Exhibit I (MO Sec of State) — USA v. Merritts (Dkt. 35-8, D.D.C.)

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Doc. 35-8, titled Exhibit I (MO Sec of State), filed December 2, 2025 in USA v. Merritts, No. 1:25-cr-00076-JMC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Page 1 is a Certificate of No Record Affidavit in which Paula Jacobs, Director of Business Services for the Missouri Secretary of State, certifies that there are no records in that office for Cortney Marrez Merrits or for Vetted Couriers and Logistics, Vetted Movers, or Vetted Movers and Couriers. The affidavit bears a notary acknowledgment dated the 8th day of January, 2025. Page 2 is a Declaration of Custodian of Records form citing 28 U.S.C. §1746 and referring to a subpoena dated December 31, 2024.

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Case 1:25-cr-00076-JMC Document 35-8 Filed 12/02/25 Page 1 of 2

THE STATE OF MISSOURI )
COUNTY OF COLE )

CERTIFICATE OF NO RECORD AFFIDAVIT

Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Paula Jacobs, being by me duly sworn
states as follows:

I, Paula Jacob, Director of Business Services for the Missouri Secretary of State, do hereby certify
that there are no records in the Missouri Secretary of State's Office for:

» ANY ENTITY USING OR ASSOCIATED WITH EIN S371
> CORTNEY MARREZ MERRITS: dob [1977 INDIVIDUALLY OR DOING
BUSINESS AS:
e VETTED COURIERS AND LOGISTICS
e VETTED MOVERS, OR
e VETTED MOVERS AND COURIERS
> ANY ENTITIY INCORPORATED OR DOING BUSINESS AS OR UNDER THE NAME
OF THE FOLLOWING:
e VETTED COURIERS AND LOGISTICS
e VETTED MOVERS, or
e VETTED MOVERS AND COURIERS

The above is not nor has ever been, registered as a Foreign or Domestic Corporation, Foreign or
Domestic Limited Partnership, Foreign or Domestic Limited Liability Company, Foreign or
Domestic Liability Partnership, Foreign or Domestic Limited Liability Limited Partnership, under
the Fictitious Name Act, or any other business entity required by law to file with the Missouri
Secretary of State.

Paula Jacobs
Director of Business Services

On this 8" day of January, 2025, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared
Paula Jacobs, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes therein contained. In witness whereof, I
hereunto set my hand and official seal.

' WADISON SHELEY
Md NOTARY PUBLIC - NOTARY SEAL
OMMISSION EXPI :
Signature of Nofary uy COMUSEIONE

E COUNTY
COMMISSION #23801816

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DECLARATION OF CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, I, the undersigned, hereby declare:
My name is Paste —Técohs

(name of declarant)

1am a United States citizen and | am over eighteen years of age. I am the custodian of records of the
business named below, or I am otherwise qualified as a result of my position with the business named below to
make this declaration. I have knowledge of the record keeping system used by this business; this includes how
records are created and maintained.

I am in receipt of a United States District Court Subpoena #GJ2024123 1126254 dated
December 31, 2024, signed by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew B. Burke, requesting specified records
of the business named below. 2) Wa: 7/

Coktney Parraz Aer +45 Vette) Movers,
Attached hereto are x = pages of records regarding Vetted Counets ard Cogshes, or Yetke) Novels

(Brief description of type of documents being subpoenaed) aro
responsive to the subpoena. I ae ypyers

understand how these responsive documents were created. Pursuant to Rules 902(11) and 803(6) of the Federal
Rules of Evidence, I hereby certify that the records attached hereto:

(1) were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records, by, or from
information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;

(2) were kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity, in that the records were created and
preserved pursuant to established procedures, and were relied upon by an employee or this business; and

(3) were made as part of the regularly conducted business activity as a regular practice, in that the records
were created and preserved as part of routine reflections of the normal operations of this business.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on f- x -AS

(date)

(signature of declarant) \/ )

(name and title of declarant)

(name of business)

C00 _w, Man street

(business address)

(business address)

Definitions of terms used above:

As defined in Fed.R.Evid. 803(6), “record” includes a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events,
conditions, opinions, or diagnoses. The term “business” as used in Fed.R.Evid. 803(6) and the above declaration includes business,
institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.

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