Corporations

• Author: Marlene Hazlewood
• Pages: 595-698

CORPORATIONS

6-1

CHAPTER 6

CORPORATIONS

§600 INTRODUCTION

§601 Corporate Classif‌ications

§602 Corporate Structure

§610 FORMATION OF THE CORPORATION

§610.1 Secretary of State Business Entities Section

§610.1.1 Filing Documents in the Sacramento Off‌ice

§610.1.2 Filing Documents in the Los Angeles Off‌ice

§610.1.3 Filing Documents Online

§610.2 Electronic and Digital Signatures

§611 Corporate Names

§611.1 Availability of Corporate Name

§611.2 Reservation of Corporate Name

§612 Articles of Incorporation

§612.1 Content

§612.2 Format

§612.3 Fees and Taxes

§613 Summary and Practice Tips for Filing Articles of Incorporation

§614 Corporation Kit

§615 Minutes of First Meeting of Board of Directors

§616 Bylaws

§617 Issuance of Corporate Securities

§617.1 Exemptions From Qualif‌ication

§617.2 Qualif‌ication of Securities

§617.3 Share Certif‌icate

§618 Statement of Information

§619 Summary and Practice Tips for Completing the Incorporation of a Stock Corporation

§620 MEETINGS

§630 DOING BUSINESS UNDER A FICTITIOUS NAME

§631 Procedure

§632 Summary and Practice Tips for Filing Fictitious Business Name Statement

§640 AMENDING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

§641 Adoption of Amendment

§642 Certif‌icate of Amendment

§643 Summary of Procedures

CORPORATIONS

California Legal Secretary 6-2

§650 VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS

§651 Election to Dissolve

§652 Certif‌icate of Dissolution

§653 Tax Clearance Certif‌icate

§654 Summary and Practice Tips for Voluntary Dissolution of a California Corporation by Shareholders

§660 TERMINOLOGY AND FORMS

Sample Form 611.2-1: Name Reservation Request Form

Sample Form 612.1-1: Articles of Incorporation (Stock Corporation)

Sample Form 612.1-2: Articles of Incorporation (Professional Corporation)

Sample Form 615-1: Waiver of Notice and Consent to Holding of First Meeting of Directors

Sample Form 615-2: Minutes of First Meeting of Directors

Sample Form 616-1: Bylaws

Sample Form 617.1-1: Notice of Transaction Pursuant to Corporations Code Section 25102(f)

Sample Form 617.1-2: Notice of Issuance of Securities Pursuant to Subdivision (h)

of Section 25102 of the California Corporations Code

Sample Form 617.3-1: Share/Stock Certif‌icate

Sample Form 618-1: Statement of Information, Form SI-550

Sample Form 618-2 Statement of No Change, Form SI-550 NC

Sample Form 630-1: Fictitious Business Name Statement

Sample Form 631-1: Statement of Abandonment

Sample Form 643-1: Written Consent of Directors to Amendment of Articles of Corporation

Sample Form 643-2: Written Consent of Shareholders to Action of Board of Directors to Amendment of

Articles of Incorporation

Sample Form 643-3: Certif‌icate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation

Sample Form 643-4: Certif‌icate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation–Name Change Only–Stock

Sample Form 651-1: Certif‌icate of Election to Wind Up and Dissolve

Sample Form 652-1: Short Form Dissolution Certif‌icate

CORPORATIONS

6-3 Corporations §602

§600 INTRODUCTION

Α χορπορατιον ισ α λεγαλ εντιτψ χρεατεδ υνδερ τηε αυτηοριτψ οφ τηε λαωσ οφ α στατε ηαϖινγ αν εξιστενχε σεπαρατε ανδ

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§601 Corporate Classif‌ications

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 



   



 

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    

  



 Α προφεσσιοναλ χορπορατιον ισ α σεπαρατε τψπε οφ χορπορατιον ρενδερινγ προφεσσιοναλ σερϖιχεσ ιν α σινγλε προ





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§602 Corporate Structure

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

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