vermont.gov/corporations/copies-certificates/plain-copies/](https://sos.vermont.gov/corporations/copies-certificates/plain-copies/)
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      Paste your "Business Name" into the "Business Name" field
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      Navigate back to the "Corporations Division" tab/window
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      Copy your "Business ID"
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      Navigate back to the "Plain Copies" tab/window
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      Paste your "Business ID" into the "Vermont Business ID or File No" field
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      Click "Next"
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      Insert your name and email address
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      Click "Next"
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      Paste a message like this into the "Description of Documents" field: "To whom it may concern, My name is {{insert name}}, and I am the {{insert job title}} for {{insert organization's legal entity name}}. 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}}"
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      Click "Submit"

      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}}. 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}}"