Identity decision · Identity & Source Map
Are we examining the correct legal person, asset or claimed system?
The buyer’s decision
Buyer: M&A counsel, private-credit diligence teams, investors, compliance directors. Decision trigger: New ownership, inconsistent filings, counterparty onboarding or a proposed contract.
Defined unit: One main entity or asset and up to four related names, owners, locations, records or aliases.
Research emphasis: Resolve entity identity, document historical changes, compare ownership and control assertions against independent registry evidence.. Records prioritised include secretary of state record, statutory filings, control statement.
Exactly what is investigated
- Confirm exact subject, legal identity and the limited research period
- Recover the agreed original records and record publication, effective and collection dates
- Which dated original secretary of state record most directly proves the key assertion concerning identity & source map?
- Could differing entity names alter the proposed decision, and which record would disprove it?
- Test adverse or alternative evidence and distinguish absence of evidence from a negative finding
- Construct a traceable historical control diagram for this decision
- Record the specific unavailable evidence and clarify what would change the conclusion
Deliverable and quality control
- Entity or asset-resolution table, link-confidence explanation and original source chain.
- historical control diagram using traceable sources
- Dated and classified findings: supported, contradicted, unresolved or out of scope
- Human review of source-to-claim traceability and privacy considerations
- Concisely stated reliance limitations and decision-owner questions
Boundary, cost and acceptance
Commercial rule: Fixed scope and fixed fee agreed in writing, with human acceptance before work begins. A fee amount is not yet approved for publication. No automatic checkout, blanket monitoring commitment, performance guarantee or prepaid credits.
- Jurisdiction-specific records can be incomplete; no legal opinion or ultimate beneficial-ownership certification.
- Unlimited records, new jurisdictions, third-party licensed datasets and urgent handling unless contracted
- Final legal, accounting, medical, security, engineering, valuation or regulated sign-off
For a faster decision, commission the narrowest product that can resolve the immediate evidence question. Larger dossiers are optional and should follow a documented need.
Evidence starting points and what they do not prove
These databases and materials are starting points only. We do not claim that a named buyer, project, company or occurrence has been verified on this page.
- U.S. SEC EDGAR public filings Official or industry source for use if relevant, not evidence of a named case
Defined evidence, not an unlimited research engagement
Decision-specific checks
- Director/manager change dates against contracting signature
- Independent contrary-source check and named source version/date
- Explicit not-observed / outside-mandate decision
What to provide
- Exact subject identifier and jurisdiction
- Decision date, quoted claim or document
- Permitted supporting evidence and known contrary claims
Illustrative delivery components
Time-stamped corporate change ledger and a source index stating record ID, issuer, effective date, read date and unresolved matters.
Professional reliance limit
Jurisdiction-specific records can be incomplete; no legal opinion or ultimate beneficial-ownership certification.
Illustrative specification only. No factual conclusion or cleared buyer has been represented. Written scope, fee and researcher acceptance are required.
Compare all eight first-purchase options · Current sector evidence
Evidence before commitment · clearly bounded
A specific answer for a specific decision
Which legal entities and aliases describe one subject?
What the review checks
- Record the precise named subject, stable identifier, period and claim being tested.
- Recover or request sec reports where the entity is a filer or identified affiliate and distinguish the original issuer from a vendor-generated summary.
- Test the adverse possibility that expired appointments or signing authority inferred from titles.
- State what cannot be established, rather than quietly converting a failed search into an exculpatory finding.
- Obtain independent human source traceability review and identify the client professional responsible for final reliance.
What you supply
- Named company or matter, relevant legal entity identifiers, jurisdiction and decision date.
- Up to the stated cap of quoted claims and original client-held documents available lawfully.
- Known alternatives, exculpatory evidence and material contrary accounts.
- Written approval of bounded deliverable, reuse/reliance limits, any paid-source costs and a human reviewer.
A human-reviewed source and contradiction assessment. No general AI answer is accepted as independent evidence. Scope, actual source availability, exclusions, fixed fee and delivery date are agreed in writing before work begins.
Download illustrative PDF: Entity resolutionThis specimen describes the method and possible deliverables. It is not a completed client investigation and contains no case findings.