Series 3761

DESCRIPTION: Incorporation Case Files contain at a minimum the original articles of incorporation and any subsequent amendments to corporations. Some files also contain notices to pay licensing fees and taxes, oaths of office for corporate officers, annual reports, correspondence, or other miscellaneous documents. Case files are created during the length of a corporation's duration. The case file is generated when companies incorporate within Piute County and serve as evidence of "due incorporation of the corporation [UCA 16-2]."

Articles of incorporation constitute a contract between the state and corporation, between corporation and stockholders, and between the stockholders and state. The articles of incorporation record the following: names of the incorporators and their places of residence, the length of the corporation's duration, the pursuit of business agreed upon, amount of stock each shareholder receives, description of stock classes, number and kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business. The series ended in 1961 when the Division of Corporations was created.

ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by name of company, thereunder by date filed.

RELATED RECORDS: Series #17421, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION REGISTERS, 1891-1961, contains record copies of the articles found within this series and references the case files. Current Incorporations in Piute County are filed with Series #7184, CORPORATION FILES, 1860-present.

FINDING AIDS: An alphabetical index of the incorporated companies is attached as Appendix A to this inventory and is available for reference use.

PROCESSING NOTE: The entire series was archivally processed and arranged alphabetically by David Clark in December 1995.