Secretary of State of Idaho

The Secretary of State of Idaho is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is an elected position within the executive branch of the state government. The current Secretary of State is Ben Ysursa.

Duties of the Secretary of State

Electoral

The Secretary is responsible for the administration of elections and regulation of lobbying and campaign finance. [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/eleindex.htm Idaho Secretary of State Elections page] ]

Economic

The Secretary's office registers business entities [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/corp/corindex.htm Idaho Secretary of State Business Entities home page] ] , files liens under the Uniform Commercial Code [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/ucc/uccindex.htm Idaho UCC Index] ] , and registers trademarks and service marks within the state. [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/tmarks/tmindex.htm Idaho Trade Mark Index] ]

Administrative & Governmental

The Secretary is the keeper of the Great Seal of Idaho, and as such is responsible for licensing notaries public, as well as authenticating documents and issuing apostilles. [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/notary/npindex.htm Notary Public information from the Idaho Secretary of State] ] The Secretary's office also provides information and publications to the general public, including the [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/bluebook.htm Idaho Blue Book] , and is also an ex officio member of the Idaho Code Commission. [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/pubs/sospubs.htm Idaho Secretary of State Publications home page] ] The Secretary also administers the Idaho Will Registry [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/general/will_reg.htm Idaho Will Registry] ] , the Idaho Health Care Directive Registry (for such documents as living wills and medical powers of attorney) [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/general/hcdr.htm Idaho Health Care Directive Registry] ] , and the state's Address Confidentiality Program. [ [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/ACP/ACP.htm Idaho Address Confidentiality Program] ]

List of Secretaries of State of Idaho

Party designations: (R) = Republican; (D) = Democrat; (S.R.) = Silver Republican

References

External links

* [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/ Official homepage of the Idaho Secretary of State]
* [http://www.idahovotes.gov/ Official Idaho voters' website, operated by the Idaho Secretary of State]
* [http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/bluebook/Hist_stw.pdf List of statewide elected officers of Idaho]