Delaware Certificate Law

Both Texas and Delaware require every corporation to have Bylaws.There is no legal requirement in either Texas or Delaware for a general, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership to have a written partnership agreement.

A share certificate should be signed by two company directors or one director and the company secretary. For companies with a single director and no company secretary, the company director should sign in the presence of a witness who attests to his or her signature.

The good news is that turnaround time for a Delaware Certificate of Good Standing is the same day. In fact, we generally deliver your Certificate of Good Standing within two hours, during normal business hours (M-F; am to pm EST).

Bylaws are legally binding. And while your Bylaws aren't a public document (like your IRS Form 990), they also aren't confidential. You can share them, for instance, with a prospective board member who asks to review them before joining your board.

The bylaws are the corporation's operating manual; they describe how the corporation is organized and runs its affairs. You do not file the bylaws with the state, but you need to explain the roles of the corporation's participants, and technology can play a role in carrying out the bylaws.

Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by any 2 authorized officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

An S Corporation is required by state law to adopt bylaws that govern the corporation's internal management and the rights of the shareholders.

It is a certified document produced by the Delaware Secretary of State's office. It shows your corporation or LLC meets statutory requirements (filed all reports and paid all fees) and is authorized to do business.

The annual report filing fee for domestic corporations is $50 plus franchise taxes due upon filing of the report. The filing fee for foreign corporations is $125.