A corporate seal stamp is something that your corporation can use to imprint specific information about your company onto various documents. The corporate seal stamp is the signature of your corporation. Partnerships and sole proprietorship’s do not use corporate seal stamps because the business owners are not a separate entity. With a corporation, the incorporators are a separate entity, making the corporation responsible for nay debts and liabilities it incurs. The corporate seal stamp is the same as a business owner’s signature.
Most corporate seal stamps contain the most basic information about the corporation, the information that is contained on the corporate seal stamp is used to identify the corporation. You can only include the most basic information on your corporate seal stamp or you can add specific information that will be beneficial for your business. The most basic information that is included on the corporate seal stamp is the name of the company, the date the company incorporated, and the state of incorporation.
The most common use of a corporate seal stamp is for conducting corporate business. For example, if you are opening a business bank account you will need your corporate seal stamp to “sign” the documents that are required for opening the bank account. If you plan to distribute stock certificates, you will also need a corporate seal stamp. While it is not required in the United States to use a corporate seal stamp to issue stock or membership certificates, some foreign countries do require it.
Corporate seal stamps are also used on documents that need to be executed as deeds. If the document needs to be done as a simple contract the corporate seal is not needed, but deeds must be marked with the corporate seal stamp.
Corporate seal stamps used to be used for signing the articles of incorporation, but that is no longer required. The incorporators must sign the articles of incorporation, rather than using a corporate seal stamp.
