Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business

Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business:

65 Essential Agreements, Contracts, Leases & Letters

By: Fred S. Steingold

Create solid contracts for your business...

As a small business owner, you can’t afford to farm paperwork and contracts out to a lawyer—you have to deal with them yourself. With Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, you can act with confidence.

Here you’ll find the forms you need to start and grow your business. Each document comes with thorough, plain-English, line-by-line instructions to help you:

• write contracts

• hire employees and consultants 

• protect your trade secrets

• create noncompete agreements

• prepare corporate bylaws

• prepare an LLC operating agreement

• record minutes of meetings

• borrow or lend money 

• buy a business 

• lease commercial space

• buy real estate, and

• and much more

The 10th edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated by Nolo’s experts, and provides the most up-to-date legal information for small businesses. 

Included Forms

Amending Contracts

• Attachment to Contract
• Amendment to Contract

Forming Your Business

• Checklist for Starting a Small Business
• Partnership Agreement
• Pre-Incorporation Agreement
• Corporate Bylaws
• Stock Agreement
• LLC Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC

Running Your Corporation

• Notice of Shareholders' Meeting
• Notice of Directors' Meeting
• Shareholder Proxy
• Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting
• Minutes of Directors' Meeting
• Minutes of Telephone Conference Directors' Meeting
• Consent of Shareholders
• Consent of Directors

Borrowing Money

• Promissory Note (Amortized Monthly Payments)
• Promissory Note (Balloon Payment)
• Promissory Note (Interest-Only Payments)
• Promissory Note (Lump Sum Payment)
• Security Agreement for Borrowing Money

Buying or Selling a Business

• Contract for Purchase of Assets From an Unincorporated Business
• Contract for Purchase of Assets From a Corporation
• Corporate Resolution Authorizing Sale of Assets
• Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock
• Bill of Sale for Business Assets
• Seller's Affidavit: No Creditors
• Security Agreement for Buying Business Assets

Leasing Space

• Gross Lease
• Net Lease for Entire Building
• Net Lease for Part of Building
• Sublease
• Landlord's Consent to Sublease
• Assignment of Lease
• Notice of Exercise of Lease Option
• Extension of Lease
• Amendment to Lease
• Attachment to Lease

Purchasing and Improving Real Estate

• Contract to Purchase Building
• Option to Purchase Building
• Contract to Purchase Vacant Land
• Option to Purchase Vacant Land
• Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract
• Amendment to Real Estate Purchase Contract
• Removal of Contingency
• Extension of Time to Remove Contingencies
• Exercise of Option to Purchase Real Estate

Buying, Selling, Manufacturing, Renting, and Storing Goods

• Sales Contract (Lump-Sum Payment)
• Sales Contract (Installment Payments)
• Bill of Sale for Goods
• Security Agreement for Buying Goods
• Contract for Manufacture of Goods
• Equipment Rental Contract
• Storage Contract
• Consignment Contract

Hiring Employees and Independent Contractors

• Employment Application
• Authorization to Release Information
• Offer of Employment
• Confidentiality Agreement
• Covenant Not to Compete
• Contract With Independent Contractor

IRS and Government Forms

• IRS Form SS-4: Application for Employer Identification Number
• IRS Form W-4: Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
• IRS Form 2553: Election by a Small Business Corporation
• IRS Form 940-EZ
• IRS Form 940: Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return
• USCIS Form I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification

The following forms are included in the download, but not included in the book:

• Disputes Resolution Clause
• Names Formats
• Signature Formats 

ISBN-10: 141332486X
ISBN-13: 978-1413324860

Publisher: NOLO; Tenth edition (March 30, 2018)