2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 100-B - Business Entity Database.

* §  100-b.  Business entity database. 1. The secretary of state shall
maintain a publicly available database on its website for each  business
entity organized in New York state and each foreign business entity with
authority  to do business in the state, that includes but is not limited
to, the following information:
(a) the name of the business entity;
(b) the  history  of  such  name  and  changes  to  such  name,  where
applicable;
(c) the current business street address and the county associated with
such business street address;
(d)  the duration or date of dissolution of the business entity, where
applicable;
(e) where the business entity is a limited liability company, the date
of initial filing of the articles of organization, or where the business
entity is a foreign  limited  liability  company,  the  application  for
authority;
(f) the date of the most recent filing;
(g) the filing history associated with such entity; and
(h) any other information pertaining to such business entity as may be
determined  by  the secretary of state and in accordance with applicable
state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
2. (a) In addition to the information required to be included  in  the
database  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section, the secretary of
state shall also include the full legal name or names of each beneficial
owner, for every limited liability company and foreign limited liability
company where such companies are also reporting companies.
(b) The secretary  of  state  shall  establish,  through  regulations,
procedures to allow beneficial owners of limited liability companies and
foreign limited liability companies who are also reporting companies who
cite significant privacy interests to apply for a waiver to withhold the
name  and/or  business address associated of a beneficial owner from the
database established in subdivision one of this section where such  name
and/or business address discloses personal or identifying information of
such  beneficial  owner, no amendment to such information mitigates such
disclosure, and such disclosure serves no public  interest.  Significant
privacy  interests  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  where a
beneficial owner  is  a  natural  person  participating  in  an  address
confidentiality  program,  or is a member of a limited liability company
acting as a relator in a qui tam action filed pursuant  to  section  one
hundred  ninety  of the state finance law or 31 U.S.C. section 3729. The
secretary of state shall issue a waiver to a  beneficial  owner  upon  a
demonstration  that  a  significant  privacy  interest  exists and shall
provide  guidance  on  its  website  indicating  what  documentation  is
acceptable  as proof for issuance of a waiver. If the secretary of state
grants a beneficial owner a waiver pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the
secretary  of  state  shall  disclose  the anonymized unique identifying
number assigned by the secretary of state to each  beneficial  owner  or
owners  pursuant to section two hundred fifteen or section eight hundred
ten of the limited liability company law, as may be  applicable  to  the
database  established  in subdivision one of this section. The secretary
of state  shall  also  provide  information  on  its  website  regarding
compliance with beneficial ownership disclosure requirements and how and
where such information may be used and disclosed.
* NB Effective and Repealed January 1, 2026