Nov 07 2009
ORGANIZE YOUR CORPORATE RECORDS
Anyone who sets up a corporation needs to be able to quickly locate key organizational documents. Because these are really the constitution of your corporation, you’ll refer to them again and again. When using this book to produce corporate minute and consent forms, we will often refer you to these documents.
If you have not already done so, the best approach is to set up a corporate records book that contains the key documents. You can do this on your own with a three-ring binder, or by using a customized corporate kit designed for the purpose.
Your corporate records book should contain:
articles of incorporation
bylaws
minutes of the first directors’ meeting
stock certificate stubs or a stock transfer ledger showing the names and addresses of your share-holders, as well as the number and types of shares owned by each
minutes of annual and special meetings of directors or shareholders, if any , and
written consents.