Starting a Small Business: Business Forms - Westlaw Database

The Westlaw NextPatron Access database is an online legal research service designed especially for use in government, law, and public libraries. **Please read this resource's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy before searching.** It is available in the Business Center, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, or by booking a virtual consultation with our librarians.

To find forms for your business, use the New York Form Finder -  New York Forms Legal & Business section of Westlaw. You must know which business forms you need before using Westlaw. Our librarians will help you navigate the database but cannot tell you which forms you need. Before visiting the Business Center or scheduling a virtual consultation, meet with a business advisor so that they can tell you which business forms you will need. 

Here is a list of not-for-profit business advisors:

BOC - Business Outreach Center

CAMBA - One-on-One Business Counseling

Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (NELP)

PACE University - Small Business Development Center 

SCORE NYC - Find a Mentor

For additional business advisors, click here to be directed to the Counseling/Consulting section of the NYC Small Business Directory site.

If you visit the Thomas Yoseloff Business Center in person, stop by the Reference Desk, and a Librarian will step you up on a Business - Database PC to use the Westlaw NextPatron Access database. (Bring a USB flash drive to save your forms.) 

After logging in to the database and agreeing to Thomson Reuters Westlaw's terms of use, click Continue. 

You can search for business forms in many ways. However, to access the New York Forms & Business section, follow the steps below.

Once in Westlaw NextPatron Access, select "Forms" from the home screen.

Then choose "New York" under the heading Forms by State.

 

This will open the New York Form Finder interface.

 

Scroll down, and at the bottom of the screen, choose New York Forms Legal & Business under the Forms by Publication heading. 

This screen will open:

Click on the + (plus) icon to the left to expand the category, such as in the Business Enterprises heading, to open the subcategory Chapters:

You must continue clicking the + (plus) icon to the left to expand the options under the chapters. As in this example:

Continue clicking the + (plus) icon to the left to expand the subsections:

If you were interested in downloading the   § 17:553. Notice of shareholders' meeting to act on directors' recommendation to dissolve form. Just click on it, and a new screen like the one below will open:

 

To download, email, or print the form, go to the top right-hand corner and click on the down arrow to the right of the white envelope:

Lastly, you will be able to download it in Rich Text Format.

Please speak to the staff at the Reference Desk if you need further assistance.