Company seal maker for Australia

Australian companies have not needed a common seal since the Corporations Act 2001, which allows execution by two directors or a director and secretary, though many keep one for share certificates.

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Section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 settled this: a company may execute a document with or without a common seal, and a counterparty can rely on either. Most Australian companies formed since have never owned one. Where seals survive it is on share certificates and formal instruments, and on paperwork heading to jurisdictions that still expect them.

What a company stamp in Australia usually carries

The company name exactly as registered with ASIC.
The Australian Company Number, the ACN, which is required on company documents.
Sometimes the ABN on stamps used for invoicing.
On a traditional seal, the words "Common Seal" around the ring.

Australia stamp templates, ready to edit

Partner Sign-off template for Australia, editable online — Partner sign-offSize: 56 x 34mmCustomize this stamp

Director Ring Seal template for Australia, editable online — Director ringSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Company Seal template for Australia, editable online — Company sealSize: 56mmAdd an editable date

Received Stamp template for Australia, editable online — ReceivedSize: 56 x 22mmCustomize this stamp

Signature And Date Stamp template for Australia, editable online — Signature & dateSize: 56 x 22mmCustomize this stamp

Company Scales Seal template for Australia, editable online — Company seal + scalesSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

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Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.

Why make it digitally

Companies trading into Asia and the Gulf are routinely asked for a stamp their own law does not require.
Share certificates are still commonly sealed by convention even where the constitution does not demand it.
A digital seal survives being emailed, where an embossed one does not scan.

Questions

Do I need a common seal in Australia?

No. Section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 lets a company execute documents with or without a common seal, so most Australian companies do not have one. Where a company does keep one, it is usually because its constitution provides for it or because a counterparty asks. The constitution is the thing to check, since it binds the company whatever the Act permits.

Does an Australian company need a common seal?

No. Section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 permits execution with or without one, by two directors, by a director and the company secretary, or by the sole director of a single-director company. Check the constitution though, since it may still provide for a seal.

Does the ACN have to be on it?

Company documents must show the ACN, and putting it on the stamp is a straightforward way of satisfying that on forms without a letterhead. The seal itself is not what the requirement attaches to.

ACN or ABN?

The ACN identifies the company and is the one that belongs on a company seal. The ABN is the tax identifier and is more usually on an invoicing stamp.

Is this a maker or just a template?

This is a free australia company stamp maker. Pick a australia company stamp sample for a head start or use the blank australia company stamp generator, then change every line of the australia company stamp design. Everything happens with the australia company stamp online in your browser. The australia company stamp price is per file rather than monthly, $1.50 for a australia company stamp png and $3.00 for the pack, and a australia company stamp template never enters into it.

What people call it in Australia

rubber stamp Australia: The traditional inked die. If you want one made in Australia, the design is the part worth getting right before you order, because a die is remade from scratch when the wording changes.
company stamp Australia: The everyday identity mark: registered name, registration number, and whatever else practice in Australia expects on a commercial document.
company seal Australia: The more formal version, conventionally round. Whether it is required in Australia is a separate question from whether a counterparty will ask for one, and the second is what usually decides it.
common seal Australia: The specific legal instrument, historically applied under authority of the board. Australia is one of the jurisdictions where the phrase is still in everyday use, so the layout is worth getting right.
stamp maker Australia: Searched by people who want it made now. Nothing is installed and no account is needed to start, which matters more in Australia than a shop's opening hours do.
digital stamp: The file rather than the object: a transparent PNG that sits on a PDF as ink. Most documents that need a stamp in Australia are now sent as files, and this is the version anybody actually sees.
round stamp: Conventionally 38mm to 40mm across. Enough for a ring of text and two or three lines inside it, which is what most marks in Australia need.
rectangular stamp: Use it where the information matters more than the ceremony: addresses, received marks, endorsements, anything with a field to fill in.
stamp templates: Sorted by what the mark is for rather than by how it looks, so the set for a company in Australia is a few clicks rather than a scroll through everything.
free stamp maker: You can build the whole thing, look at it at actual size and change your mind as often as you like before paying anything. Priced in USD wherever you are in Australia.
putting a stamp on a PDF: Skips the print, stamp and scan loop entirely. The PDF is processed in your browser, so the document never leaves your machine.

This describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it. Only produce a mark your own organisation is entitled to use.