Articles of incorporation

Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of

incorporation or the corporate charter, are a document or charter that
establishes the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada.
They generally are filed with the Secretary of State or other company registrar.

An equivalent term for limited liability companies (LLCs) in the United States
is articles of organization. For terms with similar meaning in other countries,
see articles of association.

United States
The articles of incorporation outline the governance of a corporation along
The 1870 articles of incorporation
with the corporate bylaws and the corporate statutes in the state where articles for the Standard Oil Company
of incorporation are filed.

The articles of incorporation typically include the name of the corporation, the type of corporate structure (e.g. profit
corporation, nonprofit corporation, benefit corporation, professional corporation), the registered agent, the number of
authorized shares, the effective date, the duration (perpetual by default), and the names and signatures of the
incorporators.

The state fee to file articles of incorporation to incorporate a profit corporation range from $50 - $300, and to incorporate
a nonprofit corporation range from $0 -$125.[1]

See also
Articles of association

The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008

Articles of organization
Certificate of incorporation
Charter
Bylaws
Mission statement
Operating agreement

References
1. Entity formation fees [1] (https://www.harborcompliance.com/information/entity-formation-fees).

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