https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/business.html?fileNumber=37645C5 This is a Hawaii state government website. Nir, LLC has existed since 2005. Its registered agent is Felix Song, M.D. A quick search and I found his website https://www.drfsong.com/. He works at the Tripler Army Medical Center and Straub Hospital. Note that "registered agent" doesn't necessarily mean you're making any management decisions for the business. (There are people who do nothing but be the registered agent for multiple, totally unrelated businesses - it's called a registered agent service.) Given that he's a doctor however I figure he's probably not a professional registered agent but rather actively involved with the company.
Thus the address showing up on Google is the address of the registered agent. The actual address of the company itself is a P.O. box.
The man himself seems to study stroke treatment and interventional neuroradiology, which is minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of neurological problems. I think Nir, LLC is probably totally legit and aboveboard.
For future reference, in every state I've ever had occasion to look, they have a website where you can do a search for every business in the state, and find similar information - registered agent, date of formation, addresses, et cetera. Some states even allow you to download their legal filings for free, like the forms they had to submit to start the business, like the Articles of Organization. If you ever find a suspicious business I would google search "<state name> business entity search," go to the .gov website and see what you can find.
The true address of a company cannot be a PO Box because it is required that the registered agent be able to receive documents if served. If there’s a PO Box that’s only their mailing. A business MUST have a place where someone can receive served documents.
https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/business.html?fileNumber=37645C5 This is a Hawaii state government website. Nir, LLC has existed since 2005. Its registered agent is Felix Song, M.D. A quick search and I found his website https://www.drfsong.com/. He works at the Tripler Army Medical Center and Straub Hospital. Note that "registered agent" doesn't necessarily mean you're making any management decisions for the business. (There are people who do nothing but be the registered agent for multiple, totally unrelated businesses - it's called a registered agent service.) Given that he's a doctor however I figure he's probably not a professional registered agent but rather actively involved with the company.
Thus the address showing up on Google is the address of the registered agent. The actual address of the company itself is a P.O. box.
The man himself seems to study stroke treatment and interventional neuroradiology, which is minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of neurological problems. I think Nir, LLC is probably totally legit and aboveboard.
For future reference, in every state I've ever had occasion to look, they have a website where you can do a search for every business in the state, and find similar information - registered agent, date of formation, addresses, et cetera. Some states even allow you to download their legal filings for free, like the forms they had to submit to start the business, like the Articles of Organization. If you ever find a suspicious business I would google search "<state name> business entity search," go to the .gov website and see what you can find.
The true address of a company cannot be a PO Box because it is required that the registered agent be able to receive documents if served. If there’s a PO Box that’s only their mailing. A business MUST have a place where someone can receive served documents.