Chapter 6
Creating and Filing Your Articles of Organization
IN THIS CHAPTER
Answering a few important questions
Knowing what you need to include in your articles
Completing your state filing
Deciding whether to use a formation company
The articles of organization is your LLC’s most important document. Why? Because you can’t even be an LLC until you create and file your articles of organization with your secretary of state’s office. And because the filing of this document brings your LLC into existence, you need to initiate it before you can do much else, like assign ownership.
The articles of organization describes the basic structure and management of your LLC, as well as who your registered agent is and where your company’s principal office is located. With so many uses for LLCs and all their flexibility, why on earth would you want your LLC to look and act the same way as someone else’s? If you are raising money for a multimillion-dollar real estate venture and your Uncle Joe is running a paper route, do you really want both companies operating as carbon-copy LLCs? Heck, no! ...
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