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Chris Barnes

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · UT · Mar 9, 2012 → Mar 9, 2012

1deal (issuers)
$50Kreported sold
1investors
1Form D filing
2012year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:25 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Chris Barnes is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Mar 2012: Aerology Products, LLC (Woods Cross, UT — industry reported as "Other" — 2012; $50K reported sold to 1 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Mar 2012. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Bart Kennington (1 shared filing), Brett Hayland (1 shared filing), Brian Beesley (1 shared filing) and Spencer Beesley (1 shared filing).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Chris. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 14 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 14 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 1 public filing for Chris Barnes and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 102 days after the first sale; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Chris Barnes has not run yet — it is joining a line of 42,954 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 641 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:25 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Chris Barnes..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

14 cases: 14 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Chris D Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 20-02250 · Filed Jan 27, 2020 · Closed May 15, 2020
Role of Chris D Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2020-05-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Chris Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia · No. 18-00091 · Filed Feb 9, 2018 · Closed Dec 5, 2019
Role of Chris Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2019-12-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in DC (not a filing state)
Chris M Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · No. 14-06950 · Filed Aug 29, 2014 · Closed Dec 8, 2014
Role of Chris M Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2014-12-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in CA (not a filing state)
Chris W Barnes and Brenda K Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 12-33354 · Filed Jul 20, 2012 · Closed Nov 16, 2017
Role of Chris W Barnes and Brenda K Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-11-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state)
Chris A. Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · No. 07-10352 · Filed May 5, 2007 · Closed Sep 24, 2007
Role of Chris A. Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-09-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in ME (not a filing state)
Chris Barnes and Melissa Diane Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · No. 4:06-bk-12071 · Filed Jul 6, 2006 · Closed Jun 8, 2007
Role of Chris Barnes and Melissa Diane Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-06-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Chris D. Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · No. 05-50989 · Filed Jul 12, 2005 · Closed Nov 22, 2005
Role of Chris D. Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-11-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in MO (not a filing state)
Chris M. Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · No. 4:05-bk-17674 · Filed Jun 15, 2005 · Closed Oct 3, 2005
Role of Chris M. Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-10-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in AR (not a filing state)
Chris N Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · No. 04-33817 · Filed Jun 14, 2004 · Closed Sep 22, 2004
Role of Chris N Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-09-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in KY (not a filing state)
Chris G Barnes and Danielle R Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:04-bk-53370 · Filed Mar 9, 2004 · Closed Jul 21, 2004
Role of Chris G Barnes and Danielle R Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-07-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state)
Chris Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 2:01-bk-09493 · Filed May 21, 2001 · Closed Dec 2, 2004
Role of Chris Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in FL (not a filing state)
Chris Barnes and Renee Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 00-44056 · Filed Apr 21, 2000 · Closed Aug 26, 2003
Role of Chris Barnes and Renee Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-08-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in MO (not a filing state)
Chris Barnes and Melissa Diane Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · No. 1:97-bk-13410 · Filed Jun 17, 1997 · Closed Apr 4, 2002
Role of Chris Barnes and Melissa Diane Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-04-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Chris S. Barnes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · No. 97-20822 · Filed May 8, 1997 · Closed Dec 3, 1997
Role of Chris S. Barnes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-12-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); court in KY (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:25 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

3 differences found between the filings for Chris Barnes — 1 worth asking about (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 9, 2012

Chris Barnes appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target

Aerology Products, LLC (last filing Mar 9, 2012; $50,000 sold of $400,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Aerology Products, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Worth asking · Nov 28, 2011 – Mar 9, 2012

Form D filed 102 days after the first sale — Aerology Products, LLC

The filing says the first sale was Nov 28, 2011. The Form D was filed Mar 9, 2012 — 102 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 87 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · Mar 9, 2012 ↗Aerology Products, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 28, 2011 – Mar 9, 2012

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Aerology Products, LLC (latest filing Mar 9, 2012)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 9, 2012 (first sale Nov 28, 2011). It reports $50,000 sold of $400,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Form D · Mar 9, 2012 ↗Aerology Products, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Mar 9, 2012 D
Aerology Products, LLC
File 021-174652
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Chris Barnes on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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Aerology Products, LLC

Woods Cross, UT · Mar 9, 2012
  • Mar 9, 2012 · D · $50,000 sold of $400,000 · 1 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter (Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $50K from 1 investor (13% of the $400K target) as of the latest filing. Chris is listed as executive officer, promoter.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer.

People around Chris 4

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

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Person

Bart Kennington

Executive Officer, Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Chris Barnes. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Spencer Beesley

Executive Officer, Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Chris Barnes. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Brett Hayland

Executive Officer, Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Chris Barnes. Their page shows their other deals.

BB
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Person

Brian Beesley

Executive Officer, Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Chris Barnes. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Chris Barnes by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Chris Barnes is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Aerology Products, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #343,122 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Courts

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

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