Articles of Incorporation of a Professional Corporation (Form ARTS-PC)

Secretary of State

Business Programs Division

Business Entities

1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

P.O. Box 944260, Sacramento, CA 94244-2600

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• Complete and include this form with your paper submission. This form will not be made part of

the filed document.

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Contact Person (Please type or print legibly):

First Name:

Last Name:

Phone Number:

Entity Information (Please type or print legibly):

Entity Name:

Entity Number (if applicable):

Comments:

Submission Cover Sheet (REV 03/2024)

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ARTS-PC (REV 06/2023)

Secretary of State

ARTS-PC

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Articles of Incorporation of a

Professional Corporation

Filing Fee - $100.00

Certified Copy Fee (Optional) - $5.00

Note: Corporations may have to pay a minimum $800 tax to the California

Franchise Tax Board each year. For more information, go to

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/.

1. Corporate Name

(Contact the California state board or agency that controls your profession to find out if your profession is

authorized to be a corporation in California and if there are any specific corporate name style rules. Go

to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/name-reservations for general corporate name requirements and restrictions.)

The name of the professional corporation is _________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. Business Addresses (Enter the complete business addresses. Item 2a cannot be a P.O.Box or “in care of” an individual or entity.)

a. Initial Street Address of Corporation - Do not enter a P.O. Box

City (no abbreviations) State Zip Code

b. Initial Mailing Address of Corporation, if different than item 2a

City (no abbreviations) State Zip Code

3. Service of Process (Must provide either Individual OR Corporation.)

INDIVIDUAL – Complete Items 3a and 3b only. Must include agent’s full name and California street address.

a. California Agent's First Name (if agent is not a corporation)

Middle Name Last Name Suffix

b. Street Address (if agent is not a corporation) - Do not enter a P.O. Box

City (no abbreviations) State

Zip Code

CORPORATION – Complete Item 3c. Only include the name of the registered agent Corporation.

c. California Registered Corporate Agent’s Name (if agent is a corporation) – Do not complete Item 3a or 3b

4. Shares (Enter the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue. Do not leave blank or enter zero (0).)

This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock.

The total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is ____________________________________________ .

5. Purpose Statement

(Contact the California state board or agency that controls your profession to find out if your profession is

authorized to be a corporation in California. Go to dca.ca.gov/about_us/entities.shtml for more information.)

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in the profession of ______________________________________________________

and any other lawful activities (other than the banking or trust company business) not prohibited to a corporation

engaging in such profession by applicable laws and regulations. This corporation is a professional corporation within

the meaning of California Corporations Code section 13400 et seq.

6. Read and Sign Below (This form must be signed by each incorporator.)

__________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________