Marshall Islands

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This guide contains public integration notes for Marshall Islands. Use it for identifier formats, search behavior, and country-specific caveats. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, documents, legal forms, roles, and status values is the pricing page.

Marshall Islands coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

Marshall Islands data comes from a single official source, the Republic of the Marshall Islands Corporate Register, maintained by International Registries, Inc. It covers non-resident and resident entities: corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, foreign maritime entities and resident entities.

Marshall Islands Corporate Register (resources.register-iri.com). The sole source for search, the company profile, the registered agent, and the Non-Resident Entity Report. Every request reads the register live; there is no bulk extract of this register.

The register publishes the entity number, legal name, entity type, status, existence (formation) date, and the registered agent’s name and address. Officers, directors, members and shareholders are not publicly available.

Modes. Both mode: "onboarding" and mode: "verification" (the default) read the same live register and return the same fields. Onboarding results are flagged authoritative: false; verification results are authoritative. See Modes.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Entity Number	Numeric, typically 6 digits	`127599`	Primary identifier assigned by the Marshall Islands Corporate Register. Appears on the register’s entity detail and on the Non-Resident Entity Report.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`entityNumber`	Numeric, typically 6 digits	`127599`	All entities

The entity number is the only public identifier. The Marshall Islands does not issue tax identification or VAT numbers for non-resident entities.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Entity Number	3 to 8 digits	`127599`	Exact (`matchType: id`)	Single result or none
By Name	4 to 200 characters	`"PACIFIC OCEAN"`	Begins with	Multiple results across all entity types

Name search returns entities whose legal name starts with your query, so start from the first word of the name. The query must be at least 4 characters. Results cover all six entity types and are de-duplicated by entity number. A result whose legal name matches the query exactly is returned with matchType: exactLegalName.

Numeric queries are treated as entity numbers only. A query made entirely of digits is not run as a name search.

Both searches query the register live. Search results carry the entity number (id) and legal name; status, entity type and address come from the company datapoint.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
No officers, directors or shareholders	The register does not disclose directors, officers, managers, members or shareholders. Only the registered agent is public, so `legalRepresentatives` and `shareholders` are not available.
Registered agent returned as an other key person	The registered agent is returned under `otherKeyPersons` with the role `Registered Agent`, as a company. It is not an officer of the entity.
Legal address is the registered agent’s office	Non-resident entities have no separate registered office. `legalAddress` is the registered agent’s address in Majuro, so many entities share the same address.
No UBO register	The Marshall Islands does not maintain a public beneficial ownership register.
No activity codes	The register does not collect industry classification codes, so no NACE or ISIC codes are returned.
Name search is prefix-based	Name search matches the beginning of the legal name, not words in the middle of it. Search by entity number when you have it.
Status is not good standing	The register’s public record shows existence and status only, and the register marks its entity record as not a statement of good standing. A Certificate of Good Standing is not offered.
Registration date	`registrationDate` is the register’s existence (formation) date.

Mappings

Company Status

Status is mapped deterministically from the register’s status value.

Local Status	English Translation	`active`
Active	Active	`true`
Annulled	Annulled	`false`
Dissolved	Dissolved	`false`
Transferred	Transferred	`false`
Conversion	Conversion	`false`

A status value outside this list is returned with its localName and no active flag.

Legal Forms

Legal form is mapped deterministically from the register’s entity type, a closed list of six values. The register does not publish ISO 20275 (ELF) codes, so iso20275Code is not returned.

Local Name	English Translation	Standardized
Corporation	Corporation	`Corporation`
Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	`Limited Liability Company`
Partnership	Partnership	`Partnership`
Limited Partnership	Limited Partnership	`Partnership`
Foreign Maritime	Foreign Maritime Entity	`Other`
Resident Entity	Resident Entity	`Other`

Legal Representatives

Not available. The register does not publish directors, officers or managers.

Other Key Persons

Local Role Name	Standardized	Holder
Registered Agent	`Registered Agent`	Company

The registered agent is returned with its legal name and address.

Shareholders

Not available. Shareholder and member registers are held privately by the entity and are not published by the register.

Activity Code Mapping

Not available. The register does not collect industry classification codes.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

The same fields are returned in onboarding and verification mode.

Data Point	Available	Notes
Company name	Yes	Current legal name
Entity number	Yes	`identifiers.entityNumber`
Company status	Yes	See Company Status
Legal form	Yes	Closed list of six entity types
Registration date	Yes	Existence (formation) date
Legal address	Yes	The registered agent’s office
Registered agent	Yes	Under `otherKeyPersons`, with name and address
Legal representatives	No	Not published by the register
Shareholders	No	Not published by the register
UBOs	No	No public beneficial ownership register
Activity codes	No	Not collected by the register
Tax IDs	No	Not issued for non-resident entities

Documents by Company Type

Response Key	Document	Entity Types	Contents
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Non-Resident Entity Report (PDF)	All	Entity number, legal name, entity type, status, existence (formation) date, registered agent name and address

The Trade Register Extract is included with the company data. It is listed for every entity through the availableDocuments datapoint. See the pricing page for current pricing.

Example API Responses

Search by name

curl "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=MH&query=PACIFIC%20EXAMPLE" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "123456",
    "countryCode": "MH",
    "legalName": "PACIFIC EXAMPLE SHIPPING LTD",
    "matchReason": { "matchType": "default" }
  },
  {
    "id": "123789",
    "countryCode": "MH",
    "legalName": "PACIFIC EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
    "matchReason": { "matchType": "default" }
  }
]

Search by entity number

curl "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=MH&query=123456" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "123456",
    "countryCode": "MH",
    "legalName": "PACIFIC EXAMPLE SHIPPING LTD",
    "matchReason": { "matchType": "id", "identifier": { "entityNumber": "123456" } }
  }
]

Active corporation with registered agent

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "MH", "id": "123456", "dataPoints": ["company", "otherKeyPersons"]}'

{
  "company": {
    "id": "123456",
    "countryCode": "MH",
    "identifiers": { "entityNumber": "123456" },
    "legalName": "PACIFIC EXAMPLE SHIPPING LTD",
    "registrationDate": "2024-08-21",
    "status": { "localName": "Active", "active": true },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Corporation",
      "englishTranslation": "Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Example Complex, Example Road", "city": "Majuro", "postalCode": "96960", "countryCode": "MH" }
  },
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "company",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "Registered Agent" },
      "company": {
        "legalName": "EXAMPLE REGISTERED AGENT, INC.",
        "countryCode": "MH",
        "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Example Complex, Example Road", "city": "Majuro", "postalCode": "96960", "countryCode": "MH" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Dissolved limited liability company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "123789",
    "countryCode": "MH",
    "identifiers": { "entityNumber": "123789" },
    "legalName": "PACIFIC EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
    "registrationDate": "2015-03-02",
    "status": { "localName": "Dissolved", "active": false },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Limited Liability Company",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Example Complex, Example Road", "city": "Majuro", "postalCode": "96960", "countryCode": "MH" }
  }
}

Available documents

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "MH", "id": "123456", "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"]}'

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "doc_tre_123",
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "format": "pdf"
    }
  }
}

Downloaded Trade Register Extract

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "MH", "id": "123456", "documents": ["doc_tre_123"]}'

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "doc_tre_123",
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "format": "pdf",
      "url": "https://files.example.com/documents/doc_tre_123.pdf?sig=..."
    }
  }
}

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