Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business - 13th Edition by Editors of Nolo Paperback

About the Book

Legal Forms for Starting and Running a Small Business gives business owners the forms they need to get a business off the ground. It includes forms for starting a business, hiring employees or contractors, leasing space, borrowing money, and much more. All forms are completely customizable and come with clear plain-English instructions.

Book Synopsis

Create solid contracts for your business

As a small business owner, you can't afford to farm your routine paperwork and contracts out to a lawyer.

With Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, you can handle a wide range of business forms and agreements on your own.

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:

• buy and sell goods


• complete forms and agreements to start your business


• create website policies and agreements


• lease commercial space


• hire employees and consultants


• buy real estate


• create noncompete agreements


• borrow or lend money

The 13th edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated by Nolo's experts and provides the most up-to-date legal information for small businesses.

The Editors of Nolo include over 20 editors and a team of researchers. Most of Nolo's editors left careers as practicing lawyers in favor of furthering the company's mission: Getting legal information into the hands of people who need it.

Review Quotes

"Balances its wealth of reproducible documents with straightforward 'how-to' instructions and advice..." The Bookwatch

"Two things make this work exceptionally valuable. First, the forms and contracts are written in straightforward language [and] all of the forms can be found with the book." American Reference Books Annual

"Provides instructions for completing the contracts required when forming a corporation, borrowing money, buying a business, leasing an office, hiring employees and selling goods." Reference & Research Book News