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differences.
ALABAMA
| ALASKA | ARIZONA | ARKANSAS
| CALIFORNIA | COLORADO
| CONNECTICUT | DELAWARE
| FLORIDA
GEORGIA | HAWAII | IDAHO
| ILLINOIS | INDIANA | IOWA
| KANSAS | KENTUCKY | LOUISIANA
| MAINE | MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS | MICHIGAN
| MINNESOTA | MISSISSIPPI
| MISSOURI | MONTANA | NEBRASKA
| NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW
JERSEY | NEW MEXICO | NEW
YORK | NORTH CAROLINA | NORTH
DAKOTA | OHIO
OKLAHOMA | OREGON | PENNSYLVANIA
| RHODE ISLAND | SOUTH
CAROLINA | SOUTH DAKOTA | TENNESSEE
TEXAS | UTAH | VERMONT
| VIRGINIA | WASHINGTON
| WEST VIRGINIA | WISCONSIN
| WYOMING
ALABAMA
Incorporators may be individuals of
legal age.
ALASKA
One or more natural persons, at least 18
years of age, may act as an incorporator of a corporation by signing,
verifying and delivering to the Commissioner an original and exact copy
of the Articles of Incorporation. When
reference is made to the Commissioner, such reference is the
Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development in the state of
Alaska.
ARIZONA
A
person who acts as an incorporator in the state of Arizona must deliver
the Articles of Incorporation to the state’s Corporation Commission
for filing.
ARKANSAS
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by signing, verifying and
delivering the Articles of Incorporation to the Secretary of
State for filing.
CALIFORNIA
One
or more natural persons, partnerships, associations or corporations,
domestic or foreign, may form a corporation under Division 1 of Title 1
of the California Corporation Code by executing and filing the Articles
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.
If directors are named, the individual directors must sign and
acknowledge the Articles.
If directors have not been named, then the Articles must be
signed by the individuals acting as incorporators.
COLORADO
One
or more natural persons may act as an incorporator of a corporation by
signing, verifying and delivering in duplicate to the Secretary of
State, the Articles of Incorporation for the company.
CONNECTICUT
One
or more individuals may be incorporators as provided by Section 33-285.
The incorporators must appoint a statutory agent for services all
in conjunction with Section 33-296.
DELAWARE
Any
person of legal age may act as an incorporator under the laws of
Delaware. In Delaware any person, partnership, association or
corporation without regard to residence, domicile or state of
incorporation may incorporate or organize an organization by filing with
the Division of Corporations in the Department of State, a Certificate
of Incorporation executed pursuant to Section 103 of the General
Corporation Law.
FLORIDA
Any
person of legal age may incorporate in the state of Florida.
GEORGIA
One
or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators for a
corporation in Georgia by delivering the Articles of Incorporation to
the Secretary of State for filing.
HAWAII
Any
individual intending to organize a corporation or individuals who are
officers of the corporation or a majority of the incorporators or any
person or persons as the court may designate, may act as an incorporator
under the laws of Hawaii.
IDAHO
Any
person may act as an incorporator in the state of Idaho. The
incorporators must deliver the Articles of Incorporation to the
Secretary of State for filing.
ILLINOIS
In
Illinois, one or more incorporators (signers of the original Articles of
Incorporation) may organize a company under the Illinois "Business
Corporation Act. An incorporator may be a person over the age of
18 or a corporation (domestic or foreign).
INDIANA
Any
person may act as an incorporator under the laws of the state of
Indiana.
IOWA
An
Incorporator is a person who acts as an incorporator in the state of
Iowa and must deliver the Articles of Incorporation to the Secretary of
State for filing.
KANSAS
Any
person of legal age may act as an incorporator in the state of Kansas.
Other entities may also incorporate in the state of Kansas.
KENTUCKY
One or more persons may act as an
incorporator by delivering Articles of Incorporation to the Secretary of
State for filing.
LOUISIANA
One
or more natural or artificial persons capable of contracting may
incorporate in the state of Louisiana.
MAINE
One
or more natural persons, domestic corporations or foreign corporations
may incorporate in the state of Maine.
It is not necessary for that individual incorporator to be
a resident of the state of Maine. Each
domestic corporation must have, and maintain in the state, a clerk who
is a natural person of the state. The
clerk shall maintain a registered office. The contents of the corporate name are regulated under
Section 301.
MARYLAND
To
properly form a corporation in Maryland, one or more adult individuals
must sign and acknowledge Articles of Incorporation and shall file the
Articles with the Department.
MASSACHUSETTS
In
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the incorporators must associate
themselves with the intention of forming a corporation and must so
state.
Once they have formed together for the purpose of preparing the
Articles of Organization, they must be certain that same are filed in
conjunction with Chapter 156B.
MICHIGAN
One
or more persons must file Articles of Incorporation with the
“Administrator” in the state of Michigan, under Section 21.200(131).
MINNESOTA
One or more natural persons of full
age may act as incorporators by filing Articles of Incorporation with
the Secretary of State.
MISSISSIPPI
One or more persons may act as the incorporator(s) of a corporation by delivering Articles of Incorporation
to the Secretary of State.
MISSOURI
One
or more individuals of the age of 18 or older may be incorporators by
signing, verifying and delivering the Articles of Incorporation in
duplicate to the
office of the Secretary of State.
MONTANA
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may
incorporate in the state of Montana.
NEBRASKA
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by signing, verifying and
delivering the Articles of Incorporation to the Secretary of
State for filing.
NEVADA
One or more natural persons may
associate with each other to form a corporation for the transaction of
any lawful business or to promote or to conduct any legitimate object or
purpose, pursuant to and subject to Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised
Statutes.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
A corporation in New Hampshire may be
organized by three or fewer co-owners, by corporation, partnership,
trust, estate or other entity. It may be operated by trustees,
guardians, custodians or other fiduciaries.
NEW JERSEY
One
or more individuals, at least 18 years or older, or domestic or
foreign corporations may act as incorporators.
The incorporators need not be United States citizens or residents
of New Jersey, nor do they need to be subscribers to shares in the
corporation.
NEW MEXICO
One
or more natural persons of legal age may act as an incorporator of a
corporation.
NEW YORK
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators of a corporation in the state of New York
and must deliver the Certificate of Incorporation to the Secretary of
State for filing.
NORTH CAROLINA
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators in the state of North Carolina.
NORTH DAKOTA
Anyone
of legal age may be an incorporator in the state of North Dakota
OHIO
Any person, singly or jointly, with
others and without regard to residence, domicile, or state of
incorporation, may form a corporation by signing and filing the Articles
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.
OKLAHOMA
Any person, partnership, association or
corporation, singly or jointly with others, and without regard to their
residence, domicile or state of incorporation, may incorporate or
organize a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
General Corporation Act by filing with the Secretary of State a
Certificate of Incorporation.
OREGON
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators of a corporation.
PENNSYLVANIA
One
or more corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a
business corporation in the state of Pennsylvania.
RHODE ISLAND
One or more persons of legal age may be
incorporators in the state of Rhode Island.
Any person of legal age may begin a corporation by delivering
duplicate Articles of Incorporation to the Secretary of State for
filing.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Any person may act as an incorporator
under the laws of South Carolina. They must deliver the Articles of
Incorporation to the Secretary of State for filing pursuant to Section
33-2-101.
SOUTH DAKOTA
One
or more natural persons, at least 18 years of age, may act as an
incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by signing, verifying and
delivering the Articles of Incorporation to Secretary of State
for filing.
TENNESSEE
Any person, singly or jointly with
others, and without regard to residence, domicile, or state of
incorporation, may form a corporation by signing and filing the Articles
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.
TEXAS
An incorporator may be any natural
person of the age of 18 or a partnership, a corporation, an association,
a trust or an estate.
UTAH
Three or more natural persons, eighteen
(18) years or older, may act as incorporators of a corporation by
signing, verifying and delivering an original and one copy of the
Articles of Incorporation for the corporation to the Division of
Corporations and Commercial Code.
VERMONT
In Vermont, one or more natural persons of the age of
majority may act as incorporators by delivering the Articles of
Incorporation in duplicate to the Secretary of State for filing.
VIRGINIA
Incorporators in the Commonwealth of
Virginia may be one or more persons who sign and file Articles of
Incorporation with the commission.
The incorporators must file what is known as Articles of
Incorporation with the commission for their approval, providing the
appropriate fees with the forms prescribed for Articles of Incorporation.
WASHINGTON
In the state of Washington, one or more
persons may incorporate or act as incorporators by filing the Articles
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.
WEST VIRGINIA
One or more persons, or a domestic or
foreign corporation may act as an incorporator or incorporators of a
corporation by signing and delivering in duplicate to the Secretary of
State, the Articles for such corporation (See Section 31-1-26).
WISCONSIN
Under Wisconsin law, one or more
persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation.
Following the incorporation of a corporation, a majority of the
incorporators or their survivors may take any action permitted
under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.
A shareholder position may be comprised of three or fewer
co-owners.
WYOMING
Under Wyoming
law, one or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of
a corporation by delivering the Articles of Incorporation to the
Secretary of State of Wyoming for filing.
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