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Why The State of Delaware is a leading domicile for U.S. and international corporations?
More than half a million business entities have made Delaware their legal home including 280,000 corporations and 250,000 limited liability companies and partnerships. More than 50% of all publicly-traded companies in the United States including 58% of the Fortune 500 have chosen Delaware as their legal home.
Businesses choose Delaware not for one single reason, but because we provide a complete package of incorporations services. The Delaware General Corporation Law is the most advanced and flexible business formation statute in the nation. The Delaware Court of Chancery is a unique 210 year old business court that has written most of the modern U.S. corporation case law. Delaware's State Government is business-friendly and accessible. Our Division of Corporations operates with a state-of-the-art efficiency and our staff provides prompt, friendly and professional service to clients, attorneys, registered agents and others. These factors have all contributed to making Delaware a premier legal home to companies around the world.
The Division of Corporations has Specialists in each section to answer questions and assist you in filing your corporate, UCC and tax documents. You may also file annual tax reports and UCC documents online through our e-Corp Internet filing system.
The Division of Corporations now offers online Name Reservations, Entity Status and General Information. You may view these services here.
The Delaware Division of Corporations is at your service and we welcome your comments and feed back. You may contact any of the following individuals with questions through the Division of Corporations e-mail service.
- Harriet Smith Windsor, Secretary of State
- Rick Geisenberger, Assistant Secretary of State and Director of Corporations
- Robert Mathers, Corporations Administrator
- Sandra Miller, Technical Support Manager
- Eileen Simpson, Franchise Tax Administrator
- April Wright, Corporations Section Administrator
- James Ravis, Information System Manager
- Cynthia Kane, Marketing Manager
- Dan Carroll, Strategic Information System Project Leader
- Gail Lanouette, Human Resource Manager
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Last update: 2005-08-26 23:11
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