Incorporation

A corporation is a statutory creature, created and regulated by state laws. In short, if you want the "privilege" (that's what the courts call it) of turning your business enterprise into a California corporation, you must follow the requirements of the California Corporations Code.

What sets the corporation apart from all other types of businesses, and makes it special for legal, practical and tax purposes, is that it is a legal entity separate from any of the people who own, control, manage, or operate it. It is a legal "person" capable of entering into contracts, incurring debts, and paying taxes. It may sue or be sued (Corp. Code, §105), is subject to the attachment laws (Corp. Code §106), and may engage in any activity that the Articles of Incorporation set forth is the purpose of the corporation to engage in. So long as it does business in its own name, a corporation is not required to file a Fictitious Business Name Statement (Bus. & Prof. Code, §17900, subd. (a)(3)).

Our service provides the following: 

• Prepare and File the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.

• Prepare Statement of Domestic Stock Corporation

• Draft Bylaws

• Draft Minutes of First Meeting of Incorporators detailing the following:

1. Directors elected;
2. Bylaws adopted;
3. Accounting period adopted;
4. Authorization of issuance of stock;
5. Bank account resolution;
6. Election of S corporation status;

• Prepare Shareholders Representation letters

• Prepare Notice of Stock Transaction Form to be filed with Department of Corporations

• Prepare Bill of Sale and/or Receipts for shareholders

Other services available:

• Prepare minutes for annual Shareholders meetings.

• Prepare minutes for annual Directors meetings.

• Prepare minutes for special meetings of Directors and/or Shareholders.

• Prepare Waiver of Notice and Consent to Holding Regular Meeting of Board of Directors.

• Prepare Annual Written Consent and Waiver of Shareholders.

If you are looking to incorporate, or simply need information, click on the following links below. If after reading the material or consulting an attorney, you decide to use our service, use our online questionnaire.

You can even download our questionnaire for a California Corporation and open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not own a copy of Acrobat Reader, we have provided the link for a FREE copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Simply download and complete any questionnaire and fax, mail or drop it off to one of our offices. We do the rest! Any questions please call (805) 582-6172.