Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business

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.