The Corporation for Public Broadcasting might be a counter example to your “states-only” comment about corporate registration — except that congress incorporated it; it did not incorporate itself.
There are also federally chartered banks, although that’s not exactly the same thing.
(Now I’m starting to wonder why my BizOrgs casebook was so short…)
yes the only incorporation at the federal level is by Congress at the moment
even federal agencies register new entities with their states of choice
I’m always curious what a federal incorporation statute would look like, I bet it would suck as the loudest states’ representatives and delegates would want transparency
There are also federally chartered banks, although that’s not exactly the same thing.
(Now I’m starting to wonder why my BizOrgs casebook was so short…)