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How to Incorporate – California
The California Secretary of State does have sample of an Article of Incorporation. You neither need an Attorney, Accountant nor online paralegal to draft your article. It is simple and included detail instruction. The most important is “FREE”. Yeah! “To Be Your Own Boss”
Step 1: Checking the availability of a corporate name
http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/list.html
If you incorporate as INC/CORP, use Corporations Search. (Top)
If you incorporate as LP/LLC, use LP/LLC Search. (Bottom)
General name availability information
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/corp_naav2.htm#geninfo
Step 2: Draft an Article
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/pdf/articles/corp_artsgen.pdf
Step 3: Filing your Drafted Article of Incorporation
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/pdf/articles/corp_artsgen.pdf
The above instruction indicated how to file your Article of Incorporation. You can personally hand delivered to any office location for over-the-counter processing ($100.00 + $15.00) or mailed to the Sacramento office ($100.00 only).
Hand delivered for over-the-counter processing:
- Two separate checks are required:
- $100.00 for filing Article of Incorporation
- $15.00 for over-the-counter processing
- Original Drafted Article of Incorporation
- 2 Copies will get 1 Certified Copy, 3 Copies will get 2 Certified Copies
Mailing Process and Processing Time
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/bpd_processing_times.htm
Mailing Address
Document Filing Support Unit
P O Box 944260
Sacramento, CA 94244-2600
Checks or money orders should be made payable to the Secretary of State.
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