Certificate of Incorporation (CAC) Verification
CAC Lookup API
To perform a verification on a business's certificate of incorporation, make a POST request to the following endpoint;
https://api.korapay.com/merchant/api/v1/identities/ng/cac
The request body should have the following parameters:
{
"id": "RC00000011",
"verification_consent": true
}
The fields in this request include:
| Field | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | String | Required - the ID number |
registration_name | String | Optional - the registered name of the business |
verification_consent | Boolean | Required - this indicates that subject has given consent to perform this verification. This must be true for the check to be performed. |
The response to this request would look like this:
{
"status": true,
"message": "CAC verified successfully",
"data": {
"reference": "VR-TCGSjd4tgYaquSE20",
"id": "RC00000011",
"id_type": "ng_cac",
"name": "John Doe Inc",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone_number": "+1 000 000 0000",
"search_business_name": null,
"former_name": null,
"brand_name": null,
"registration_number": "RC00000000",
"registry_number": "00000000",
"vat_number": "00000000-0001",
"registration_date": "2017-06-09T00:00:00.000+00:00",
"registration_submission_date": "2017-05-31T11:22:07.713+00:00",
"date_dissolved": null,
"tin": "00000000-0001",
"jtb_tin": null,
"tax_office": null,
"website_email": null,
"type_of_entity": "PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES",
"activity": "Information service activities",
"address": "1ST FLOOR,SUM HOUSE,Fake Street",
"state": "LAGOS",
"lga": "Lagos Mainland",
"city": "YABA",
"branch_address": "1ST FLOOR,SUM HOUSE,Fake Street, YABA, LAGOS STATE ",
"head_office_address": null,
"objectives": "",
"company_status": "ACTIVE",
"last_updated_at": "2022-03-30T14:19:35.571+00:00",
"share_capital_in_words": "TEN MILLION NAIRA",
"paid_share_capital": "10000000",
"subscribed_share_capital": "10000000",
"shares_value": "0.01 NGN",
"activity_description": "Information service activities",
"shares_issued": "10000000",
"parent_country": null,
"company_contact_persons": [
{
"contacts": {
"email": [
"[email protected]"
],
"phone": [
"08034926354"
]
},
"name": "Eboikpomwen Eki "
}
],
"country": "ng",
"key_personnel": [
{
"name": "PETER DOE",
"designation": "WITNESS",
"is_corporate": false,
"appointed_on": null,
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": "",
"shares_value": null,
"shares_count": null,
"occupation": "LAWYER",
"nationality": null,
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": "",
"address": "8C, NONE STREET, ZONE 4",
"country_of_residence": "NIGERIA",
"number": "",
"is_foreign": "false",
"document_type": "",
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": "",
"email": "",
"phone_number": "",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
},
{
"name": "SUSAN DOE",
"designation": "SECRETARY_COMPANY",
"is_corporate": false,
"appointed_on": null,
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": "",
"shares_value": null,
"shares_count": null,
"occupation": "SECRETARY",
"nationality": "NIGERIA",
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": "FEMALE",
"address": "11, NONE CRESCENT",
"country_of_residence": "NIGERIA",
"number": "",
"is_foreign": "false",
"document_type": "",
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": "",
"email": "",
"phone_number": "",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
},
{
"name": "MICHAEL DOE",
"designation": "DIRECTOR",
"is_corporate": null,
"appointed_on": null,
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": null,
"shares_value": null,
"shares_count": null,
"occupation": "BUSINESS",
"nationality": "NIGERIA",
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": "MALE",
"address": "1, NONE STREET, ",
"country_of_residence": "NIGERIA",
"number": null,
"is_foreign": "false",
"document_type": null,
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": null,
"email": null,
"phone_number": null,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
},
{
"name": "JANE DOE INC",
"designation": "SHAREHOLDER",
"is_corporate": true,
"appointed_on": "2021-03-17T14:07:43.000+00:00",
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": "ORDINARY",
"shares_value": "9990000",
"shares_count": "9990000",
"occupation": null,
"nationality": null,
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": null,
"address": "01 COASTAL HIGHWAY,LEWES DE 000000 USA,COUNTY OF SUSSEX",
"country_of_residence": "UNITED STATES",
"number": null,
"is_foreign": "true",
"document_type": null,
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": null,
"email": null,
"phone_number": null,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
},
{
"name": "JOHN DOE",
"designation": "SHAREHOLDER",
"is_corporate": null,
"appointed_on": null,
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": "ORDINARY",
"shares_value": "10000",
"shares_count": "10000",
"occupation": null,
"nationality": null,
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": "MALE",
"address": "1 NONE STREET,LEKKI",
"country_of_residence": "NIGERIA",
"number": null,
"is_foreign": "false",
"document_type": null,
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": null,
"email": null,
"phone_number": null,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
},
{
"name": "JOHN DOE INC",
"designation": "PERSONS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL",
"is_corporate": true,
"appointed_on": "2022-03-30T14:42:16.554+00:00",
"resigned_on": null,
"shares_type": null,
"shares_value": null,
"shares_count": null,
"occupation": null,
"nationality": null,
"birth_year": null,
"birth_month": null,
"birth_date": null,
"date_of_birth": null,
"gender": null,
"address": "01 COASTAL HIGHWAY,LEWES DE 000000 ",
"country_of_residence": "UNITED STATES",
"number": null,
"is_foreign": "true",
"document_type": null,
"document_issued_by": null,
"document_issued_on": null,
"document_number": null,
"email": null,
"phone_number": null,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"companies": []
}
],
"activities": [],
"legal_entity_identifier_register": [
{
"legal_entity_identifier_code": "0000000000000000",
"legal_name": "John Doe PLC",
"legal_first_address_line": "1 FAKE CRICK AVENUE",
"legal_additional_address_line_1": "CAMBRIDGE BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS",
"legal_additional_address_line_2": "",
"legal_additional_address_line_3": "",
"legal_address_city": "CAMBRIDGE",
"legal_address_region": "GB-CAM",
"legal_address_country": "GB",
"legal_address_postal_code": "CB2 0AA",
"registration_authority_id": "R0000000",
"registration_authority_entity_id": "00000000",
"legal_jurisdiction": "GB",
"entity_category": "GENERAL",
"initial_registration_date": "2012-06-06",
"registration_last_update_date": "2021-08-21",
"registration_next_renewal_date": "2022-08-11",
"registration_managing_lou": "0000000000000000",
"registration_validation_sources": "FULLY_CORROBORATED",
"validation_authority_id": "RA000000",
"validation_authority_entity_id": "02700000",
"entity_status": "ACTIVE",
"status": "ISSUED"
}
],
"central_index_key_register": [
{
"cik": "000000",
"entity_type": "operating",
"sic": "3711",
"sic_description": "Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies",
"name": "John Doe, Inc.",
"ein": "000000000000",
"description": "",
"website": "",
"investor_website": "",
"tickers": [
"JOL"
],
"state_of_incorporation": "DE",
"business_address_street_1": "3500 FAKE ST ROAD",
"mailing_address_city": "PALO ALTO",
"business_address_street_2": null,
"business_address_city": "PALO ALTO",
"business_address_state_or_country": "CA",
"business_address_zip_code": "123454",
"business_address_state_or_country_description": "CA",
"phone_number": "000-000-0000",
"former_names": [
{
"from": "2005-02-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"to": "2017-01-27T00:00:00.000Z",
"name": "JOL MOTORS INC"
}
]
}
],
"filings": [
{
"date": "2020-10-31",
"name": "Dissolution",
"type": "Dissolution",
"status": null,
"type_code": null
},
{
"date": "2017-09-27",
"name": "Incorporation",
"type": "Incorporation",
"status": null,
"type_code": null
}
],
"affiliates": [
{
"name": "John Doe 1",
"brand_name": null,
"short_name": null,
"company_number": "0000.000.000",
"country": "NG"
},
{
"name": "John Doe 2",
"brand_name": null,
"short_name": null,
"company_number": "0000.000.0000",
"country": "NG"
}
],
"search_term": "RC00000011",
"requested_by": "API User"
}
}
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