Legal Question in Business Law in Massachusetts
Corporate Stock Certificates
Are records of corporate stock holders filed somewhere? If so where?
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Corporate Stock Certificates
Persosn holding more than a certain percentage of a publiclytraded company must be disclosed with public filings. For all corporations, the records of ownership would be kept by the business.
Re: Corporate Stock Certificates
Your question is vague and open-ended, but the things you are seeking, if you are asking about a Massachusetts company, might be on file with the Secretary of State's Office. Go to Mass.gov, then link to S of S from there.
Re: Corporate Stock Certificates
Public companies must register any shareholder holding more than 5% of the company and file a registration statement with the SEC and you can find that information on line.
Privately held companies are not required to file that information in MA, but they are required to keep a stock ledger that lists the names and addresses of the shareholders. Public companies are required to do the same.