Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, 9th Edition

Save time and money by doing it yourself.

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
- record minutes of meetings
- hire employees and consultants
- borrow or lend money
- protect your trade secrets
- buy a business
- create noncompete agreements
- lease commercial space
- prepare corporate bylaws
- buy real estate, and
- prepare an LLC operating
- much more. agreement

The 9th edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated by Nolo's experts, and provides the most up-to-date legal information for small businesses.