Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business

by Steingold, Fred S.; Miehe, Shannon; Miehe, Shannon

• ISBN13: 9780873376341
• ISBN10: 087337634X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Most small businesses cannot afford to hire a lawyer to draft the documents they need in the course of day-to-day business. This book, the companion to attorney Fred Steingold's bestselling "Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business, Vol. 1", provides small business owners with more than 75 forms and documents to help them with their business-related legal needs. Illus.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book
Four Practical Ways to Use the Forms in This Book	3	(1)
Do You Need a Lawyer?	4
Contract Basics
Names Clause: Identifying the Parties to a Contract	2	(2)
Signature Clause: Signing a Contract	4	(7)
Standard Clauses	11	(3)
Resolving Disputes	14	(2)
Modifying a Contract: Attachments and Amendments	16
Forming Your Business
Form 2A: Checklist for Starting a Sole Proprietorship	4	(4)
Form 2B: Partnership Agreement	8	(6)
Form 2C: Pre-Incorporation Agreement	14	(3)
Form 2D: Corporate Bylaws	17	(4)
Form 2E: Stock Agreement	21	(1)
Form 2F: LLC Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC	22
Running Your Corporation
Form 3A: Notice of Shareholders' Meeting	4	(2)
Form 3B: Notice of Directors' Meeting	6	(2)
Form 3C: Shareholder Proxy	8	(1)
Form 3D: Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting	8	(2)
Form 3E: Minutes of Directors' Meeting	10	(1)
Form 3F: Minutes of Telephone Conference Directors' Meeting	11	(1)
Form 3G: Consent of Shareholders	12	(2)
Form 3H: Consent of Directors	14
Borrowing Money
Understanding Promissory Notes in General	2	(4)
The Promissory Notes in This Chapter	6	(1)
Form 4C: Promissory Note (Equal Monthly Installments; All Principal and Interest Paid)	7	(4)
Form 4D: Promissory Note (Equal Monthly Payments; Large Final Balloon Payment)	11	(1)
Form 4E: Promissory Note (Payments of Interest Only; Large Final Balloon Payment)	12	(2)
Form 4F: Promissory Note (Single Payment of Principal and Interest)	14	(1)
Form 4G: Security Agreement (For Tangible Personal Property)	15
Buying a Business
Form 5A: Contract for Purchase of Business Assets From a Sole Proprietorship, Partnership or Limited Liability Company	5	(8)
Form 5B: Contract for Purchase of Business Assets From a Corporation	13	(2)
Form 5C: Corporate Resolution Authorizing Sale of Assets	15	(1)
Form 5D: Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock	16	(2)
Form 5E: Bill of Sale	18	(2)
Form 5F: Affidavit---No Creditors	20	(2)
Form 5G: Security Agreement	22
Leasing Space
Form 6A: Gross Lease	4	(7)
Form 6B: Net Lease for Entire Building	11	(2)
Form 6C: Net Lease for Part of Building	13	(2)
Form 6D: Sublease	15	(4)
Form 6E: Landlord's Consent to Sublease	19	(1)
Form 6F: Assignment of Lease	19	(1)
Form 6G: Notice of Exercise of Lease Option	20	(1)
Form 6H: Extension of Lease	21	(1)
Form 6I: Amendment of Lease	22	(1)
Form 6J: Attachment to Lease	23
Purchasing and Improving Real Estate
Beware of Possible Environmental Problems	3	(2)
Form 7B: Contract to Purchase Building	5	(7)
Form 7C: Option to Purchase Building	12	(2)
Form 7D: Contract to Purchase Vacant Land	14	(2)
Form 7E: Option to Purchase Vacant Land	16	(2)
Form 7F: Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract	18	(1)
Form 7G: Amendment of Real Estate Purchase Contract	18	(2)
Form 7H: Removal of Contingency	20	(1)
Form 7I: Extension of Time to Remove Contingencies	20	(1)
Form 7J: Exercise of Option to Purchase Real Estate	21	(1)
Form 7K: Renovation Contract	21
Buying, Selling, Manufacturing
Form 8A: Sales Contract (Lump Sum Payment)	2	(4)
Form 8B: Sales Contract (Installment Payments)	6	(1)
Form 8C: Bill of Sale	7	(1)
Form 8D: Security Agreement	8	(1)
Form 8E: Contract for Manufacture of Goods	9	(1)
Form 8F: Equipment Rental Contract	10	(2)
Form 8G: Storage Contract	12	(2)
Form 8H: Consignment Contract	14
Hiring Employees and Independent Contractors
Form 9A: Employment Application	4	(1)
Form 9B: Authorization to Release Information	5	(1)
Form 9C: Offer of Employment	5	(2)
Form 9D: Confidentiality Agreement	7	(1)
Form 9E: Covenant Not to Compete	8	(2)
Form 9F: Contract With Employee	10	(2)
Form 9G: Contract With Independent Contractor	12
Appendix A: How to Use the CD-ROM
Appendix B: Tear-Out Forms
Index