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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.

Alabama	Articles of Incorporation
Alaska	Articles of Incorporation
Arkansas	Articles of Incorporation
Arizona	Articles of Incorporation for Domestic Business
California	Organization of California Stock Corporations (includes instructions and articles of incorporation)
Colorado	Articles of Incorporation
Connecticut	Certificate of Incorporation
Delaware	Certificate of Incorporation
DC	Articles of Incorporation Guidelines
Florida	Articles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
Georgia	Corporation Filing Procedures (includes guidelines and sample articles of incorporation)
Hawaii	Articles of Incorporation (Form DC-1)
Idaho	Articles of Incorporation
Illinois	Articles of Incorporation
Indiana	Articles of Incorporation
Iowa	Articles of Incorporation (guidelines only)
Kansas	Articles of Incorporation
Kentucky	Articles of Incorporation
Louisiana	Articles of Incorporation (with transmittal form)
Maine	Articles of Incorporation
Maryland	Articles of Incorporation for a Stock Corporation
Massachusetts	Articles of Organization
Michigan	Articles of Incorporation
Minnesota	Articles of Incorporation
Mississippi	Articles of Incorporation
Missouri	Articles of Incorporation (including instruction sheet)
Montana	Articles of Incorporation
Nebraska	Filing Articles of Incorporation (guidelines only; no sample)
Nevada	Articles of Incorporation
New Hampshire	Articles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
New Jersey	currently unavailable
New Mexico	Articles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
New York	Certificate of Incorporation
North Carolina	Articles of Incorporation
North Dakota	Articles of Incorporation
Ohio	Initial Articles of Incorporation
Oklahoma	Certificate of Incorporation (includes instructions)
Oregon	Articles of Incorporation
Pennsylvania	Articles of Incorporation
Rhode Island	Articles of Incorporation
South Carolina	Articles of Incorporation
South Dakota	Articles of Incorporation
Tennessee	Charter / Articles of Incorporation
Texas	Articles of Incorporation (includes instructions)
Utah	Articles of Incorporation
Vermont	Articles of Incorporation
Virginia	Articles of Incorporation
West Virginia	Articles of Incorporation
Washington	Application to Form a Corporation (includes Articles of Incorporation)
Wisconsin	Articles of Incorporation
Wyoming	Articles of Incorporation

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