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This guide contains public integration notes for Minnesota. 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.

Minnesota coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
- Legal Forms
- Officer Roles
Data Availability

API access: US-MN is not yet part of the public countryCode enum. Contact us to enable it on your workspace. Requests sent with countryCode: "US-MN" will otherwise return 400 until the enum is expanded.

Data Sources

Minnesota uses a single integration against the Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Business & Lien System (MBLS). The register covers business corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, cooperatives, and other entity types filed with the Secretary of State. Trademark and service mark registrations and assumed names are also present in the system.

MBLS public portal (live, authoritative). Company name, file number, business type, filing status, filing date, renewal due date, registered office address, principal executive office address, registered agent, and filed managers/officers are read live from the public MBLS search and detail pages at mblsportal.sos.mn.gov.

Trade Register Extract included. Each company lookup includes a free printable extract of the MBLS business record detail page: the MBLS Business Record Details. This PDF is included at no extra charge alongside the company data.

Certified copies and Certificates of Good Standing are available from the Secretary of State but require an MBLS account and a paid order. These are not yet offered through Topograph. See the pricing page for document availability.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Minnesota File Number	Up to 12 alphanumeric characters; may contain a single internal dash	`631180100027`, `1K-1056`, `886-NPA`	Assigned by the Minnesota Secretary of State (MBLS). Numeric-only and alphanumeric forms are both valid.

Minnesota file numbers are alphanumeric and may contain a single internal dash (for example 1K-1056 or 886-NPA). Letters are significant and the number is case-insensitive. Pass it in any case and the API normalizes to uppercase. Do not strip the dash.

File number collisions. The same numeric file number can be assigned to entities of different types. For example, a trademark registration and a business entity may both carry file number 4912. When a file-number search returns multiple candidates that cannot be distinguished, the API returns resource_not_found. Use name search to locate the entity and pass the exact ID returned by search.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Response field	Format	Found In
Minnesota File Number	`company.identifiers.fileNumber`	Up to 12 alphanumeric characters, optional dash	All entities
MBLS Filing GUID	`company.identifiers.filingGuid`	UUID v4 string	Returned when available; not accepted as a search input

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Notes
By Name	2–250 characters	`"General Mills"`	Begins-with (case-insensitive)	Results capped; use a more specific query to narrow
By File Number	Up to 12 alphanumeric characters	`1K-1056`	Exact (normalized, case-insensitive)	Returns `matchType: id` when resolved

Name search. The MBLS portal anchors name search on the beginning of the legal name. Results include both active and inactive entities by default.

Ambiguous file numbers. If a file number resolves to multiple entities of different types, the lookup returns resource_not_found. Use name search to find the correct entity, then pass its ID to /v2/company.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Alphanumeric file numbers with dashes	File numbers are not always numeric. Forms like `1K-1056` and `886-NPA` are valid. The dash is load-bearing. Do not strip it. The API normalizes to uppercase.
File number collisions across entity types	The same short numeric file number can exist for multiple entity types (for example a trademark and a business entity). When ambiguous, the API returns `resource_not_found` rather than returning the wrong entity.
No shareholder or UBO data	Minnesota does not publish shareholder lists or beneficial ownership information through the Secretary of State business register.
No activity codes	The Secretary of State does not collect NAICS, NACE, or ISIC codes. Business type (domestic/foreign, entity form) is available, but industry classification is not.
Assumed names live in the same system	DBA/assumed name registrations are indexed in MBLS alongside formal entity filings. They may appear in name search results.
Trademarks and service marks are also present	Trademark and service mark registrations appear in the register and may show short numeric file numbers that collide with business entity file numbers.
Registered agent may be absent	Not all entities have a registered agent on file. The field is omitted when not present.
Renewal due date is present but not status	The detail page exposes a renewal due date and a status field. Entities whose renewal is overdue may show an inactive or dissolved status; always treat the live portal status as authoritative.
Certified copies and certificates are paid	Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence and certified copies require a paid MBLS account order and are not yet available through Topograph.

Mappings

Legal Forms

Legal form is sourced from the Business Type field on the MBLS detail page. The MBLS uses a fixed vocabulary of entity types drawn from Minnesota business statutes. The list below covers the most common forms seen in production. The full list, with standardized and ISO 20275 mappings where available, is on the pricing page.

Common Minnesota entity types

MBLS Business Type	Standardized
Domestic Business Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Business Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization
Foreign Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization
Domestic Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Domestic Limited Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Limited Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Cooperative	Cooperative
Foreign Cooperative	Cooperative
Trademark / Service Mark	Other
Assumed Name	Other

Legal form is returned as legalForm.localName (the raw MBLS label). Standardized mapping is applied where available. For the complete enum including ISO 20275 codes, see the pricing page.

Officer Roles

Officer and manager titles are sourced from the MBLS detail page. The register records a set of known party types (Manager, President, Chief Executive Officer, Registered Agent, Organizer, Incorporator, and others). Raw role titles are normalized to a standardized Topograph role label and English translation.

Common MBLS Role	Standardized	Notes
Manager	Manager	LLCs: member-managed or manager-managed
President	President	Business corporations
Chief Executive Officer	ChiefExecutiveOfficer
Registered Agent	RegisteredAgent	Receives service of process; not a legal representative
Organizer	Incorporator	At formation
Incorporator	Incorporator
Applicant	Applicant	Trademark / assumed name filings
Markholder	Other	Trademark holder

Registered Agent is classified as an Other Key Person and is not included in legalRepresentatives. It is returned separately.

Data Availability

Data Point	Available	Notes
Company name	Yes	Current legal name from the MBLS portal
Company status	Yes	Live status from the MBLS detail page (Active, Inactive, Dissolved, etc.)
Registration date	Yes	Filing date from the MBLS detail page
Renewal due date	Yes	When present on the detail page
Legal address	Yes	Registered office address and principal executive office address when available
Legal form	Yes	MBLS business type, standardized
Legal representatives	Yes	Managers, presidents, CEOs, and other filed officers
Registered agent	Yes	Name and address when on file
Home jurisdiction	Yes	For foreign entities, the jurisdiction of formation
Activity codes	No	Not collected by the Secretary of State
Shareholders	No	Not published
UBOs	No	No public state-level beneficial ownership register
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Free printable MBLS Business Record Details PDF, included with each lookup
Certificate of Good Standing	Roadmap	Requires a paid MBLS account order; not yet available through Topograph
Certified copies	Roadmap	Requires a paid MBLS account order; not yet available through Topograph
Financial data	No	Not collected

For the full catalog of supported datapoints and documents, see the pricing page.

Example API Responses

Search by Name

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-MN&query=Acme+Manufacturing" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "123456789012",
    "legalName": "ACME MANUFACTURING LLC",
    "countryCode": "US-MN",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "default"
    },
    "address": {
      "region": "MN",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
]

Search by File Number

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-MN&query=1K-1056" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "1K-1056",
    "legalName": "ACME HOLDINGS, INC.",
    "countryCode": "US-MN",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "id"
    }
  }
]

Company Profile

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "US-MN", "id": "123456789012", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"]}'

{
  "company": {
    "id": "123456789012",
    "countryCode": "US-MN",
    "identifiers": {
      "fileNumber": "123456789012",
      "filingGuid": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
    },
    "legalName": "ACME MANUFACTURING LLC",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Active / In Good Standing",
      "standardized": "Active"
    },
    "registrationDate": "2005-03-15",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "LimitedLiabilityCompany"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "123 Main St",
      "city": "Minneapolis",
      "region": "MN",
      "postalCode": "55401",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "roles": [
        {
          "localName": "Manager",
          "standardized": "Manager"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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Minnesota coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Legal Forms

​Officer Roles

​Data Availability

​Example API Responses

​Search by Name

​Search by File Number

​Company Profile

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Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Legal Forms

Officer Roles

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by File Number

Company Profile