Corporation Section Filing Forms
- Phone:
- Customer Service: (608) 261-7577
- TTY: 711
- DFI Corporations Unit
- Department of Financial Institutions
- Mailing: PO Box 7846
- Madison WI 53707-7846
- Physical Address: 4822 Madison Yards Way, North Tower
- Madison WI 53705
Corporations Forms - Business, Domestic & Foreign (Ch. 180)
Form 2 Articles of Incorporation - Stock For-Profit Corporation
Online Form 2 - Articles of Incorporation - Stock For-Profit Corporation
Form 4 Articles of Amendment - Stock For-Profit Corporation
Form 8 Restated Articles of Incorporation - Stock For-Profit Corporation
Form 10 - Articles of Dissolution - Business Corporation
Form 13 Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Change
Form 13-R Resignation of Registered Agent
Form 20 Newly Elected Officers and Directors
Please Note: For WEDC certified Foreign Qualified New Business Ventures see special filing instructions.
Form 21* Foreign Business Corporation - Certificate of Authority Application and/or Amended Certificate
Form 21 B Adoption of Fictitious Name
This form may only be filed simultaneously with completed Form 21. A fictitious name may be adopted by a foreign corporation only when its true and legal corporate name is not available for use in Wisconsin due to an existing entity already on record by the same name. This form may not be used to register an assumed name or tradename. Please visit www.wdfi.org/Apostilles_Notary_Public_and_Trademarks/defaultTrademark.htm for more information regarding tradenames and trademarks.
Form 24* Foreign Business Corporation - Withdrawal and Final Report Application
Form 52 Articles of Share or Interest Exchange
Form 53 Articles of Correction
Please Note: A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document that was filed by the department if the document contains a statement that was incorrect at the time of filing or if the document was defectively executed, including defects in any attestation, seal, verification or acknowledgement.
Articles of Correction may not be used to cancel or undo filed Articles of Dissolution or any other previously filed document.
Form 55 Revocation of Voluntary Dissolution - Stock or Nonstock Corporation or Limited Liability Company
Form 1000 * - Certificate of Conversion,
See Certificate of Conversion FAQ
Form 2000 - Articles of Merger,
See Articles of Merger FAQ
Please Note: If the merger involves only Chapter 180 Domestic or Foreign business corporations, use form 2001.

Form 1-R Foreign Corporation - Registered Name Application
* - Certain forms are prescribed by statute for specified types of transactions. Their use is mandatory and is indicated with an asterisk(*).