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title: "Prepare the share-transfer pack for a corporation"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/prepare-the-share-transfer-completion-and-registration-pack/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A1-X20260927-4-US"
practice_area: "Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare the share-transfer pack for a corporation

> List the transferor, the transferee, the number of shares and the class as the lawyer supplies them, and flag any restriction stated in the certificate or the bylaws the lawyer has marked.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the transferor, the transferee, the number of shares and the class as the lawyer supplies them, and flag any restriction stated in the certificate or the bylaws the lawyer has marked. Do not prepare a transfer form. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware is the most common state of incorporation. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 159: the shares of stock in every corporation shall be deemed personal property and transferable as provided in Article 8 of subtitle I of Title 6. You open that Article, and you read any restriction in the certificate or the bylaws, before a transfer is treated as complete. You write any instrument that will be signed. If a transfer is for collateral security and not absolute, § 159 requires that fact to be expressed in the entry of transfer when, as the certificates are presented or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and the transferee ask the corporation to do so. The section does not set out a certificate legend. Model Rule 1.6: do not put the register into a public tool. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware is the most common state of incorporation. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the share transfer completion and registration pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/prepare-the-share-transfer-completion-and-registration-pack.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the transferor, the transferee, the number of shares and the class as the lawyer supplies them, and flag any restriction stated in the certificate or the bylaws the lawyer has marked. Do not prepare a transfer form. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware is the most common state of incorporation.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Article 8 of Title 6 is the transfer law § 159 points to. It was not opened. Do not describe its rules.
- A restriction the certificate states is not waived by preparing a pack.
- State law governs; confirm the governing state before relying on this.

## Sources

- [Delaware General Corporation Law, Title 8, Chapter 1, Subchapter V (stock and dividends)](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc05/index.html) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Share transfer completion and registration pack for a proprietary company: transfer form checklist, directors’ resolution, register entries and ASIC notice](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/share-transfer-completion-registration-pack.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Pack for completing an off-market transfer of shares in an Australian proprietary company: pre-completion checks, proper instrument of transfer, directors’ resolution to register, register of… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*