Corporate Seal/Stamp

The corporate seal was the official mark of a corporation and as the corporation (your name) is a separate entity, the corporate seal acted as the signature of the corporation. Individuals were not allowed to authorise certain corporate acts and so a corporate seal was necessary to prove corporate authority. Today, a corporate seal may be used for deeds and for bank accounts, but even these uses of the corporate seal are becoming more and more rare. Rather than a corporate seal, state laws recognise the signature of an individual(s) with actual authority (i.e. CEO, director) as binding upon the corporation (name).

Corporate seals in the past were imprinted on wax upon a document, over time , rubber stamps were preferred and today, most corporate seals are embossed upon a document. Although no longer required, the corporate seal still retains a sense of authenticity and a mark of identity for a corporation.

Many men and women have created their own seal for their corp-oration, the ALLCAPS business name as issued by the government when a baby is registered.

We have created our own style of seal and you can now create your own using one of our designs below.

We use our seal on our digital documents and email signatures. We have also had these created in red ink stamps and embossers for paper documents. We use this seal every time we sign for any official document, deed or letter we send to the government, banks, and all other corporate entities. The personal seal is linking the copyrighted all caps birth certificate trust-estate with the living man or woman, and it is his/her moral right to claim the property. Because of this, if you have changed your name from your birth name by any means, including marriage, you should be ordering a seal with your Birth Certificate name. Eg, a married woman might sign a document with her married name, but would also place the seal of the birth estate to link her signature to the estate. However, any combination is suitable, remember, this is YOUR seal so create your own to suite your needs. You are the highest AUTHOR-ity. Some people have created a family estate seal to include spouses/partners and children, and (depends on knowledge and written consent) can include extended family members. Many others are now placing their BC estate into a private trust and only use the private trust seal to sign their documents. There is no wrong way to do this, but there may be a better way as you gain knowledge and you can change from one state to another when you see the need.

Those that are doing processes to convert from public status to private status, may order a personal seal, or a family seal for all the family to use, or another entity, like a private trust if the birth certificate estate has been deposited into a private trust to keep at arms length.

The seal you choose is yours, so you can choose any seal and any wording, for it belongs to you and is your official symbol to officiate your documents or to use with or as your signature.

Add your seal to a pdf document – details here

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Most of the digital image files we send you will be suitable for sending off to a stamp or embosser creator to give you superb quality self inking stamps and embossers for your paper documents.

Our seals work well on 50mm diameter embossers, and on 40mm self-inking stamps. We do not provide you with a stamp or embosser as they are expensive. A stamp can cost minimum of $60 and an embosser can cost a minimum of $120 upwards.

Please check the image is suitable for embosser before purchase if you intend to have a die made. Some images may not be suitable for small dies. The more complex seals may not be suitable for embossing.