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Jurisdicción de Estados Unidos,
explicada con claridad.
U.S. jurisdiction,
explained clearly.
Articles of incorporation, LLC vs. corporation, Sunbiz filings, certified copies, EIN and ITIN — 39 guides written for founders doing this for the first time, including those who do not live in the U.S.
Every article in this section, listed on this page.
Grouped by what you are trying to solve, not by tag.
Sunbiz filings step by step, plus what changes in other states.
Most guides assume you are filing from outside the U.S.
Six groups, and every guide in this section belongs to one of them. Pick the one that matches the stage you are at.
All 39 titles are listed further down, grouped the same way.
A definition, a comparison and a decision. Most people arriving in this section need exactly one of the three.
The filing that legally creates a corporation with the state. What it contains, who signs it, and what it does not do.
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Same paperwork, different entity. One creates a corporation, the other creates an LLC — and picking the wrong one means refiling.
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Yes — no visa, no green card and no U.S. address of your own. What you actually need is a registered agent, an EIN and, sometimes, an ITIN.
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No. Both are filed with the Secretary of State and both are public record, but they create different entities: articles of incorporation create a corporation, articles of organization create an LLC. Filing the wrong one does not convert into the other — it means starting the formation over.
Some states add a third name for the same act: Delaware, Texas and Washington call the LLC filing a certificate of formation. What none of them are is the document that governs the company — that is the operating agreement for an LLC and the bylaws for a corporation, and neither is ever filed with the state. Rule of thumb: what the state keeps is public and creates the entity; what you keep runs it. Banks ask for the first, disputes are settled with the second.
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of everything this section is shown for is somebody trying to tell two similar documents apart.
One in five searches that reach this section is a comparison: articles of incorporation vs. articles of organization, vs. an operating agreement, vs. bylaws, vs. a certificate of formation. Here they are side by side.
Creates the corporation. Public record.
The incorporator, with the Secretary of State.
Corporation (C or S)
Creates the LLC. Public record.
The organizer, with the Secretary of State.
LLC
The same state filing under a different name (DE, TX, WA…).
The organizer, with the Secretary of State.
LLC or corporation
Sets the rules between the members. Never filed.
The members, kept privately.
LLC
Set the rules that govern the corporation. Never filed.
The board, kept privately.
Corporation
Rule of thumb: what the state keeps is public and creates the entity. What you keep governs it. A bank opening your account asks for the first; a dispute between partners is settled with the second.
Not by tag: this section has no sub-categories. The six routes come from the questions people actually type, measured over 90 days in Search Console.
Which filing creates what, and which paper the bank is actually asking for.
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Forming and owning a U.S. company with no visa, no residency and no SSN — and the ITIN that comes after.
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The state where most of these companies are actually filed, screen by screen.
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What to do once the company exists: get the document back, change it, or prove the company is in good standing.
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From the blank form to the accepted filing, including whether a notary is needed.
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LLC, corporation, S Corp or nonprofit — then the name, the operating agreement and the tax ID.
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No pagination roulette: the 39 titles are all here, grouped the same way as the routes. Until today this URL showed 11.
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Articles of incorporation form a corporation; articles of organization form an LLC. Compare ownership, governance and tax-classification issues.
Find the correct articles of incorporation form and compare PDF, fillable and online options while reviewing the provisions that affect the entity.
Learn what an articles of incorporation template can organize, where generic language fails and which provisions require state-specific review.
Learn when a business needs articles of incorporation, when another formation document applies, and which entity questions come first.
Learn the statutory contents of Florida articles of incorporation, current state fees and the records and reports that follow formation.
Understand Florida’s official Sunbiz filing portal, the review it performs and the planning decisions that remain with the corporation.
Electronic articles use Florida’s online filing channel. Learn what changes, what stays the same and which decisions require separate review.
Articles of incorporation form a corporation. An operating agreement governs an LLC. Learn the correct document pair for each entity.
A planning-level guide to Florida articles of incorporation, required information, current state fees, filing channels and post-filing records.
Learn how a certificate or articles of amendment updates a corporate charter and why authorization, wording and downstream records matter.
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No. Articles of incorporation create a corporation; articles of organization create an LLC. Both are filed with the Secretary of State and both are public — but they produce different entities, with different tax treatment and different governing documents. Filing the wrong one means starting the formation over.
No. The articles are filed with the state and create the entity. An operating agreement is an internal contract between LLC members that is never filed. Most states do not require one, and most banks will still ask to see it.
The same state filing under a different name. Delaware, Texas and Washington call it a certificate of formation; Florida and most other states call it articles of organization or articles of incorporation. The document does the same job.
Yes. There is no citizenship or residency requirement to own a U.S. LLC or corporation. What you do need is a registered agent with a physical address in the state, an EIN, and — if you have U.S. tax reporting obligations and no SSN — an ITIN.
In most states, no. Florida does not require notarization to file on Sunbiz. Notarization becomes necessary when the document has to travel: banks abroad, consulates and foreign registries usually want a certified copy, notarized and then apostilled.
From the state that holds them. In Florida, Sunbiz serves a free plain copy; a certified copy is a paid request. If the copy is going abroad, ask for the certified one — a plain printout cannot be apostilled.
Riveros Corp forms the company, obtains the EIN, drafts the operating agreement and, when the documents have to be used abroad, notarizes and apostilles them. Same team that writes these guides.