What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to incorporate.
First, I'm not entirely comfortable providing divorce information on
Mr. Wedin, based on Google's policies on personal information. I will,
however, provide results of property transfers involving Mr. and Mrs.
Wedin, as these are no doubt relevant, business-wise. However, one of
the primary reasons for incorporating in the first place is to protect
one's personal assets. As you do have a lawyer, ask him or her about
the possibility of holding the principles both jointly and severally
liable for judgements.
The first relevant searches are of the Orange County Clerk-Recorder
website, from this page:
http://cr.ocgov.com/grantorgrantee/index.asp
Here are what appear to be the relevant results of a Grantor/Grantee
search for the business name "Ayers," including results for both Ayers
Corp. and William Ayers:
08-03-2001 2001-531244 AYERS CORP BANK OF AMER N A BFC TRUST
DEED GRANTOR
08-03-2001 2001-531244 AYERS CORP BANK OF AMER N A BFC
ASSIGNMENT RNT GRANTOR
08-03-2001 2001-531244 AYERS CORP BANK OF AMER N A BFC UCC - F S
GRANTOR
02-14-2002 2002-127984 AYERS CORP RECONVEYANCE GRANTEE
03-12-2002 2002-204874 AYERS DEV CORP CA ST FRANCHISE TAX NOTICE
ST LIEN GRANTOR
02-22-2002 2002-152646 AYERS WILLIAM H RECONVEYANCE GRANTEE
05-31-2002 2002-460024 AYERS WILLIAM H WELLS FARGO BK N A BFC
TRUST DEED GRANTOR
Here are the results of a search on relevant results for the personal
name Wedin:
03-13-2002 2002-210893 WEDIN ANNETTE DECLN HOMESTEAD GRANTOR
01-24-2002 2002-060665 WEDIN ANNETTE L WEDIN BRUCE GRANT DEED
GRANTEE
01-24-2002 2002-060666 WEDIN ANNETTE L CHRISTENSEN CHARLES R
GRANT DEED GRANTEE
01-24-2002 2002-060667 WEDIN ANNETTE L WORLD SAV BK FSB BFC
TRUST DEED GRANTOR
01-24-2002 2002-060744 WEDIN ANNETTE LORRAYNE SHAPIRO WILLIAM D
GRANT DEED GRANTOR
01-24-2002 2002-060665 WEDIN BRUCE WEDIN ANNETTE L GRANT DEED
GRANTOR
01-24-2002 2002-060744 WEDIN BRUCE EDWARD SHAPIRO WILLIAM D
GRANT DEED GRANTOR
To decode all of this, here's a handy glossary from the San Bernadino
Auditor website:
http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/ACR/serv04.htm
Here is the corporation search page for the Nevada Secretary of State:
http://sos.state.nv.us/corpsrch.asp
And here is the page to search for corporate officers:
http://sos.state.nv.us/ofcsrh3.asp
A search on corporations in Nevada listing Bruce Wedin as an officer
results in three hits:
NIEUPORT L.P.
AYERS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
BAMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
As far as the William G. Ayers Company, I've found the same
information you have, that the company is currently active and that
the agent for service is Lewis Boise Jr. Have you actually served Mr.
Boise with a lawsuit and he refused, or is he trying to keep you from
serving him in the first place? If you haven't served him yet, go
ahead. It is my understanding that, if he has an argument to make at
that point, he can make it to the court. Go ahead and confirm this
with your lawyer first, though.
I also spoke with the Orange Country Clerk Recorder's Office, and they
do not offer property searches by address, but they say that their
records are up to date up to a week ago, and that any sale of property
by a given name would show up in their records. As shown above, they
show no record of the sale of a property by any Ayers company on
January 9, 2002.
I so hate giving a negative answer to a question, because it's hard to
prove and subject to being wrong, but all evidence so far is showing
that there was no sale of that property on that date, at least not by
Wedin, Ayers, or the known associated companies.
A final search of this site, on all transactions that took place on
January 9, 2002 turns up 723 pages of results, the first five of which
didn't show anything involving Ayers, either.
A general Google search on "Ayers Development" returns precious little
except this random ruling from a court case listing Ayers as
defendants:
www.co.alameda.ca.us/.../documents/Pleasanton/2000-12-13/
Leach%20v%20Ayers%20Development.doc
This is a Word document containing a ruling in a court case from
December 2000 listing Ayers Development as a defendant in a case
brought by the Bank of America.
The case number is CV-017040, but a search on the Alameda court
webpage doesn't return documents on the case.
However, and I hate not being able to add much here, it appears that
your current information is valid. Ayers Development Corporation
appears to be incorporated and currently active in both Nevada and
California, and the registered agent for service of process is in
fact:
LEWIS BOISE JR
11661 SAN VICENTE BL STE 803
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
There is no INHAS registered in either California or Nevada as a
Corporation or a Limited Partnership, but this should be irrelevant,
as the original company appears to be active and operating.
To be on the safe side, you could also name the Ayers Development
Corporation in Nevada as a codefendant. Their resident agent is:
CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY
723 SO. CASINO CENTER BLVD
2ND FLOOR
LAS VEGAS NV 89101
This way, you double your chances of making something stick. (Hey! Can
you tell I'm not a lawyer? I couldn't even think of a fancy way to say
that.)
Of course, this is not legal advice, and I can't guarantee any of it
will work, but I believe that, if you name both companies as
codefendants, you will compel them, if nothing else, to provide a
clear and accurate answer to the courts if they have reason to deny
responsibility. So, if Mr. Boise wants to disclaim responsibility, he
should at least do so to a court and not just lead you on a wild goose
chase.
I believe that this is probably the cleanest solution for you at this
point, but if you would like me to look into anything further, please
request a clarification and I'll see what else I can dig up for you.
Good luck,
Lisa.
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