How to verify a Nevada business for KYB

Nevada is a registry in transition. On Monday, September 14, 2026, the Secretary of State launched the ORION Business Portal and retired SilverFlume, the system most KYB playbooks still describe. Nevada law requires every corporation and LLC to file an annual list naming the people who run it. That makes a Nevada record more useful than a Delaware or Wyoming one, as long as you can reach it and read it for what it is. This guide covers what the law puts on the record, how to use it, and what to request. It is one of seven state guides built on our study of all 50 state registries and DC.

A note on what we could and could not verify

We loaded the Secretary of State's own pages on 2026-09-30, including the ORION announcement and the Business Entity Search page. The ORION search itself answered our requests with an "Access denied" page from its security service, both from an automated browser and from a standard desktop Chrome session. So this guide describes the Nevada record from the statutes that define it and from the Secretary of State's published pages, not from a record we opened. If the ORION search blocks you too, ask the applicant for a filed copy of the current annual list and a certificate of existence, and confirm them with the Secretary of State by phone or email.

Step 1: Find the entity in ORION

Start from the Business Entity Search page on nvsos.gov, which links to the free business search. The page advises searching on the main name only, without suffixes like Inc or LLC, to widen the results. The Secretary of State notes that existing SilverFlume usernames work in ORION and that historical SilverFlume data has been migrated.

Record the Nevada entity number and the exact registered name. Check that the name matches the application, including the entity type.

Step 2: Read the annual list

This is the part of a Nevada record that matters most for KYB, and its contents are fixed by statute.

Corporations (NRS 78.150). At formation and every year after, a Nevada corporation must file a list with the names and titles of its president, secretary and treasurer (or equivalents) and all of its directors, with an address for each, residence or business. An officer or other authorized person signs the list and certifies that it is true, complete and accurate.

LLCs (NRS 86.263). At formation and every year after, a Nevada LLC must file a list with the names and titles of all of its managers or, if there is no manager, all of its managing members, again with an address for each and a signed certification.

Compare the list with the application:

• Is the person signing your onboarding documents on the list, with a title that gives them authority?
• Do the names on the list match the control persons the applicant declared? See control person.
• Is the list current? A list that is overdue suggests the entity may be heading for default.

Step 3: Get a certificate of existence

Nevada calls its good standing document a certificate of existence. NRS 78.785 sets the fee at $50, with or without a list of the entity's previous records, and NRS 86.561 applies the same schedule to LLCs. Copies from the Secretary of State cost $2 per page. Either order it yourself or ask the applicant for a recent one and confirm it with the Secretary of State. Our guide to what a certificate of good standing proves explains why a certificate is a point-in-time statement about filings, not about the business.

What the Nevada registry proves, and what it does not

Red flags specific to Nevada files

People on the list who are not the people you are dealing with. The annual list names officers, directors or managers. If none of them is someone the applicant has presented, ask who these people are and how they relate to the owners. A professional officer or director who appears on many unrelated companies is a classic nominee director pattern.

A manager that is itself a company. Follow it to natural persons. Each layer should be evidenced by documents, and each layer in another state means another registry check.

Addresses that belong to a service provider. If every address on the list is the registered agent's or a formation service's office, the list tells you who holds a title, not where the business operates.

Formation date versus claimed history. As in every state, a recent filing date against a long claimed track record needs an explanation, such as a predecessor entity or a name change.

Recent changes to the list. A new slate of officers or managers filed shortly before the application may be a normal change of control. It may also be a purchased entity. Ask when and how control changed, and see shelf company vs shell company.

Anonymity where it matters. Nevada puts managers and officers on the record but not owners. Beneficial ownership still has to be evidenced by the applicant.

What to request from a Nevada applicant

• Articles of incorporation or organization, and any amendments.
• The current annual list as filed, if you could not read it in ORION.
• A certificate of existence dated within your policy window.
• For an LLC, the operating agreement pages showing members and percentages. For a corporation, the stock ledger or cap table. In both cases a signed ownership chart down to natural persons. See operating agreement.
• Identity documents for the officers or managers who will operate the account.
• Proof of the operating address and, if the business operates outside Nevada, its foreign registration in that state.

Costs at a glance

Statutory fees checked on 2026-09-30 against NRS chapters 78 and 86. ORION may add convenience fees for online payment; we could not verify them.

How Sweat AI handles Nevada files

Sweat AI is an AI-native BPO for banks and fintechs, starting with back-office workflows like KYB, onboarding and fraud reviews. On a Nevada applicant, our analysts read the annual list against the declared control persons, follow any corporate manager to the people behind it, and record exactly which facts came from the registry and which from the applicant. When the registry cannot be reached, the evidence packet says so and the remaining-request list names the filed documents that replace it. Your team makes the decision. See our KYB review service or the step-by-step verification guide.