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Articles of Incorporation (California Corporation)

$25.00
When to Use this Form: This is a basic form and is required for forming a California corporation. It is in Microsoft Word format.

Address: For Article III, give street address, not post office box number (Cal. Corp. Code 1502). If a corporation that has complied with the provisions of Cal. Corp. Code 1505 is named as the initial agent for service of process, do not include the address and delete the phrase "and complete business address".

Two Classes of Stock: If two classes of stock are desired, the following is an example of a Preferred "Blank Stock" provision that can be substituted for Article IV:

ARTICLE IV

(a) The corporation

Format: word_icon Microsoft Word

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
[NAME OF CORPORATION]

ARTICLE I

The name of this corporation is: [Corporation Name].

ARTICLE II

The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code.

ARTICLE III

The name and complete business address in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is:

[Agent]
[Building]
[Street]
[City, State Zip]

ARTICLE IV

This corporation is authorized to ...

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