| A Florida Articles of Incorporation has the following | | | | Article Six. Location of Initial Registered Office and |
| sections. | | | | Name of Initial Registered Agent |
| Title | | | | In this section the address of the address of the initial |
| The title starts with ?Articles of Incorporation of? the | | | | registered office of the corporation and the mailing |
| name of the corporation, and then states the nature of | | | | address of the corporation are stated. These two |
| the corporation, whether it is a business or a non-profit | | | | addresses do not have to be the same. It is in this |
| organization. | | | | section that the initial registered agent is specified as |
| Article One. Name | | | | well. |
| In this section, the name of the corporation is specified. | | | | Article Seven. Directors |
| Article Two. Statement of Corporate Nature | | | | Here, the names and addresses of the board |
| Section two is where the nature of the organization is | | | | members are listed. |
| specified, whether the corporation is a business or a | | | | Article Eight. Incorporators |
| non-profit organization. | | | | This section is where the list of incorporators is |
| Article Three. Purposes | | | | specified. 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-profit | | | | In article nine, the guidelines to manage corporate |
| organization? If so, what does it support? All these | | | | affairs 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 Assets | | | | amend the number; the duration of the terms for each |
| This section is a declaration of what assets the | | | | director; and the available designations available. |
| organization has and what efforts the organization is | | | | Article Ten. Distribution of Assets |
| devoted to. If the purpose of the corporation is | | | | The distribution of assets is also a guideline for how |
| business, then the assets exist for the profit of the | | | | the assets are to be distributed in the event that the |
| stockholders and for their best interest, but if the | | | | corporation folds. In a business corporation, once all |
| corporation is a non-profit organization, then the type | | | | debts 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. Membership | | | | the assets are donated to charitable institutions or |
| Section five states the type of members the | | | | other 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 of | | | | registered agent and the incorporators. |
| other organizations, can be written in this section. | | | | |