Oceania • ISO CK
Verify Cook Islands companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Cook Islands companies live from the Cook Islands Ministry of Justice – Companies, Incorporated Societies, and PPSR, returning company data, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Cook Islands
When you create a KYB case for a Cook Islands company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Cook Islands Ministry of Justice – Companies, Incorporated Societies, and PPSR. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Cook Islands data and document availability
What the API makes available for Cook Islands companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Activity Type |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Not available |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Not available |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: None beyond the default set |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Cook Islands as part of the same case.
How to verify a Cook Islands company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Cook Islands registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Cook Islands registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Cook Islands National Bank","codeiso31662":"CK"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Cook Islands National Bank","codeiso31662":"CK"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Cook Islands KYB API
What company data can I verify in Cook Islands?
For a Cook Islands company, the API returns the company record read live from the Cook Islands Ministry of Justice – Companies, Incorporated Societies, and PPSR: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Cook Islands availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Cook Islands companies?
For Cook Islands, the Cook Islands Ministry of Justice – Companies, Incorporated Societies, and PPSR does not publish shareholder or beneficial-owner data, so the API returns the company record and the controlling parties and officers rather than a shareholder or beneficial-owner list. Where you need ownership for an entity in a jurisdiction that does publish it, the recursive org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart) resolves it. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Cook Islands companies?
Yes. The default document set for Cook Islands includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default. List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Cook Islands company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Cook Islands. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
Related coverage: Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Fiji • French Polynesia • Marshall Islands • New Zealand.
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