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Articles Of Incorporation-Nonprofit Religious ARTS-RE - California
| Articles Of Incorporation-Nonprofit Religious Form. This is a California form and can be used in Domestic Corporations Corporations Secretary Of State . |
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Changes to California Business Entity Filings effective January 1, 2013 As of January 1, 2013, new legal requirements apply to business entity documents filed with the California Secretary of State's office. Entity and Agent Addresses All formation/registration documents must include the business entity street address and mailing address. All foreign corporation and foreign limited liability company registration documents must include the street address of the principal business office address in California, if one exists. All documents listing an individual person as an agent for service of process must include the agent's California street address. All corporate agents filing a certificate pursuant to California Corporations Code section 1505 must include the California street address where process may be served. A post office box address for an agent for service of process will not be accepted on any document. Future File Date Requests All future file date requests for corporation and limited liability company documents must be included within the document submitted or as an attachment to be made part of the filed document. Corporation and limited liability company documents received before January 1, 2013, with a future file date on or after January 1, 2013, must comply with the entity and agent addresses requirements listed above. This information may be included in an attachment as part of the filed document. Copy Requests The Secretary of State will no longer endorse and certify customer-provided copies. However, a customer who submits documents with a filing fee of $25.00 or more will receive one (1) uncertified copy of the documents for free and, at the time of filing, the free copy may be certified for a $5.00 certification fee. Customers requesting additional copies will be charged $1.00 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page. Each certified copy requires an additional $5.00 certification fee. Note: While domestic stock and foreign corporations are required to pay a total of $25.00 when filing the required Statement of Information, the total fees include a $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 disclosure fee. Therefore, customers requesting copies of a Statement of Information (corporation or limited liability company) must include the copy fees described above. SB 1532 - Business Entities Filings (Rev. 11/21/2012) ARTS-RE Articles of Incorporation of a Nonprofit Religious Corporation To form a nonprofit religious corporation in California, you can fill out this form or prepare your own document, and submit for filing along with: A $30 filing fee. A separate, non-refundable $15 service fee also must be included, if you drop off the completed form or document. Important! Nonprofit corporations in California are not automatically exempt from paying California franchise tax or income tax each year. For information about tax requirements and/or applying for tax-exempt status in California, go to https://www.ftb.ca.gov/businesses/exempt_organizations or call the California Franchise Tax Board at (916) 845-4171. Note: Before submitting this form, you should consult with a private attorney for advice about your specific business needs. This Space For Office Use Only For questions about this form, go to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/filing-tips.htm Corporate Name (List the proposed corporate name. Go to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/name-availability.htm for general corporate name requirements and restrictions.) The name of the corporation is ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ . Corporate Purpose This corporation is a Religious Corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Religious Corporation Law exclusively for religious purposes. Service of Process (List a California resident or an active 1505 corporation in California that agrees to be your initial agent to accept service of process in case your corporation is sued. You may list any adult who lives in California. You may not list your own corporation as the agent. Do not list an address if the agent is a 1505 corporation). a. b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agent's Name CA _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agent's Street Address (if agent is not a corporation) City (no abbreviations) State Zip Corporate Addresses a. b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Initial Street Address of Corporation Initial Mailing Address of Corporation, if different from 4a City (no abbreviations) City (no abbreviations) State State Zip Zip _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Statements (The following statements are for tax-exempt status in California.) a. The specific purpose of this corporation is to ________________________________________________________________________________________ . b. This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). c. No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and this corporation shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign (including the publishing or distribution of statements) on behalf of any candidate for public office. d. The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to religious purposes and no part of the net income or assets of this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. e. Upon the dissolution or winding up of this corporation, its assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of this corporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation or corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational and/or religious purposes and which has established its tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). This form must be signed by eac
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