LD-1 registration
Filed within 45 days of first lobbying contact, with accurate client, lobbyist, and issue data — all present, or the pack does not release.
The most rigorous lobbying-disclosure filing engine a compliance team can use.
Our engine assembles a documentation-complete disclosure pack — every federal and state registration, activity report, and contribution report, reconciled and filed on the statutory deadline, with an audit-defensible file behind it — checked against the letter of the LDA and state equivalents before a specialist releases it.
Every deadline under 2 U.S.C. §1603 and state analogsLD-1, LD-2, LD-203, and 50-state equivalentsDHSMV · USCG · UCC · judgment lien searchesSpecialist release on every filing5-business-day SLA
Why filings fail
A single missed deadline can cost $200,000 and public embarrassment.
Every organization that lobbies in the United States is trapped in a fractured, deadline-driven, strictly-penalized disclosure regime: federal LD-1 within 45 days of first lobbying contact, LD-2 quarterly within 20 days of each quarter-end, LD-203 contribution reports twice a year, no extensions — layered on top of 50 different state regimes and dozens of municipal ones, each with its own thresholds, forms, definitions of 'lobbying,' gift rules, and schedules.
Most compliance teams run this by hand, from memory, across spreadsheets and manual time logs. The statute has not been read end-to-end since the last time it mattered. That is exactly where completeness gaps hide.
Our engine exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
1 of 5
filings contain at least one error or omission, according to regulatory audits
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the statute — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every filing is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of the LDA and state equivalents. These are the provisions each filing is held to.
LD-2 quarterly activity report
Due 20 days after each quarter-end, reconciling lobbying income and expenses, issues, and contacts — verified deterministically.
LD-203 semiannual contribution report
Filed twice a year, covering all political contributions and honoraria — cross-checked against FEC data.
50-state compliance
Each state's registration and reporting requirements are mapped and enforced, with jurisdiction-specific thresholds and forms.
No extensions available
Federal deadlines are strict; state deadlines vary. Our engine monitors all calendars and flags upcoming filings.
Complete evidence log
Every filing includes a reconciliation trail, source documents, and a specialist sign-off — ready for any regulatory inquiry.
How a filing is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
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Compliance Gap Scan
Upload your lobbying activity logs, expense records, and contribution data. We return a free completeness read: which filings and deadlines you already have covered, and which are missing.
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Data ingestion & reconciliation
As your authorized clerical agent, we ingest your records, reconcile figures against source documents, and build a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction filing matrix.
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Grounded drafting
Each form is drafted from your validated data and the statutory rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Deadlines are verified; figures reconcile to the penny; jurisdiction-specific thresholds are checked; any failure blocks release.
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Specialist release
A compliance specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-value or novel issues route to partner political-law counsel first.
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Delivery & filing
You receive the completed filings, evidence log, and deadline calendar — ready for your review and submission, or we file directly as your authorized agent.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No filing ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released filing.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard filing library.
50+
Jurisdictions covered
Federal, all 50 states, and key municipalities.
Why our engine
Built to be the most thorough option a compliance team has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every statutory element and deadline accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run searches as your clerical agent. We never give legal advice or make reportability judgments without human review.
Engagement
Flat fee, per filing. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Compliance Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released filing; disclosed pass-through search fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for novel or high-risk issues.
- Optional Annual Program Retainer for ongoing deadline monitoring and priority support.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is your service a law firm?
No. Our service, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for novel or high-risk issues.
Do you contact regulators or file on my behalf?
We prepare the filings and can file them as your authorized clerical agent. You retain full control and responsibility for the content and submission.
What makes a filing 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the statute: all required forms, accurate data, reconciled figures, and adherence to deadlines. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released filing. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per filing, plus disclosed pass-through costs. No contingency and no percentage of any lobbying income or savings.
See what's missing before it costs you $200,000.
Start with a free Compliance Gap Scan. Send your lobbying activity logs and we'll return a completeness read against every applicable deadline and form.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · you retain full control.