Example Of District Of Columbia Type Of Articles Of Incorporation
You may be interested in setting up a business in the District of Columbia (a state in the United States better known by its acronym D.C.) But perhaps you are more familiar with the articles of incorporation of other US states. You will need to re-educate yourself about the format that the District of Columbia government requires organizers of corporations to use when filing their respective articles of incorporation.
This is one type of format used for creating your own articles of incorporation:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
XYZ ENTERPRISES INC.
TO:
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING ADMINISTRATION
CORPORATIONS DIVISION
941 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, N.E.,
WASHINGTON, D.C., 20002
I/We, the undersigned natural person(s) of the age eighteen years or more acting as incorporator(s) of a corporation under the BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (D.C. Code, 2001 Edition, Title 29, Chapter 1, as amended), adopt the following Articles of Incorporation: FIRST: The name of the corporation is XYZ ENTERPRISES INC. SECOND: The period of its duration is perpetual. (Note: You may also specify your own time period) THIRD: The purpose(s) for which the organization is/are organized are (Note: state a specific purpose/s since general purposes are not
permitted.) FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is (Note: state a number). If divided into classes, insert number divided into, the designation of each class, the number of shares of each class, and the par value, if any, of the shares, or a statement that the shares of any class are without par value. FIFTH: (Note: You may opt to skip this step and re-organize the numbering if the shares cannot be categorized. If shares may be labelled either common or preferred, include this step.) The
preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, and special or relative rights in respect to the shares of each class are
________________________________________________________. SIXTH: The corporation will not start operating until it has received a minimum of $1000 (one thousand dollars) as initial capitalization. SEVENTH: The limitations that limit or deny to shareholders the preemptive right to purchase additional shares of the corporation are
____________________________________________. (Note: If there are no such stipulations, indicate this.) EIGHT: The provisions for regulating the internal state of the corporation are ______________. (Note: If no such stipulations exist, indicate this.) NINTH: The address, including street and number of the initial registered office of the corporation, is #5 Lopez Street, ABC Community, Washington, D.C. 20002 (Note: Post office box addresses are not permitted) and the name of the initial registered agent at such address is Vivienne Smith (Note: if agent is an individual, person must
be a resident of D.C.). The address, including street and number, where it conducts its principal business is #5 Lopez Street, ABC Community,
Washington, D.C. 20002. (Note: Agent must present Letter of Consent.) TENTH: The number of directors making up the board of directors is _____________________ and the name(s) and address(es) including street,
number and zip code of of the person(s) who is/are going to serve as director(s) until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until
successors is/are elected and shall qualify is/are: (Note: list the information specified with one address per director.) ELEVENTH: The name(s) and address(es), including street and number, of
the Incorporator(s) (Note: Minimum of one Incorporator needed, may include name of director(s) if same person) are: (Note: Place
information desired, with one address per Incorporator.) Date:____________________________________ One last thing that the organizers of the corporation have to bear in mind is that two sets of the articles of incorporation are needed (both originally signed) by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
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