Nevada Revised Statutes 81.450 – Articles of incorporation: Filing requirements; acceptable evidence of incorporation
1. The articles of incorporation must be:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 81.450
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(a) Signed by three or more of the original members, a majority of whom must be residents of this State.
(b) Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in all respects in the same manner as other articles of incorporation are filed.
2. The Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation over the Great Seal of the State a certificate that a copy of the articles containing the required statements of facts has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
3. Upon the issuance of the certificate by the Secretary of State the persons signing the articles and their associates and successors are a body politic and corporate. When so filed, the articles of incorporation or certified copies thereof must be received in all the courts of this State, and other places, as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.