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A business entity made up of individuals, but having its own legal character, a corporation comes into existence when articles of incorporation are filed in your state of choice. Once it’s formed, your corporation will be legally able to negotiate deals, maintain assets, enter into and defend itself against lawsuits, and more. One of the corporation’s defining features is that it personally protects its owner from liability against corporate debts.
Basically—anyone! There’s no age requirement, and you don’t necessarily have to live in the U.S. let alone be a U.S. citizen. As long as you submit your articles of incorporation and pay the required filing fee, you can form a corporation.
Not at all! It’s not necessary for you to use a lawyer when you want to form a corporation. You have the option of preparing all the legal documentation and filing it yourself or you may choose to employ a professional legal documentation service such as LegalCPU.
Yes. Every corporation must designate a registered agent and disclose the agent’s name and office address—no post office boxes—as a matter of public record. Your registered agent is the individual authorized to receive official correspondence on behalf of the corporation. He or she is also the person authorized to be served with a subpoena if your corporation is sued. The registered agent must be either a natural person over eighteen years of age living in the state in which the corporation has been formed or a corporation within the state of formation that provides registered agent services.
Any officer or director of your corporation can act as the registered agent as long as your corporation is in your home state. If you want to maintain a veil of privacy, or prevent against the surprise of being served a subpoena at home in front of your family, using an outside person or company as your registered agent is a good idea.
When choosing a name for your corporation, you may want to select a name that coincides with the goods you make or sell or the services you provide. (If the case of goods, you may want to consider applying for a trademark to keep your name unique in the context of the product you make or sell.) In some instances, a company name is chosen using the last names of its principals. In other cases, the name may have personal meaning for the corporation’s owners but imply little to the general populace. Ideally, your corporate name should represent your corporate identity. These days, you may want to select a name that’s also available as a domain name (.com) so you can set up a website using the same name as your company.
Usually it’s a requirement in the state of formation that the corporation’s name end with "incorporated," "corporation" or their abbreviation (Inc. or Corp.). A name will not be approved if it is thought to be misleading to consumers or falsely implies government affiliation. A name that’s already in use, or very similar to another name being used, will also be rejected unless you submit a letter from the similarly named corporation consenting to your use of the name. In some states, certain terms—like "credit union," "bank", and "trust" —require authentication that the corporation your are naming is actually one of these types of entities.
LegalCPU allows you to choose up to three names in order of preference. We will conduct a name check before we reserve your corporate name to see which, if any, names are available. Note that punctuation (spaces and periods) and corporate suffixes ("Inc." and "Corp.") are viewed as indistinct from each other by the officials who process your application. There’s also no distinction regarding typeface, font or whether letters are upper case or lower case. Ignore these details when you are determining your three names.
A professional corporation is a collective of service professionals such as attorneys, engineers, dentists, doctors and others who are required to have a license to render their services. Individual state law, which may be different in each state, determines what constitutes professional services and the formation requirements for a professional corporation. Professional services are generally defined as those services provided by doctors, dentists, optometrists, physical therapists, engineers, attorneys, accountants, financial investment groups, and architects. Types of businesses that qualify as professional corporations are law firms, architectural firms, accounting firms and others. This is by no means an exhaustive list.
When you see the initials P.A. or P.C. after a corporation’s name, it means "professional association" and "professional corporation," respectively. These initials are reserved for corporate entities made up of the aforementioned service professionals—attorneys, lawyers, accountants, etc. You’ll need to know the requirements of the state or states in which you incorporate.
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Incorporation Overview:
Incorporate your business and protect your personal assets from lawsuits and creditors. Just answer the following questions and we’ll check the availability of your business name and prepare and file your articles of incorporation. Once the articles are filed, we’ll mail your custom bylaws, resolutions, corporate kit and seal, sample business forms, Tax Identification forms and S Corp election documents. We’ll also send you detailed instructions on how to hold your initial meeting to elect your directors, officers and adopt the bylaws.
Incorporation - How it works:
You won’t have to read any complicated instructions, and there’s nothing to print out or put together on your end. LegalCPU has eliminated the stress of the business formation process with just 3 Easy Steps...
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Start by filling out a precise online questionnaire developed by our staff of legal advisors. Part of the LegalCPU guarantee is that our professionals handle every order personally and that your data remains confidential. Our online questionnaire is free, safe & secure! You can save your work & return to it at any time. You may also call us toll free at 866-662-5467. Preparation:
As soon as we receive your completed questionnaire, the experts at LegalCPU perform a thorough review of your information — including a check for accuracy and to make sure that nothing has been overlooked. We then fill out all the necessary paperwork and file all required documents with the appropriate state or federal agency. Completion:
Once your formation documents are approved, we’ll send you a completion package directly to your doorstep.. all you have to do is sit back and let the specialists at LegalCPU take care of business.
Incorporation Prices:
Let the experts LegalCPU take care of business! With us, you’ll save time and costly attorney’s fees when forming your Corporation. One online visit or phone call to our central processing unit is all it takes to get started on your business entity formation. Family owned and operated, LegalCPU is dedicated to providing quality service for our valued clients. LegalCPU — we do it right.
- Easy! Make only one online visit or call to our online document processing center — we do the rest.
- Affordable! Much less than attorney’s fees and competitive in the online market.
- Fast! We start processing your order within 24 hours or less!
- Personal! We take pride in the services we offer and guarantee your satisfaction.
Form the business entity that’s right for you!
We’ll then prepare & file your Articles of Incorporation.
Upon completion of your filing, the original Articles of Incorporation & Incorporation Package will be mailed to you.
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