You must obtain a business license from Alameda County only if you are conducting any type of business, including leasing residential and commercial property, or your business is based in an unincorporated area of Alameda County. DO NOT APPLY TO ALAMEDA COUNTY IF YOU OPERATE A BUSINESS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
New Business License Web Portal Announcement Please visit to apply for or renew your business license. For business license assistance, please contact HdL at (510) 250-1889 or Alameda@HdLGov. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call us at (510) 747-4851.
Statements of Information, Common Interest Development Statements and Publicly Traded Disclosure Statements can be filed online at bizfileOnline.sos.ca.
Certificates of Status (Online) - certificates of status are available within minutes online at bizfileOnline.sos.ca. Certificate of Status certifies to the current status of an entity (e.g., active/good standing, suspended, dissolved, cancelled, etc.)
The concept of a business entity is a straightforward concept of financial accounting. It simply states that a business and the business owner are two separate entities and their transactions are to be recorded separately in the book of accounts.
Bylaws are rules which are passed by an organization or public body other than a legislature, such as a municipal government or corporation. Many Alberta municipalities provide online access to either all or some of their bylaws. Use the resources below to find the website of the municipality that interests you.
9 Hence, the Articles of Association constitute an initial unanimous agreement between the existing shareholders of the company. Under the Business Corporations Act, the Bylaws need never be signed by anyone and a unanimous agreement is not required at any time whatsoever.
Creating by-laws When incorporating under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (NFP Act), you have to create by-laws. They set out the rules for governing and operating the corporation. They can be modified at a later date as the needs of the corporation change.
LLCs are not required to have bylaws. However, they are governed by an operating agreement which is like a corporation's bylaws.
There's also the fact that if you don't list the number of directors in your Articles of Incorporation, you're legally required to list that information in your bylaws (see California Corp Code § 212). The bottom line: corporate bylaws are not legally required, but they're pretty much essential for your corporation.