Do You Need a Lawyer to get
an Article of California Incorporation?
There are some business situations that will require
the expert assistance of legal counsel. This may include selling
your business, taking on a big investor or negotiating a large
company contract. However, the process to file your Articles
of Incorporation in California does not require a lawyer. In reality
this process is fairly simple and straight forward.
Completing the process without a lawyer does not need to be grueling
and there are tons of great resources that demystify the process,
including those provide by online services that will handle all
of the aspects of California incorporation. However, deciding if
your business would be better served by obtaining a lawyer to complete
your California incorporation is really dependant upon your situation.
Does your business require the ongoing assistance of a lawyer? Are you
not a citizen of the United States? Are you uncomfortable submitting your
information online?
If you are in a business that often requires legal advice, then retaining
a lawyer to complete your California incorporation may help organize things
for the future. In most cases businesses rarely are in need of ongoing
legal services, so the cost cannot be justified. In this case it may more
cost effective to have a lawyer on retainer anyways.
If you are citizen of a foreign country or reside outside of the country,
then a lawyer may be able to better assist you with filing the proper
paperwork, as well as obeying international tax laws. Also, foreign corporations file different papers than domestic corporations.
Due to security leaks many years ago, some people are still not comfortable
transmitting important data over the internet. In the recent years many
online companies have made great strides in online security. Encryption
and secure socket servers have made the average web server more secure
than ever before. What you gain in time and money saved is well worth
the limited risk of your California incorporation information being hijacked.
If you are seriously concerned about this happening, first phone customer
support for the online service you wish to use to inquire about their
security protocols. If then you are still uncomfortable, then hiring a
lawyer to process your articles of incorporation in California may be
your best option.
While it is not needed to use a lawyer to get an article of incorporation in California, it does have its pros and cons. The pros
being sound advice from someone who has a schooled understanding of
California corporate law and will work with you one on
one to define your business goals and
needs. The cons being the increased cost in time and money
to retain and work with a lawyer, as well as still possibly
having to wait the 6
weeks to complete the process.
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