Does the Secretary of States Office keep record of stock ownership?
No. Stock ownership is not a matter of public record. To find this information you may contact the corporation’s secretary or stock record agent. Keep in mind they are not required to disclose this information except to shareholders. I was cleaning out my grandparents attic and found some old stock certificates for a company that was incorporated in Idaho … can you tell me if the company still exists and if the stock is worth anything? Yes and no. We can search our records and tell you the history of the corporation – whether the company still exists under the same name, has merged, changed it’s name, dissolved, etc. If the company is still in existence we can tell you the address we have on file and the most current officers shown on their annual report. We cannot tell you any information n stock value, it is not a part of the information filed with us. There is a web site, Scripophily.net, that contains information on how to go about researching old stock value. It can give you som
