Louisiana (US)

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

Louisiana coverage, pricing, and sources

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

API access: US-LA is accepted by the API, but it is not yet listed in the request countryCode enum of the OpenAPI reference.

Data Sources

Louisiana data comes from the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. This is the official register of business filings for the state. It covers domestic and foreign corporations (Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes), limited liability companies, limited and general partnerships, trade names and trademarks, name reservations, and historical name records.

Prefill (fast, non-authoritative). Answers from a regularly refreshed copy of the register’s business-name index: legal name, Charter Number, status (active / inactive) and city. Legal representatives and registered agents come back empty in this mode, and shareholders are not available.
Verification (authoritative). Each query reads live against the register and returns the legal name, Charter Number, entity type, current status with the inactivation reason when applicable, the registration date, the registered agent or agents with their address, the officer roster preserved as filed, owners for member-managed LLCs and registered partnerships, and one entity address chosen from the address types Louisiana publishes (Domicile, Mailing, Principal Business Office, Registered Office in Louisiana, Principal Business Establishment in Louisiana).

Sole proprietors and most general partnerships file at the parish (county) level and are out of scope at the state level. Trade names (“DBA”) and trademarks are searchable on the same portal but are not full business entities. They appear in search results but are not returned as company profiles.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Louisiana Charter Number	8 digits followed by one uppercase letter (9 characters), leading zeros included	`29504510F`	No separators. The register documents this shape and requires all 9 characters for a lookup (e.g. `36528934K`, `03002150N`).

The Charter Number is shown on every page of the CORAweb portal as Charter Number:. It is the single primary identifier. Louisiana does not assign a separate state-level tax ID, NAICS code, or other public identifier we expose.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`charterNumber`	8 digits + one uppercase letter	`29504510F`	All entities

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is returned when a company identifier has a unique match against this jurisdiction’s registration or validation references in GLEIF. An LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) has 20 uppercase letters and digits, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. The field is omitted when no unambiguous match is available. Lapsed or retired LEIs may be returned; annulled records are excluded.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Louisiana Charter Number	8 digits + one letter (all 9 characters)	`29504510F`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By name	2–200 characters	`"Walmart"`	Substring (case-insensitive)	Up to 10

Name search returns up to 10 matches, each with its Charter Number. “Previous Name” and “Trade Name” rows are filtered out because they route to the same underlying entity and would duplicate the real result.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active. Each result carries the register’s status, so activeOnly=true removes the inactive ones.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Charter Number suffix is significant	Most active filings have a single trailing letter (e.g. `29504510F`, `36528934K`). Older records may not. The suffix is part of the identifier and must be preserved in queries.
Five distinct address types	Louisiana publishes Domicile, Mailing, Principal Business Office, Registered Office in Louisiana, and Principal Business Establishment in Louisiana. The first three reflect the entity’s filing wherever incorporated; the last two are mandatory for any entity registered to do business in Louisiana. The API returns the most operationally relevant one as `legalAddress`.
Inactivation carries a reason	When an entity is `Inactive`, the register also exposes a free-form `Inactive Reason` (e.g. “Action By Secretary of State”, “Revoked”). The reason is folded into the status `localName` so customers see both the state and the cause.
Officer titles preserved as filed	Louisiana files officer roles as comma-separated titles (e.g. `President, Director`, `Executive Vice-President, Secretary`). Roles are returned verbatim. LLCs typically use `Member` or `Manager` instead of the corporate vocabulary.
Previous name history	When an entity changes its legal name, the prior name(s) are kept on the public record with a change date.
Owners for some entity types only	Louisiana publishes the members of member-managed LLCs and the partners of registered partnerships. They are returned as `shareholders` in verification mode, with no ownership percentage (a sole member or sole partner is reported at 100%). Corporations and manager-managed LLCs publish no owners, so the datapoint returns an explanatory error for them. There is no beneficial-ownership register at the state level, and federal FinCEN records are restricted.
No industry classification	The Commercial Division does not collect NAICS, NACE, or ISIC codes.
Apostilles are not orderable online	Apostilled certificates require a phone order through the Commercial Division (225.925.4704). They are not part of this integration.

Mappings

Entity Types

The register publishes the entity type as a label. The labels and their standardized mapping are stable.

CORAweb Label	Standardized Form	Active in this dataset
Business Corporation	Corporation	Yes
Business Corporation (Non-Louisiana)	Corporation	Yes
Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	Yes
Limited Liability Company (Non-Louisiana)	Limited Liability Company	Yes
Partnership	Partnership	Yes
Partnership (Non-Louisiana)	Partnership	Yes
Limited Partnership	Partnership	Yes
Nonprofit Corporation	Nonprofit Organization	Yes
Trade Name	Other (trade name)	Listed only
Trademark	Other (trademark)	Listed only
Previous Name	Other (name history)	Listed only

The (Non-Louisiana) suffix flags foreign entities that are registered to do business in Louisiana but were chartered in another jurisdiction. The data model is the same. The suffix is preserved on the returned legalForm.localName so downstream consumers can distinguish them.

Officer Roles

Louisiana files officer titles as free-form labels and may include multiple titles per officer (comma-separated). The most common values are listed below; less common combinations are preserved verbatim.

Local Title	Mapped Role
President	President
Vice-President	Vice-President
Executive Vice-President	Vice-President (Executive)
Secretary	Secretary
Treasurer	Treasurer
Director	Board Member (other key person)
Officer	Officer
Member	Other (LLC member; authority depends on management)
Manager	Manager (LLC)

When an officer holds multiple titles (e.g. President, Director), every title is preserved on legalRepresentative.role.localName. Each office is classified separately: an executive office can appear in legal representatives while a governing Director office appears in other key persons. Known labels have deterministic English and standardized meanings; unfamiliar titles retain their source text and may use AI enrichment. Corporate office powers depend on bylaws or board authorization. LLC members represent where management is reserved to members; a manager roster routes nonmanaging members to other key persons. No sole or joint signing mode is inferred.

Status

Louisiana exposes a small set of status values. When an entity is Inactive, the API surfaces the cause in status.localName (e.g. Inactive — Action By Secretary of State).

Local Status	Active
Active	Yes
Inactive — Action By Secretary of State	No
Inactive — Revoked	No
Inactive — Withdrawn	No
Inactive — Merged	No
Inactive — Dissolved	No

The Annual Report Status (e.g. In Good Standing) is also published on the profile when applicable.

Statutory Filings

Louisiana entities file an annual report confirming the entity’s particulars are current. The register publishes “Last Report Filed”, returned on the cross-country statutoryFilings field as lastFiled.filedOn. No forward-looking due date is published.

{
  "statutoryFilings": {
    "annualFiling": {
      "cadence": "annual",
      "lastFiled": { "filedOn": "2025-04-30" },
      "source": "la_sos"
    }
  }
}

US states publish no statutory accounts, so the accounts obligation is absent rather than returned empty. An empty object would read as “we looked and found nothing”, which is a different claim. Placeholder cells such as N/A or Inactive, Not Applicable are dropped rather than parsed as dates, so an entity with no obligation simply has no statutoryFilings.

Data Availability

Datapoint	Available	Notes
Company profile	Yes	Verification: legal name, Charter Number, entity type, status with inactivation reason, registration date, and one entity address as `legalAddress`. Prefill: legal name, Charter Number, status and city. Prior names are not returned in the API response.
Registered agent(s)	Yes	Returned as `otherKeyPersons` with the role `registeredAgent`. Includes name and address; the appointment date is not returned. Louisiana allows multiple registered agents per entity. Verification only; empty in onboarding.
Legal representatives	Yes	Representing executive and management offices; governing-only directors and nonmanaging members appear in other key persons. Source titles are preserved. Verification only; empty in onboarding.
Shareholders	Yes (verification, some entity types)	Members of member-managed LLCs and partners of registered partnerships, with no ownership percentage (a sole owner is reported at 100%). Corporations and manager-managed LLCs return an explanatory error.
Ultimate beneficial owners	No	Louisiana does not maintain a public beneficial-ownership register.
Activity codes	No	The Commercial Division does not collect NAICS, NACE, or ISIC codes.
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Printable PDF of the CORAweb Commercial Search Details page, captured at request time. Included with the company profile at no extra charge.
Information Certificate	Yes	Official certified Trade Register Extract issued by the Secretary of State. Paid document, see below.
Certificate of Good Standing	Yes	Official certified document confirming the entity exists and is current on its filings and fees. Paid document, see below.

Documents

Document	Format	Certified	Notes
Trade Register Extract	PDF	No	Printable rendering of the public profile, generated at request time. Included with the company profile at no extra charge.
Information Certificate	PDF	Yes	Official certified data snapshot (name, Charter Number, type, status, addresses, registered agent, officers), sealed by the Secretary of State as of the issue date.
Certificate of Good Standing	PDF	Yes	Official certificate attesting that the entity exists and is current on filings and fees, sealed by the Secretary of State as of the issue date.

Both certified documents are issued live by the Louisiana Secretary of State and are retrievable for 120 days after issue. The Trade Register Extract is generated on-demand and reflects whatever the public profile shows at the moment of the request.

Certified documents are paid by the Secretary of State per certificate. See the live pricing page for the current rate.

Example API Responses

Active foreign business corporation

Search returns the exact match first by Charter Number (other results may follow), and the profile carries the foreign-chartered Domicile address alongside the Louisiana registered office.

{
  "id": "29504510F",
  "countryCode": "US-LA",
  "legalName": "EXAMPLE INC.",
  "identifiers": {
    "charterNumber": "29504510F"
  },
  "status": {
    "localName": "Active",
    "active": true
  },
  "legalForm": {
    "localName": "Business Corporation (Non-Louisiana)",
    "standardized": "Corporation"
  },
  "registrationDate": "1971-07-14",
  "legalAddress": {
    "addressLine1": "1 EXAMPLE WAY",
    "city": "BENTONVILLE",
    "region": "AR",
    "postalCode": "72716",
    "countryCode": "US"
  }
}

Active officer roster (legalRepresentatives)

LA preserves multi-title officers as comma-separated localNames.

{
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "President, Director" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "JANE EXAMPLE" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "1 EXAMPLE WAY",
          "city": "BENTONVILLE",
          "region": "AR",
          "postalCode": "72716",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Vice-President, Secretary" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "JOHN EXAMPLE" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Registered agent (otherKeyPersons)

Louisiana allows the registered agent to be either an individual or a company. Corporate agents are returned with type: "company".

{
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "company",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Registered Agent",
        "standardized": "Registered Agent"
      },
      "company": {
        "legalName": "EXAMPLE AGENT SERVICES, INC.",
        "countryCode": "US-LA",
        "legalAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "100 EXAMPLE ST.",
          "city": "BATON ROUGE",
          "region": "LA",
          "postalCode": "70802",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Inactive LLC

Inactive entities carry the inactivation reason on status.localName.

{
  "id": "36528934K",
  "countryCode": "US-LA",
  "legalName": "EXAMPLE LLC",
  "identifiers": {
    "charterNumber": "36528934K"
  },
  "status": {
    "localName": "Inactive — Action By Secretary of State",
    "active": false
  },
  "legalForm": {
    "localName": "Limited Liability Company",
    "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
  },
  "registrationDate": "2007-08-28",
  "legalAddress": {
    "addressLine1": "100 EXAMPLE RD.",
    "city": "EUNICE",
    "region": "LA",
    "postalCode": "70535",
    "countryCode": "US"
  }
}

Available documents

All three documents are advertised unconditionally. The certified documents reflect whatever the entity’s actual status is at the time of issue.

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "format": "pdf"
    },
    "certifiedTradeRegisterExtract": {
      "name": "Information Certificate",
      "format": "pdf"
    },
    "certificateOfGoodStanding": {
      "name": "Certificate of Good Standing",
      "format": "pdf"
    }
  }
}

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Louisiana coverage, pricing, and sources

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Entity Types

Officer Roles

Status

Statutory Filings

Data Availability

Documents

Example API Responses

​Start here

Louisiana coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​Search Capabilities

​Active companies only

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Entity Types

​Officer Roles

​Status

​Statutory Filings

​Data Availability

​Documents

​Example API Responses

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Entity Types

Officer Roles

Status

Statutory Filings

Data Availability

Documents

Example API Responses