EXHIBIT 3.1(g) [LETTERHEAD OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA] I, BILL JONES, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby certify: That the attached transcript has been compared with the record on file in this office, of which it purports to be a copy, and that it is full, true and correct. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute this certificate and affix the Great Seal of the State of California this Sep 24, 1997 --------------------------------------- [SEAL] /s/ BILL JONES Secretary of State A497731 E N D O R S E D F I L E D In the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California SEP 24 1997 /s/ BILL JONES BILL JONES, Secretary of State CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF IMPERIAL CREDIT ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. The undersigned certify that: 1. They are all of the directors of the Imperial Credit Asset Management Corp., a California corporation (the "Corporation"). 2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is amended to read as follows: "Article I The name of the corporation is IMPERIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP." 3. No shares have been issued. We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge. Dated: September 22, 1997 /s/ H. WAYNE SNAVELY ---------------------------------- H. Wayne Snavely /s/ KEVIN E. VILLANI ---------------------------------- Kevin E. Villani /s/ MARK S. KARLAN ---------------------------------- Mark S. Karlan [SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE] [SEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA] SECRETARY OF STATE I, BILL JONES, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby certify: That the attached transcript has been compared with the record on file in this office, of which it purports to be a copy, and that it is full, true and correct. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute this certificate and affix the Great Seal of the State of California this [ILLEGIBLE DATE] ------------------------------------ /s/ BILL JONES Secretary of State [ILLEGIBLE NUMBER] E N D O R S E D F I L E D In the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California AUG 12 1997 /s/ BILL JONES BILL JONES, Secretary of State ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF IMPERIAL CREDIT ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this corporation is Imperial Credit Asset Management Corp. ARTICLE II. PURPOSE The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business, or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code (the "Code"). ARTICLE III. INITIAL AGENT The name of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is: J. A. Shafran, Esq. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal 601 S. Figueroa St. Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90017 ARTICLE IV. INITIAL DIRECTORS The name and addresses of the initial directors of the Corporation are H. Wayne Snavely c/o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc. 23550 Hawthorne Blvd., Bldg. One, Suite 110 Torrance, California 90505 Kevin E. Villani c/o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc. 23550 Hawthorne Blvd., Bldg. One, Suite 210 Torrance, California 90505 Mark S. Karlan c/o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc. 23550 Hawthorne Blvd., Bldg. One, Suite 210 Torrance, California 90505 ARTICLE V. STOCK (a) This corporation has authority to issue one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"). Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder to one vote. (b) The board of directors of the corporation may authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of stock of the corporation of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the board of directors of the corporation may deem advisable. The board of directors may determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued class of shares or any wholly unissued series of any class of shares. ARTICLE VI. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY The personal liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages in an action for breach of a director's duties to the corporation and its shareholders (as set forth in Section 309 of the Code) shall be eliminated, subject to the limits set forth in Section 204(a)(10) of the Code. ARTICLE VII. INDEMNIFICATION The corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317 of the Code) for breach of duty to the corporation and its stockholders through bylaw provisions or through agreements with the agents, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the 2 Code, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204(a)(11) of the Code. /s/ H. WAYNE SNAVELY ----------------------------------- H. Wayne Snavely /s/ KEVIN E. VILLANI ----------------------------------- Kevin E. Villani /s/ MARK S. KARLAN ----------------------------------- Mark S. Karlan We declare that we are the persons who executed the foregoing articles of incorporation which execution is our act and deed. /s/ H. WAYNE SNAVELY ----------------------------------- H. Wayne Snavely /s/ KEVIN E. VILLANI ----------------------------------- Kevin E. Villani /s/ MARK S. KARLAN ----------------------------------- Mark S. Karlan 3