Compliance monitoring
Flag entities with lapsed annual reports before they dissolve.
1 API call · $0.005How can I check if a Florida entity has filed its annual report? You manage a portfolio of LLCs — for clients, for your firm, or for a property management company. Florida entities must file an annual report by May 1 each year. Miss it and face administrative dissolution. You need to know when one is at risk — before it's too late.
In this example, you check "Example Community Association Inc" and discover its 2026 annual report hasn't been filed yet.
The lookup
What you learn
Set up a monthly batch check. Flag any entity where the annualReports array doesn't include the current year after May 1. Send a reminder to the client or owner. Prevent dissolution before it happens.
- Run monthly from May through September (the dissolution window)
- Check your entire portfolio in one batch — 100 entities = $0.50
- Send automated alerts to clients who are overdue
- Offer annual report filing as a paid service — you'll know who needs it
Total cost per entity per check: $0.005.
How it's built
One API call per entity. Check the annualReports array against the current year. Batch it for your entire portfolio.
# Check an entity's annual report compliance
# Replace "P00000000006" with the document number of the entity to check
$ curl -s -H "x-api-key: $API_KEY" \
"https://api.sunbizdata.com/api/v1/corporations/detail?documentNumber=P00000000006"
< 200 OK (38ms)
{
"corporationName": "EXAMPLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC",
"status": "Active",
"fileDate": "06122019",
"principalAddress": "900 Example Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33602",
"registeredAgent": { "name": "CARLOS EXAMPLE", "type": "P" },
"officers": [{ "name": "MARIA EXAMPLE", "title": "President" }],
"annualReports": [
{ "year": "2023", "filedDate": "01152023" },
{ "year": "2024", "filedDate": "02102024" },
{ "year": "2025", "filedDate": "03012025" }
]
}// Check a list of entities for annual report compliance
async function checkCompliance(documentNumbers) {
const headers = { "x-api-key": process.env.SUNBIZDATA_KEY };
const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear().toString();
const currentMonth = new Date().getMonth() + 1;
// Only flag after May 1 (when annual reports are due)
if (currentMonth < 5) return { message: "Too early — reports not due until May 1" };
const results = [];
for (const docNum of documentNumbers) {
const detail = await fetch(
`https://api.sunbizdata.com/api/v1/corporations/detail?documentNumber=${docNum}`,
{ headers }
).then(r => r.json());
const filedYears = detail.annualReports.map(r => r.year);
const isCompliant = filedYears.includes(currentYear);
results.push({
name: detail.corporationName,
documentNumber: docNum,
compliant: isCompliant,
lastFiled: filedYears[filedYears.length - 1],
});
}
return {
total: results.length,
overdue: results.filter(r => !r.compliant),
compliant: results.filter(r => r.compliant),
};
}
// Check your portfolio
const portfolio = ["P00000000006", "L00000000004", "L00000000008"];
const report = await checkCompliance(portfolio);
console.log(`${report.overdue.length} entities overdue`);Start with $5, get 1,000 requests
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