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State Guide: Articles of Incorporation

Below are forms for Articles of Incorporation (for a domestic corporation) for each of the 50 states and Washington, DC. A complete set of business organization forms can be found here.

Note: Most of the documents listed below are in PDF format.
AlabamaArticles of Incorporation
AlaskaArticles of Incorporation
ArkansasOnline Form Filing Procedure
ArizonaArticles of Incorporation for Domestic Business
CaliforniaOrganization of California Stock Corporations (includes instructions and articles of incorporation)
ColoradoArticles of Incorporation
ConnecticutCertificate of Incorporation
DelawareCertificate of Incorporation
DCArticles of Incorporation Guidelines
FloridaArticles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
GeorgiaCorporation Filing Procedures (includes guidelines and sample articles of incorporation)
HawaiiArticles of Incorporation (Form DC-1)
IdahoArticles of Incorporation
IllinoisArticles of Incorporation
IndianaArticles of Incorporation
IowaArticles of Incorporation (guidelines only)
KansasArticles of Incorporation
KentuckyArticles of Incorporation
LouisianaArticles of Incorporation (with transmittal form)
MaineArticles of Incorporation
MarylandArticles of Incorporation for a Stock Corporation
MassachusettsArticles of Organization
MichiganArticles of Incorporation
MinnesotaArticles of Incorporation
MississippiArticles of Incorporation
MissouriArticles of Incorporation (including instruction sheet)
MontanaArticles of Incorporation
NebraskaFiling Articles of Incorporation (guidelines only; no sample)
NevadaArticles of Incorporation
New HampshireArticles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
New Jerseycurrently unavailable
New MexicoArticles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
New YorkCertificate of Incorporation
North CarolinaArticles of Incorporation
North DakotaArticles of Incorporation
OhioInitial Articles of Incorporation
OklahomaCertificate of Incorporation (includes instructions)
OregonArticles of Incorporation
PennsylvaniaArticles of Incorporation
Rhode IslandArticles of Incorporation
South CarolinaArticles of Incorporation
South DakotaArticles of Incorporation
TennesseeCharter / Articles of Incorporation
TexasArticles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
UtahArticles of Incorporation
VermontArticles of Incorporation
VirginiaArticles of Incorporation
West VirginiaArticles of Incorporation
WashingtonApplication to Form a Corporation (includes Articles of Incorporation)
WisconsinArticles of Incorporation
WyomingArticles of Incorporation
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