Outstanding shares are shares of stock that have been issued. "Authorized shares" refers to the number of shares the corporation is allowed to issue under its certificate or articles of incorporation.No shares of authorized Preference Stock are issued and outstanding. Authorized stock is the maximum number of shares that a corporation is legally permitted to issue, as specified in its articles of incorporation. You need to provide the foreign judgment with an affixed seal from the issuing court. The simple answer to this is that the authorized share count for a corporation is only the number of shares it is legally able to issue at a given time. This Agreement sets forth the terms, rules and regulations under which we will provide deposit services to you. Issued shares are drawn from the total pool of authorized shares and can never exceed the number of authorized shares. A bank levy is when a sheriff is authorized to take funds from the debtor's bank account(s) to pay you. Authorized shares become issued shares when "issued" or distributed to a stockholder.