Sample Florida Articles of Incorporation

A Florida Articles of Incorporation has the followingArticle Six. Location of Initial Registered Office and
sections.Name of Initial Registered Agent
TitleIn this section the address of the address of the initial
The title starts with ?Articles of Incorporation of? theregistered office of the corporation and the mailing
name of the corporation, and then states the nature ofaddress of the corporation are stated. These two
the corporation, whether it is a business or a non-profitaddresses do not have to be the same. It is in this
organization.section that the initial registered agent is specified as
Article One. Namewell.
In this section, the name of the corporation is specified.Article Seven. Directors
Article Two. Statement of Corporate NatureHere, the names and addresses of the board
Section two is where the nature of the organization ismembers are listed.
specified, whether the corporation is a business or aArticle Eight. Incorporators
non-profit organization.This section is where the list of incorporators is
Article Three. Purposesspecified. The incorporators can be similar to the
In article three, the purpose of the corporation is stated.directors, as specified in Article Seven.
Was the corporation organized to be a business?Article Nine. Management of Corporate Affairs
What type of business? Is it a charitable non-profitIn article nine, the guidelines to manage corporate
organization? If so, what does it support? All theseaffairs are stated. Guidelines that need to be stated in
details need to be specified.this section are the number of directors; how to
Article Four. Dedication of Assetsamend the number; the duration of the terms for each
This section is a declaration of what assets thedirector; and the available designations available.
organization has and what efforts the organization isArticle Ten. Distribution of Assets
devoted to. If the purpose of the corporation isThe distribution of assets is also a guideline for how
business, then the assets exist for the profit of thethe assets are to be distributed in the event that the
stockholders and for their best interest, but if thecorporation folds. In a business corporation, once all
corporation is a non-profit organization, then the typedebts and liabilities have been paid off, the proceeds
of institution this corporation supports should be listed.usually go to stockholders. For a non-profit organization,
Article Five. Membershipthe assets are donated to charitable institutions or
Section five states the type of members theother non-profit organizations.
corporation accepts. In this section, specifying limitations,The article ends with the signatures of the initial
such as a member cannot be part of the directors ofregistered agent and the incorporators.
other organizations, can be written in this section.