It's frustrating and onerous to lose a corporate document, but creating an Affidavit of Lost Corporate Document is your first step towards recovery. With an Affadavit of Lost Corporate Document, you can verify both the loss and the replacement of the document in question. You'll want to get the affidavit signed as soon as possible after discovering the loss, so that your replacement document can go into effect.

You can use this Affidavit of Lost Corporate Document to verify the loss of a corporate document, such as a stock certificate, bylaws, or minute books. In addition, it details how you're replacing the document. An Affidavit of Lost Corporate Document helps protect your corporation from a legal perspective, and gives you a written record to refer to in case any questions arise. Our Affidavit of Lost Corporate Document includes information like: where the affidavit will be signed; who is making the affidavit; the name of the document that was lost, and the date it was signed; the name of the duplicate or replacement document; and when the affidavit will be signed. If the missing corporate document is a binding contract or some other document requiring the approval of the members of the corporation, the affidavit should be signed by all of the individuals who signed the original document.

Other names for this document: Affidavit of Lost Stock Certificate, Affidavit of Missing Corporate Document, Affidavit of Lost Certificate