Check on your ditch company

What this check tells you

Pick your company above and you'll see a short report card built from public Colorado Secretary of State business records, refreshed monthly. It isn't a credit report and it isn't a legal opinion — it's the same information anyone could pull by searching the state's own business database, matched to your company automatically and put in plain language.

Standing: in good standing, or Delinquent

Every corporation registered with the state — including a mutual ditch company — has to file a short Periodic Report every year and keep a registered agent on file. A company that's current on both shows as "In good standing." One that's missed its filing window long enough shows as "Delinquent." See the full guide to what Delinquent means and how to fix it — the short version is that it's a paperwork flag, not a judgment about whether the company is still running the ditch. It matters anyway, because it's the first thing a title company, a water attorney, or a shareholder sees when they search your company's name at the state.

Filing window

Every entity is assigned a Periodic Report month by the state, and can file its report starting two months before that month and up to two months after it without a penalty. This check shows that window using your company's own formation month, and whether it's currently open. It's worded as a typical default, not a guarantee — a company that has formally changed its anniversary month with the state should confirm the exact window on its own Summary page at the Secretary of State's site.

Registered agent on file

This is the person or address the state has on record as the point of contact for your company — who receives official notices if the state needs to reach it. It's worth checking that this is still accurate, since it's common for a ditch company's registered agent to still be listed as a secretary who retired or passed away years ago. Updating it is part of the same filing that cures a Delinquent status, or it can be updated with the state on its own.

Formation year

Shown as "Organized in" the year your company's current corporate entity was formed with the state — not necessarily the year the ditch itself was dug, which for many Colorado companies is decades earlier. It's shown mainly as a marker of how far back the company's state records go.

DARCA member

Shown when the Colorado Ditch and Reservoir Association's own membership list includes this company. DARCA membership is a resource many ditch companies use for continuing education, model bylaws, and connecting with other ditch company officers around the state.

What this check can't tell you

This is Secretary of State standing data, refreshed monthly — not a live feed and not a complete picture. It doesn't reflect a filing made in the last few weeks; it doesn't say anything about the company's actual water rights, decreed amounts, or priorities (that's a separate DWR water-court record, not part of state business standing); it doesn't say whether shareholders are current on their assessments or whether the share ledger is accurate; and it isn't a legal opinion about the company's authority to act. For anything that matters to a transaction — a title search, a water right transfer, a legal filing — verify directly against the state's own records and, where it counts, a Colorado water attorney.