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How to Search a Legal Entity Online
Entity Search
1.
Refer to your Agreement to determine the State of
registration (California, Delaware, Nevada, Texas)
2.
The following website address provides access to each
State’s Website, Secretary of State Web Sites, and On-line
Corporate Info Searches
http://www.coordinatedlegal.com/SecretaryOfState.html
3.
Scroll down to the state in which your agreement is
registered
4.
Go to the right column under “On-line Corporate Info
Searches”
5.
Click on the link for “Business Search,” or “Business Entity
Search,” or “Registered Name Search”
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Type in the Name of your Investment Program located on your agreement
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In this example, Punta Gorda Senior Living, LP
can be found in both Delaware and Florida.
The state where the
agreement is formed.
The state in which the
entity transacts business.
http://www.coordinatedlegal.com/SecretaryOfState.html
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Title/Deed Search
These directions are for those investors seeking to use
government online websites to verify the validity of
their documents by utilizing third party, non-affiliated
sources.
We provide this information for full
transparency and complete confidence in our Property
Banking program.
For basic understanding, California is a state located
in the United States. It resides on the west coast and
contains most notable cities such as Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and Long
Beach. Each state in the U.S. is comprised of counties.
California has 58 counties. A county in the United
States is a geographic subdivision of a state and
assigned governmental authority.
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Title/Deed Search
How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the
Property
Trustee’s Deed for
725 East J Street
Ontario, CA 91764
1.
Refer to the copy of your Deed to
find the county
2.
You may choose to verify the
county for the city in which your
property is located by using a
public online search engine
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How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the
Property
Title/Deed Search
3.
The link provided for you is a
California Government website
listing all 58 counties in the state
of California, U.S.A.
4.
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/swf
acilities/cia/Office/APN.htm
5.
Scroll down to the county of
choice and then click on it to go to
the appropriate County Assessor’s
webpage
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How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the
Property
Title/Deed Search
6.
For example, click on Assessor’s link for
San Bernardino: http://www.co.sanbernardino.ca.us/assessor/
7.
Next, click on “Grantor-Grantee Index”
8.
A new webpage will load an image in
the middle that states, “Public Access
Retrieval Information System” – Click
on this logo
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Title/Deed Search
How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the Property
9.
This government county webpage
displays a list of search types -- click on
“Document Number”
10. The “Doc #,” also known as “Document
Number,” is located at the top right of
your copy of the deed
11. Type in the document number(s) in the
spaces provided (leave out the dash)
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Title/Deed Search
How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the
Property
Trustee’s Deed for
33702 Mistflower Court
Lake Elsinore, CA 92532
1.
Let’s try a property located in
Riverside county
2.
Refer to the copy of your Deed
3.
At the top right hand corner is the
document number (DOC #) issued
by the government
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Title/Deed Search
How to Search the Deed
Evidencing Title to the Property
4.
Scroll down the list of 58 counties:
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/swfacilities/
cia/Office/APN.htm
5.
Click on Riverside’s Assessor website:
http://riverside.asrclkrec.com/OSVitalChe
kmsg.asp
6.
Click “Accept”
7.
Click “Official Record”
8.
Type in your DOC # in the “Search by
Document Number” Field (include dash)
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Punta Gorda
Shareholder Search
How to Search the List of Partners for
Punta Gorda
1.
Go to the following website address:
http://208.47.160.77/or/
2.
Click “I accept the conditions above” to enter the
website
3.
Type in the “Name” field: Punta Gorda Senior Living
4.
Click on the “1/26/12” document
5.
Go to page three
6.
On the last page is the list of partners
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