I like Manta, but I once almost tried to contact a recently deceased owner... it's very convenient, but not always accurate. I like using the state business entity lookup pages now. Problem is, often when I go to the secretary of state pages, the actual business lookup pages are hard to find. I made myself a direct link list to those pages, and thought I would share with BHW, since I can't find anything like that online.

Note: All searches are basically free, except for Texas, which wants a buck a search.

Enjoy!

Alabama - http://www.sos.alabama.gov/vb/inquir...iness%20Entity

Alaska - http://commerce.alaska.gov/CBP/Main/...aspx?mode=Name

Arizona - http://starpas.azcc.gov/scripts/cgii...broker1/main.p

Arkansas - http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_all.php

California - http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/

Colorado - http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/Busin...CriteriaExt.do

Connecticut - http://www.concord-sots.ct.gov/CONCO...Servlet&eid=99

Delaware - https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/GINameSearch.jsp

District of Columbia - https://corp.dcra.dc.gov/Account.asp...?ReturnUrl=%2f

Florida - http://www.sunbiz.org/search.html

Georgia - http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/csearch.asp

Hawaii - http://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.htm

Idaho - http://www.accessidaho.org/public/so...startstep=crit

Illinois - http://www.ilsos.gov/corporatellc/

Indiana - https://secure.in.gov/sos/online_corps/name_search.aspx

Iowa - http://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/...))/search.aspx

Kansas - https://www.kansas.gov/bess/flow/mai...execution=e1s2

Kentucky - https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftsearch/

Louisiana - http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/819/Default.aspx

Maine - https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MainPage=x

Maryland - http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/UCC-Cha...rSearch_f.aspx

Massachusetts - http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/cor...earchinput.asp

Michigan - http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/bcs_corp/sr_corp.asp

Minnesota - http://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/

Mississippi - http://www.sos.ms.gov/business_servi...ormation2.aspx

Missouri - https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/csearch.asp

Montana - https://app.mt.gov/bes/

Nebraska - https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/co...cgi?nav=search

Nevada - http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/

New Hampshire - https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporate/sos...9814814815E-02

New Jersey - https://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/trea...ling/page1.cgi

New Mexico - http://web.prc.newmexico.gov/Corploo...orpSearch.aspx

New York - http://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/bus_entity_search.html

North Carolina - http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/cor...s/CSearch.aspx

North Dakota - https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/sc/b...busnSearch.htm

Ohio - http://www2.sos.state.oh.us/pls/bsqr...63208613189078

Oklahoma - https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx

Oregon - http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_w...srch_inq.login

Pennsylvania - https://www.corporations.state.pa.us...kb/csearch.asp

Rhode Island - http://ucc.state.ri.us/CorpSearch/CorpSearchInput.asp

South Carolina - http://www.scsos.com/search%20business%20filings

South Dakota - http://www.sdsos.gov/Business/Search.aspx

Tennessee - http://tnbear.tn.gov/ECommerce/FilingSearch.aspx

Texas - https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/acct/acct-login.asp

Utah - https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/index

Vermont - http://corps.sec.state.vt.us/corpbrow.aspx

Virginia - https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Bu...itySearch.aspx

Washington - http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/corps_search.aspx

West Virginia - http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/

Wisconsin - https://www.wdfi.org/apps/CorpSearch/Search.aspx?

Wyoming - https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx