Articles of Incorporation are not called that in my state, what is the difference?
A. Different states call the basic organizational document by different names: Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Organization, Articles of Agreement, Articles of Association, or Charter. For simplicity purposes we call them Articles or Articles of Incorporation. This is sometimes called the charter or constitution of the organization. There is not a definite difference among the different names, just a preference by the state as to the name of the “organizing” documentation. Q.
