Massachusetts Resources
Business Certificate/DBA Filings
Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
Divisions of Professional Licensure
Health Professions (other than Doctors)
Lawyer/Attorney (obtain Good Standing)
Municipalities/District Court Jurisdictions
Forced DBA Procedure/ Name Not Available in Massachusetts
Lien and Litigation Search Options Chart
Register of Deeds, Mass Counties
Information Page and Request Form
- The online request format requires taxpayer login credentials and calls for submission of detailed information by a person with knowledge of the companies finances. Online requests generally take a few days for Dept of Revenue to process.
- The paper request form does include a section allowing for Power of Attorney, but our experience is that even when the Power of Attorney option is utilized, the Dept of Revenue tends to return everything directly to Taxpayer. Paper requests can take several weeks to process. The Dept of Revenue considers the paper form to be a backup option for use when the online option cannot be utilized for any reason.
Standards of Notary Conduct, Executive Order 445
Notarization Language, Standard Formats
Records Maintenance Address information
FAQs (and additional MA corporate resources)
Certificates of Change: do I need them?
LLC, LP, LLP Annual Reports: do I need them?
ID# field in MA records: Is that the entity's actual FID#?
Does Manager/GP need to qualify in MA?
Tax Certificates Needed for Reinstatement?