Secretary of State Information for Incorporating in All States

Do you need to contact the secretary of state in your particular state about incorporating your business? Here's a handy directory of contact information, including Web addresses, for all U.S. states.

Although it is often assumed that you must incorporate in the state where your business resides, that is not the case. You can select any of the 50 states or the District of Columbia in which to incorporate. Learn more by reading Picking the State of Incorporation for Your Small Business.

Alabama
Alabama Secretary of State
Attn: Corporations Division
P.O. Box 5616
Montgomery, AL 36103-5616
(334) 242-5342
www.sos.state.al.us/business/corporations.cfm

Alaska
The Division of Banking Securities and Corporations
Department of Community and Economic Development
P.O. Box 110808
Juneau, AK 99801-0808
(907) 465-2530
www.dced.state.ak.us/bsc/corps.htm

Arizona
Arizona Corporation Commission
1300 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 95007
OR
Arizona Corporation Commission
400 W. Congress, Suite 221
Tucson, AZ 85701
(602) 542-3135
www.cc.state.az.us/corp/index.htm

Arkansas
Secretary of State Business and Commercial Services Division
State Capitol, Room 256
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-1010
www.ark.org/sos/ofs/docs/index.php

California
California Secretary of State
Corporations Unit 1500
11th Street Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 657-5448
www.ss.ca.gov/business/business.htm

Colorado
Colorado Secretary of State
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 894-2200
www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/main.htm

Connecticutt
State of Connecticut Corporations Division
30 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 509-6001
www.sots.state.ct.us

Delaware
Division of Corporations
P.O. Box 898
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-3073, press 2
www.state.de.us/corp/index.htm

District of Columbia
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
941 North Capitol Street,
NE Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-4432
http://www.dcra.dc.gov/dcra/cwp/view,a,1342,Q,600904,dcraNav,|33408|.asp

Florida
Florida Department of State Division of Corporations
Corporate Filings
P.O. Box 6327
Tallahassee, FL 32314
(850) 488-9000/(850) 245-6052
www.sunbiz.org/index.html

Georgia
Office of Secretary of State Corporations Division
315 West Tower, #2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334-1530
(404) 656-2817
www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/filing

Hawaii
State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Business Registration Division
1010 Richards Street
P.O. Box 40
Honolulu, HI 96810
(808) 586-2744
www.businessregistrations.com

Idaho
Office of the Secretary of State
700 West Jefferson
P.O. Box 83720-0800
(208) 334-2301
www.idsos.state.id.us/corp/corindex.htm

Illinois
Secretary of State Department of Business Services
330 Howlett Building
Springfield, IL 62756
(217) 782-6961
or
Secretary of State Department of Business Services
69 W. Washington, Ste. 1137
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 793-3380
www.sos.state.il.us/departments/business_services/business.html

Indiana
Todd Rokita
Secretary of State Corporations Division
202 W. Washington Street, Room E018
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-6576
www.state.in.us/sos/business/corps/general.html

Iowa
Secretary of State Corporations Division
Lucas Bldg., 1st Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-5204
www.sos.state.ia.us/business

Kansas
Secretary of State Memorial Hall, 1st Floor
120 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-4564
www.kssos.org

Kentucky
John Y. Brown III
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 718
Frankfort, KY 40602-0718
(502) 564-2848, press 2, then 2
www.kysos.com

Louisiana
Commercial Division
P.O. Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
(225) 925-4704
www.sec.state.la.us/comm/comm-index.htm

Maine
Corporate Examining Section
Secretary of State
101 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0101
(207) 624-7740
www.state.me.us/sos/cec/corp/corp.htm

Maryland
Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT)
301 West Preston Street, 8th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201-2395
(410) 767-1340
www.dat.state.md.us

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Secretary of State
Corporations Division
1 Ashburton Place, 17th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-9640
www.state.ma.us/sec/cor

Michigan
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services
Bureau of Commercial Services - Corporation Division
7150 Harris Drive
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 241-6470
www.michigan.gov/cis

Minnesota
Secretary of State
Business Services Division
180 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1299
(651) 296-2803
www.sos.state.mn.us/business/index.html

Mississippi
Office of the Mississippi Secretary of State
P.O. Box 136
Jackson, MS 39205-0136
(601) 359-1333
www.sos.state.ms.us/busserv/corp/corporations.asp

Missouri
State of Missouri
Corporations Division
P.O. Box 778
600 W. Main Street, Rm. 322
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-2359
www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations

Montana
Bob Brown
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 202801
Helena, MT 59620-2801
(406) 444-3665
www.sos.state.mt.us/css/BSB/Contents.asp

Nebraska
John A. Gale
Secretary of State
Room 1305
State Capitol
P.O. Box 94608
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-4079
www.sos.state.ne.us/htm/corpmenu.htm

Nevada
Secretary of State
New Filings Division
202 N. Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4201
(775) 684-5708
www.sos.state.nv.us/comm_rec

New Hampshire
Secretary of State
State House
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301-4989
(603) 271-3244
www.state.nh.us/sos/corporate/index.htm

New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Treasury
Division of Revenue/Corporate Filing
P.O. Box 308
Trenton, NJ 08625-0308
(609) 292-9292
www.state.nj.us/Business.html

New Mexico
Public Regulations Commission
Corporations Division
P.O. Box 1269
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269
(505) 827-4502
www.nmprc.state.nm.us/corporations/corpshome.htm

New York
Department of State Division of Corporations
41 State Street
Albany, NY 12231
(518) 473-2281
www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/corpwww.html

North Carolina
Corporations Division
P.O. Box 29622
Raleigh, NC 27626-0622
(919) 807-2225
www.secstate.state.nc.us/corporations

North Dakota
Business Division
Secretary of State
State of North Dakota
600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 108
Bismark, ND 58505-0500
(701) 328-4284
www.state.nd.us/sec/businessreg/register.htm

Ohio
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 670
Columbus, OH 43216
(614) 466-3910
www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/businessservices/corp.aspx

Oklahoma
Secretary of State
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 101
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4897
(405) 521-3912
www.sos.state.ok.us/business/

Oregon
Corporation Division
Business Registry Section
Public Service Building, Suite 151
55 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-1327
(503) 986-2200
www.filinginoregon.com

Pennsylvania
Department of State Corporation Bureau
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722
(717) 787-1057
www.dos.state.pa.us/corps/site/default.asp

Rhode Island
Office of the Secretary of State
Matthew A. Brown Corporations Division, 1st Floor
100 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903-1335
(401) 222-3040
http://www2.corps.state.ri.us/corporations

South Carolina
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 11350
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 734-2158
NOTE: Articles of Incorporation must be signed by a South Carolina attorney. This is the only state with this requirement
www.scsos.com/corporations.htm

South Dakota
Secretary of State
State Capitol
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773-4845
www.sdsos.gov/Corporations/

Tennessee
Department of State
Corporate Filings
312 Eighth Avenue North 6th Floor,
William R. Snodgrass Tower
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-2286
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bus_svc/corporations.htm

Texas
Corporations Section
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 13697
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-5555 www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/index.html

Utah
State of Utah
Division of Corporations & Commercial Code
160 East 300 South, 2nd Floor
Box 146705
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6705
(801) 530-4849
www.commerce.utah/gov/cor/index.html

Vermont
Vermont Secretary of State
81 River Street, Drawer 09
Montpelier, VT 05609
(802) 828-2386
www.sec.state.vt.us/corps/corpindex.htm

Virgina
Clerk of the State Corporation Commission
P.O. Box 1197
Richmond, VA 23218-1197
(804) 371-9733
www.state.va.us/scc/division.htm

Washington
Corporations Division
801 Capitol Way South
P.O. Box 40234
Olympia, WA 98504-0234
(360) 753-7115
www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/

West Virginia
Business Organizations Division
Secretary of State
Bldg. 1, Suite 157-K
1900 Kanawha Blvd.
East Charleston, WV 25305-0770
(304) 558-8000
www.wvsos.com/common/startbusiness.htm

Wisconsin
Department of Financial Institutions
P.O. Box 7846
Madison, WI 53707-7846
(608) 261-7577
www.wdfi.org/corporations

Wyoming
Wyoming Secretary of State
Corporations Division
The State Capitol Building
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020
(307) 777-7311
http://soswy.state.wy.us/corporat/corporat.htm

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