Practice question · Put in order
Order the steps by which a company becomes a legal person.
- Founders agree on statutes and capital
- Registration is granted and published
- The deed is filed with the Commercial Registry
- They execute the public deed before a notary
- The company acts in its own name, debts its own
Hints
- Agreement comes before formalisation, which comes before filing.
- Until the registration step, the signatories are exposed personally.
Show the answer
- Founders agree on statutes and capital
- They execute the public deed before a notary
- The deed is filed with the Commercial Registry
- Registration is granted and published
- The company acts in its own name, debts its own
Why
Agreement → deed → filing → registration → personality. Until the fourth step, whoever signs is betting their own patrimony.
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