Track your California entities in bizfile Online by API

What you can build on bizfile Online

• Get an entity's status and standing

  Build this

  Looks up the entity number in Business Search and reads its record details: status, the three standing fields, addresses, agent and Statement of Info due date.

  Takes

  Entity number

  Returns

  Entity name, entity number, status, entity type, formed in, initial filing date, standing SOS, FTB and agent, principal and mailing address, agent, Statement of Info due date

• List the entities in My Records

  Build this

  Reads the My Business Records table for your account, with each entity's Statement of Info due date from its record details.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  Entity name, entity number, initial filing date, status, entity type, formed in, agent, Statement of Info due date

• Check submissions in My Work Queue

  Build this

  Reads the My Business Work Queue table: each filing you submitted, its document number, status and status date.

  Takes

  Status (optional)

  Returns

  Entity name, form, document number, status, status date

• File a Statement of Information

  Build this

  Opens the entity in My Records, selects File Statement of Information, completes the form with the details you give and submits it.

  Takes

  Entity number, principal and mailing address, officers or managers, agent for service of process

  Returns

  Entity name, document number, status, status date

Automate bizfile Online with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Statements of Information coming due, every entity

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  List the entities in My Records with each one's Statement of Info due date.

  Step 2

  Keep the entities due in the next 60 days.

  Step 3

  Email you the list, sorted by due date, with status and agent.

• Filings that changed status in My Work Queue

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 9:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  Read the My Business Work Queue table.

  Step 2

  Keep the rows whose status changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post each one, with entity, form, document number and status, to your webhook.

• Standing of the entities you track

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  For each entity number in your list, get the entity's status and standing.

  Step 2

  Keep the entities whose status or any standing field changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post them to your webhook with the old and new values.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get an entity's status and standing” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/get_entity_status",
    "input": {
      "entity_number": "B20250012345"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "entity_name": "Northwind Logistics LLC",
    "entity_number": "B20250012345",
    "status": "Active",
    "entity_type": "Limited Liability Company - CA",
    "formed_in": "CALIFORNIA",
    "initial_filing_date": "2025-03-14",
    "standing_sos": "Good",
    "standing_ftb": "Good",
    "standing_agent": "Good",
    "principal_address": "1200 Harbor Way, Oakland, CA 94607",
    "mailing_address": "1200 Harbor Way, Oakland, CA 94607",
    "agent": "Acme Registered Agents Inc.",
    "statement_of_info_due_date": "2027-03-31"
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

Bizfile Online’s own options

The Secretary of State runs an API portal with California Business Entity Search APIs: keyword search and entity details. A subscription needs approval, and the API is described as available to government agencies only at this time. Filings, orders and My Work Queue are used by hand in bizfile Online.

Read on November 12, 2026: CA SOS API Management Portal, bizfile California, bizfile Online Account Setup and User Access Guide.

Signing in to bizfile Online

bizfile Online signs you in through an Okta screen with your email address as the username and a password. Filing for an entity also needs User Access to its record. With Fous you sign in once through that screen with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, never shown to code or AI agents, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

User Access is needed to file

Since August 1, 2026, filing a Statement of Information online requires User Access to the entity's record. Set it up for the account before you build a filing method.

Access comes by PIN letter or from a user

Request PIN mails a PIN to the entity's mailing address on file. If someone already has Full Access, Request Access emails them, and they grant Basic or Full Access.

New entity numbers start with B

New entities get a 12-character entity number that starts with B. Keep entity numbers as text in your own systems, with the B.

Due dates follow the formation month

A Statement of Information is filed in a six-month window that ends in the month the entity was formed. Late filing may bring Franchise Tax Board penalties and suspension.

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