Company seal maker for New Zealand

The Companies Act 1993 made the common seal optional in New Zealand, so most companies formed since have never had one, though some keep a seal for share certificates.

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New Zealand removed the requirement early, in the 1993 Act, and the habit went with it faster than in most comparable jurisdictions. A New Zealand company executes documents by the signatures of directors, and many companies have genuinely never owned a seal.

What a company stamp in New Zealand usually carries

Why make it digitally

Questions

Does a New Zealand company need a common seal?

No. The Companies Act 1993 made it optional, and documents are executed by director signature. Check the constitution, which may still provide for one.

What is an NZBN?

The New Zealand Business Number, a unique identifier for a business entity. It is not required on a seal, but it is the identifier counterparties look up.

Why keep one?

Mostly convention on share certificates, and for counterparties in markets where a stamp is still expected.

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.

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