Other (indicate in message) Submitted: April 22, 2025 | Updated: May 9, 2025

(April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

Good afternoon Ann, Elaine, Tim, Publications, and NC Secretary of State Offices (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

If you are not the custodian of these records, please provide me with the name and email contact of the appropriate entity to which the request should be sent:

1) Please provide a comprehensive list (to include names and contact info) of all Registered Agents for all Administrative Courts located in Gaston County, NC. As of the present day [on the date the query is performed].

2) Please provide a comprehensive list (to include names and contact info) of all Registered Agents for all Administrative Courts located in Mecklenburg County, NC. As of the present day [on the date the query is performed].

Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel, PDF, or other machine-readable format, if possible. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
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Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.

By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816

The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

Thank you for your assistance!

** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Status: Completed

Activity:

  • May 9, 2025 3:00 pm

    1 month ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: generalcounsel <[email protected]>
    cc: Elaine Marshall <[email protected]>, pubs <[email protected]>, Tim Crowley <[email protected]>
    date: May 9, 2025, 3:00 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

     

    Hi Ann,

     

    Thank you for clarifying.

     

    I am going to close the request on our website, and I will now mark it as “Completed.”

     

    Thank you for your help!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


     

    Editor’s Note to Sender:

     

    This info. comes from our FAQs page:

     

    Who should I contact if I think there are results of requests that have been improperly disclosed or should be redacted?

     

    The results of all Completed requests are published on our site, and have been provided to Sunshine Request directly by the disclosing government agency (government entity).

     

    Sunshine Request’s policy in situations involving an alleged improper disclosure is to refer you to the disclosing agency (government entity). If any party feels that an alleged improper disclosure has taken place, please contact the disclosing agency (government entity) directly.

     

    If the disclosing agency, after a review of your case, determines that confidential information was improperly disclosed, and notifies us of such disclosure, we will then be able to review your case.

     

    Similarly — Sunshine Request has reviewed any info given to us from the NC Secretary of State Office to determine if it satisfies the initial request. We make no claim as to the veracity of records / responses we receive from Entities. If you have reason to believe that they have improperly disclosed (or are not disclosing) all available public records in accordance with NC Public Records Law, we encourage you to reach out to them directly.


     

    Additionally — please note.

     

    The sender originally wrote (in our contact form) that the request should be addressed to the “North Carolina Secretary of State” specifically. 

     

    – If you’d like to request similar info from different entities [such as Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties], we ask that the sender please submit individual requests to our website. Each one should clearly indicate the specific entity / city / county / state, time periods, etc. and what specifically is being requested of that particular entity.

     

    – It would also be helpful if you please include any specific contact info / website links (if available) to point us to the exact entity you’d like the request to be submitted to.

     

    ** Over the past few weeks we have processed numerous requests that relate in some way to “Gaston” or “Gaston County”. Before submitting any new requests, please review the “View All Requests” page on our website to see if we’ve already processed a similar request.

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!


    Status: Completed
  • May 8, 2025 9:02 am

    1 month ago

    from: generalcounsel <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: Elaine Marshall <[email protected]>, pubs <[email protected]>, Tim Crowley <[email protected]>
    date: May 8, 2025, 9:02 AM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

     

    Dear Sunshine Request Team:

     

    The North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State is not the custodian of registered agent information for the courts of North Carolina.

     

    Information regarding service of legal process on the courts may be found in the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure at G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4 or you may want to contact the Administrative Office of the Courts.

     

    Regards,

     

    Ann B. Wall

    General Counsel
    NC Department of the Secretary of State
    Post Office Box 29622
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0622
    919 814 5400

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    Status: Clarification Provided
  • May 7, 2025 1:32 pm

    2 months ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
    date: May 7, 2025, 1:32 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

     

    Good afternoon Ann, Elaine, Tim, Publications, and NC Secretary of State,

     

    I submitted the following public records request to your offices on April 22:
    (April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

     

    I have not received any response since submitting the request.

     

    Please confirm receipt of my request to let me know it has begun processing, and please provide an anticipated date for its completion. I will follow up again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.

     

    Thank you for your help!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Follow up
  • April 22, 2025 2:20 pm

    2 months ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
    date: Apr 22, 2025, 2:20 PM
    subject: Public records request. (April 2025) Request for NC Secretary of State: List of all Registered Agents for Administrative Courts in Gaston County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. As of present day

     

    Good afternoon Ann, Elaine, Tim, Publications, and NC Secretary of State Offices (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

     

    Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    If you are not the custodian of these records, please provide me with the name and email contact of the appropriate entity to which the request should be sent:

     

    1) Please provide a comprehensive list (to include names and contact info) of all Registered Agents for all Administrative Courts located in Gaston County, NC. As of the present day [on the date the query is performed].

     

    2) Please provide a comprehensive list (to include names and contact info) of all Registered Agents for all Administrative Courts located in Mecklenburg County, NC. As of the present day [on the date the query is performed].

     

    Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel, PDF, or other machine-readable format, if possible. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
    ————————————

     

    Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.

     

    By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

     

    Sunshine Request
    PO Box 17391
    Asheville, NC 28816

     

    The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!

     

    ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.


    Status: Sent to Government
  • April 22, 2025 2:18 pm

    2 months ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending