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Article of incorporation
Article of incorporation form the basis
of all legal documents need to start and run a business,
Article of incorporations are prepared by attorneys and
are also known as incorporation certificates or company
charter. An Article of incorporation is the main set of
rules and regulations that govern the running of any business
corporation in the country, these forms are filed in with
a regulatory agency usually the state.
An Article of incorporation has to detail
the following information such as name of the incorporator
(the business owner), the names of directors and managers
at the firm, the physical and postal address of the firm,
the main business of the firm, the amount of shares, assets,
or stock that the corporation is authorized to possess.
And last but not least the name and address of the incorporator.
Article of incorporations differ because no two businesses
are the same and they also differ from one authority to
the other. The Article of incorporations don’t need
to contain a lot of information on the operations of the
firm because these will be given in the bylaws of the corporation.
Once you receive the Article of incorporations it is important
to fill them out carefully and double check that all the
information supplied in the forms is correct. Once they
have been completed the forms have to filed with the secretary
of state of your jurisdiction. Once the Article of incorporations
are filed the corporation is immediately incorporated and
can start business right there. There are some things within
the Article of incorporations that will require you to seek
legal help this also depends on the type of corporation.
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