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Liquor license and excise certificate records:


RETENTION: PERMANENT

CO2 363 13 Minority-, and women-, or disadvantaged-owned business files,

covering minority-, women-, or disadvantaged-owned (MWBE and DBE) businesses doing business with or in the jurisdiction of a local government

2020 (♦)
CO2 367; MU1 338; ED1 172; MI1 282 8

a: Summary record listing businesses, eligibility criteria and official government policy statement:
RETENTION: PERMANENT

b: Detailed application/questionnaire/response completed by business:
RETENTION: 5 years after date of most recent entry in record
NOTES: Appraise these records for historical significance prior to disposition. If the local government uses its own rather than statewide criteria for approving these businesses, then these records may document minority-, women-, or disadvantaged-owned businesses operating in the community.

c: Directory of state-approved minority-, women-, and disadvantaged-owned businesses, maintained by State Department of Economic Development or New York State Unified Certification Program:
RETENTION: 0 after superseded

d: Other records, including job quotes, bid lists, referrals, credit and character references and affidavits, but not including summary record, detailed application/questionnaire/response, eligibility criteria and official government policy statement, and state-supplied directory of businesses:
RETENTION: 6 years after contract expiration

Copy of inspection and/or investigation report,

relating to licensing and operation for non-profit organization conducting bingo or games of chance:
RETENTION: 1 year

CO2 863 11 Public utility gross income tax return,

filed with city or village receiving tax payment from utility:
RETENTION: 6 years

MU1 327 10 Chattel mortgages and conditional sales

NOTES: Local governments may wish to consider long-term or permanent retention for chattel mortgage records since documentation often contains information about debtor-creditor relations and transactions, as well as prove useful for social history.

2020 (♦)
CO2 169; MU1 330 9

a: Index volume or other master listing of chattel mortgages and/or conditional sales:
RETENTION: PERMANENT

b: Chattel mortgage or conditional sale contract and satisfaction:
RETENTION: 0

Power generating facility licensing records,

covering all records submitted to municipality as part of nuclear power, hydropower, cogeneration or other power facility licensing or relicensing process, including but not limited to maps and plans, construction specifications, reports and studies, copies of applications, copies of court transcripts and environmental data collected as part of application process

MU1 738 14

a: Copies held by municipality where facility (or proposed facility) is located:
RETENTION: PERMANENT

b: Copies held by other municipalities in the area, supplied by applicant for informational purposes:
RETENTION: 0 after no longer needed

Assumed business name certificates

(D.B.A.-Doing Business As) and related materials

CO2 182; MU1 740 6

a: Assumed business name certificate:
RETENTION: 6 years after discontinuance filed

b: Assumed business name certificate index:
RETENTION: PERMANENT

Register of professions,

including nurses, midwives, doctors and other professionals:
RETENTION: PERMANENT

CO2 189; MU1 741 7 Lottery, raffle, or other fund-raising game or event records,

except bingo or games of chance, when operated by local government:
RETENTION: 3 years
NOTES: Records relating to licensing of bingo or games of chance by local governments are covered under the Games of Chance/Bingo/Lottery section.

2020 (♦)
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Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/" target="_blank">California (CA) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do?resetTransTyp=Y" target="_blank">Colorado (CO) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.concord-sots.ct.gov/CONCORD/online?sn=PublicInquiry&eid=9740" target="_blank">Connecticut (CT) Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx" target="_blank">Delaware (DE)–Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/Account.aspx/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2f" target="_blank">District of Columbia (DC) Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (need login)</a></li> <li><a href="http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName" target="_blank">Florida (FL) – Division of Corporations</a></li> <li><a href="https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/BusinessSearch" target="_blank">Georgia (GA) – Secretary of 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target="_blank">Louisiana (LA) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MainPage=x" target="_blank">Maine (ME) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://egov.maryland.gov/BusinessExpress/EntitySearch" target="_blank">Maryland (MD) – Department of Assessments and Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx" target="_blank">Massachusetts (MA) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx" target="_blank">Michigan (MI) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search" target="_blank">Minnesota (MN) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessIdSearch/portal.aspx?#clear=1" target="_blank">Mississippi (MS) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BESearch.aspx?SearchType=0" target="_blank">Missouri (MO) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mtsosfilings.gov/mtsos-master/relay.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtsosfilings.gov%2Fmtsos-master%2Fservice%2Fcreate.html%3FtargetAppCode%3Dmtsos-master%26targetRegisterAppCode%26service%3DregisterItemSearch&target=mtsos-master" target="_blank">Montana (MT) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi" target="_blank">Nebraska (NE) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nvsos.gov/sos" target="_blank">Nevada (NV) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire" target="_blank">New Hampshire (NH) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/Search/BusinessName" target="_blank">New Jersey (NJ) – Division of Revenue</a></li> <li><a href="https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/CorporationBusinessSearch" target="_blank">New Mexico (NM) – Public 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target="_blank">Rhode Island (RI) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search" target="_blank">South Carolina (SC) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx" target="_blank">South Dakota (SD) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingSearch.aspx" target="_blank">Tennessee (TN) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/" target="_blank">Texas (TX) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://secure.utah.gov/bes/" target="_blank">Utah (UT) – Department of Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="https://sos.vermont.gov/" target="_blank">Vermont (VT) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Find/Business" target="_blank">Virginia (VA) – State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/corps_search.aspx" target="_blank">Washington (WA) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/" target="_blank">West Virginia (WV) – Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wdfi.org/apps/CorpSearch/Search.aspx" target="_blank">Wisconsin (WI) – Department of Financial Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="https://wyobiz.wy.gov/business/filingsearch.aspx" target="_blank">Wyoming (WY) –Secretary of State</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/" target="_blank">Industry Canada – (Incorporation in Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/" target="_blank">NYC Department of Finance: Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS)</a></li> </ul><h4>News Articles and General Information</h4> <ul><li><a href="http://www.business.com/" target="_blank">Business.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/" target="_blank">Business Journals</a></li> <li><a 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