3. Align with Group Agreements & Governance
This section is designed to help your community pinpoint key agreements and internal structures that... View more
Legal Structures
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Legal Structures
Legal Entity
Determine your legal status.
Consider organizing your project into multiple legal entities:
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Land Holding
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Land can be owned privately or collectively
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Community Land Trust
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Tenancy in Common (TIC)
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Country/Municipality
Development Entity: An entity to handle your finances, development, reinvestment. The business side of your community.
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Limited Liability Company (LLC)
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B-Corp
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Community members are shareholders
Operations Entity: An entity to run your community operations. The community side of your community
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Foundation
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Association
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Church (508c in USA)
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Cooperative
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FairShares Commons
What legal structure will you choose for your community?
Legal structure(s) of choice:
— Legal Structures for Intentional Communities in the US
— “Legal Systems Very Different From Ours”
Resources:
Auroville legal model 1
https://auroville.org/page/internal-organisation-838
Auroville legal model 2
https://auroville.org/page/internal-structure-visible-and-invisible-643
Auroville legal model 3
https://auroville.org/category/organization-and-governance
Tamera legal model
https://www.tamera.org/community-ownership/
Sustainable Economies Law Center – Find phenomenal legal toolkits for cooperatives, community building, and deep democracy
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