One of the first steps in the incorporation process is drafting and filing Articles of Incorporation forms (called Certificate of Incorporation in Delaware) with the state in which your business will be chartered. These important incorporation papers spell out the primary rules and guidelines by which your corporation will operate.
Articles of Incorporation typically include:
- The name of the corporation.
- The name of the incorporator, which is the person or other corporation forming the new corporation.
- Nature of the business.
- The length of time for which the corporation is being established (may be indefinite, or may be for a specific time frame).
- Location of the corporate headquarters.
- Where the corporate officers are.
- Details about stock issuance.
- Specification of for-profit or non-profit status
- Other information as required by state law or at the discretion of the incorporator.
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