What each state’s LLC document asks for (2026)
The formation document is short. This is what it asks for, state by state, where our fact sheet records it. Mainstay Filing, our best overall pick, fills it in and files it.
| State | Document | What it asks for |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Domestic Limited Liability Company Certificate of Formation | 1 name; 2 copy of the Name Reservation Certificate attached; 3 one registered agent, street address (no PO boxes) in Alabama, county, optional Alabama mailing address; 4 "at least one member"; 5 series/professional/nonprofit checkboxes; 6 effective on receipt or a delayed date "no later than the 90th day after the date this instrument was signed"; organizer signature. No member names. |
| Alaska | Articles of Organization (08-484) | Name; purpose (may be "any lawful" purpose); mailing address of the registered office and the registered agent's name; whether managed by a manager (AS 10.50.075). A separate NAICS code statement is required (AS 10.50.078; "Most entity types must provide a NAICS code"). Management: "Managed by its Members" or "Managed by its Managers". |
| Arizona | Articles of Organization (L010) | Name; statutory agent with Arizona street and mailing addresses; principal address ("is not required to be an Arizona address"); management structure. Manager-managed LLCs list the managers "and at least one member who must be listed if the member owns 20% or more"; member-managed LLCs list the members (Member Structure Attachment). Addresses are "viewable by the public on the internet". Optional delayed effective… |
| Arkansas | Certificate of Organization for Limited Liability Company (LL-01) | LL-01: (1) name; (2) principal office street address; (3) registered agent name and physical street address; (4) "The name and title of at least one officer for franchise tax purposes" (member or manager); organizer signature. Page 2, the LLC Franchise Tax contact sheet (contact, email, federal tax ID), includes: "I affirm that franchise taxes are due by May 1st of the year following formation of this entity."… |
| California | Articles of Organization (LLC-1) | (1) name ("Must contain an LLC identifier such as LLC or L.L.C."); (2a) principal office street address ("Do not enter a P.O. Box"), (2b) mailing address; (3) agent: an individual's name and California street address ("Do not enter a P.O. Box") or a California Registered Corporate Agent's name only; (4) management: one manager, more than one manager, or all member(s); (5) fixed purpose statement ("Do not alter")… |
| Colorado | Articles of Organization | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Connecticut | Certificate of Organization | Name; principal office (street, no P.O. box); mailing address; registered agent with signature accepting appointment; name, title, business address and residence address of at least one member or manager; entity email address (required); 6-digit NAICS code (required); organizer signature under penalty of false statement. "The LLC cannot be its own Organizer." Only three members/managers display on the registry page. |
| Delaware | Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company | (1) the name; (2) the registered office street address in Delaware and the registered agent's name; signed by an "Authorized Person". No members, managers or purpose. |
| Florida | Articles of Organization for Florida Limited Liability Company (CR2E047) | Art. I name. Art. II principal office street address and mailing address. Art. III registered agent name and Florida street address (P.O. box not acceptable), plus the agent's signature accepting the appointment. Art. IV name and address of each person authorized to manage ("AMBR" authorized member, "MGR" manager): optional, but "most financial institutions require this information". Art. V optional effective date… |
| Georgia | Articles of Organization (CD 030) | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Hawaii | Articles of Organization for Limited Liability Company (LLC-1) | 1 name; 2 mailing address of the initial principal office (and street address if different); 3 registered agent (entity or individual) and its Hawaii street address; 4 name and address of each organizer; 5 duration (at-will or a term); 6 manager-managed (managers' names and addresses, number of members) or member-managed (initial members' names and addresses); 7 member liability for company debts (none / all /… |
| Idaho | Certificate of Organization Limited Liability Company | (1) name; (2) principal office street and mailing addresses, or (new in 2026) the commercial registered agent's address if the LLC "has no physical location other than a residential address" and the agent consents (30-25-201(b)(2)(ii), amended 2026 ch. 80); (3) registered agent; (4) name and address of at least one governor (a manager of a manager-managed LLC or a member of a member-managed LLC); (5) mailing address… |
| Illinois | Articles of Organization (LLC-5.5) | Name; principal place of business ("P.O. Box alone or c/o is unacceptable"); effective date (filing date or up to 60 days later); registered agent and registered office; purpose; duration (perpetual unless stated); optional provisions; confirmation of one or more members; names and business addresses of all managers and any member with the authority of a manager; organizer names and addresses. |
| Indiana | Articles of Organization Domestic Limited Liability Company (State Form 49459) | Art. I name and principal office, with a new checkbox: "All business is conducted remotely from a governing person's residence, and the principal office address is a contact address" (leave the address blank and include State Form 9900382). Art. II registered agent: commercial (name only, "Do not provide address") or noncommercial (name and Indiana street address), optional email for electronic service, and a… |
| Iowa | Certificate of Organization | Name (489.112); "street and mailing addresses of the limited liability company's principal office"; "name and street and mailing addresses in this state of the ... registered agent". Optional other matters. Formed "when the certificate of organization becomes effective". |
| Kansas | Articles of Organization (DL) | (1) name with a word of formation; (2) resident agent; (3) registered office in Kansas (street, rural route or highway; "A PO box is unacceptable"); (4) signature of an authorized person under penalty of perjury. No member or manager listing. "All documents filed ... are considered public record and may be viewable online." |
| Kentucky | Articles of Organization - Profit Limited Liability Company (KLC) | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Louisiana | Articles of Organization-Louisiana Limited Liability Company (365) | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Maine | Certificate of Formation (MLLC-6) | FIRST name; SECOND filing date or later effective date; THIRD low-profit (L3C) box; FOURTH professional LLC box; FIFTH registered agent: commercial (name + CRA public number) or noncommercial (name, "physical location, not P.O. Box", mailing address); SIXTH: the agent "has consented to serve" (5 MRSA §105.2); SEVENTH optional statement of authority. Signed by at least one authorized person under penalty of false… |
| Maryland | Articles of Organization | (1) LLC name; (2) business purpose (optional); (3) principal office address in Maryland; (4) resident agent's name; (5) resident agent's address in Maryland; (6) signature(s) of authorized person(s); (7) resident agent's consent ("I consent to serve as Resident Agent for this LLC"). Paper address: SDAT Charter Division, 700 E. Pratt Street, Suite 2700, Baltimore, MD 21202. |
| Massachusetts | Limited Liability Company Certificate of Organization | (1) exact name; (2) "The street address of the office in the commonwealth at which its records will be maintained"; (3) general character of the business; (4) latest date of dissolution, if any; (5) name and street address of the resident agent; (6) managers, if any; (7) people authorized to execute documents filed with the Division; (8) people authorized to execute recordable real-property instruments; (9)… |
| Michigan | Articles of Organization (CSCL/CD-700) | Art. I name. Art. II purpose (pre-printed: any lawful LLC activity). Art. III duration, only if not perpetual. Art. IV resident agent name, street address of the registered office in Michigan, and a mailing address if different (P.O. box allowed only there). Art. V optional provisions: it must say so here if the LLC is manager-managed, and it can set a later effective date no more than 90 days out. Signed by one or… |
| Minnesota | Articles of Organization | Article I name; Article II registered office address (required; "A PO Box by itself is not acceptable") and registered agent "An Agent is not required"; Article III duration (perpetual); Article IV organizers' names, street addresses and signatures; email address for official notices ("may be used to send annual renewal reminders"); optional Business Snapshot survey. "All of the information on this form is public." |
| Mississippi | Certificate of Formation (F0100) | (a) name; (b) street and mailing address of the registered office and the registered agent's name and street and mailing address; (c) a dissolution date only if it isn't perpetual. A delayed effective date can be no later than the 90th day after filing. |
| Missouri | Articles of Organization (LLC-1) | (1) name; (2) purpose; (3) registered agent name and Missouri address ("May not use PO Box unless street address also provided"); (4) management vested in managers or members; (5) events on which the LLC is to dissolve or the number of years it is to continue; (6) name and street address of each organizer; (7) optional series; (8) optional principal office; (9) effective on the date filed. "All organizers must sign." |
| Montana | Articles of Organization | Name; term company or not; principal office mailing address; registered agent (35-7-105(1)); whether it's manager-managed or member-managed, with the names and business mailing addresses of the managers or initial members; whether members are liable for debts under 35-8-304(3); professional/series statements if applicable. |
| Nebraska | Certificate of Organization | Name; street (required) and mailing address of the initial designated office in Nebraska; name, street address (required) and mailing address/P.O. box of the initial agent for service of process; optional effective date; signature and printed name of the organizer. No member or manager list. |
| Nevada | Articles of Organization | Name; registered agent (commercial agent name only, or noncommercial agent / office or position with a Nevada street address) with the agent's signed acceptance; optional dissolution date; management by members or managers; name and address of each manager or managing member; optional series / restricted LLC boxes; organizer name, address and signature. |
| New Hampshire | Certificate of Formation of a New Hampshire Limited Liability Company (LLC-1) | FIRST name (plus optional principal office, mailing address, phone, email, and an email annual-report reminder box). SECOND "nature of the primary business": "We cannot accept a general clause of 'any lawful activity.' You need to include a descriptive word" (NAICS code optional). THIRD registered agent and registered office ("A street/physical address must be provided"). FOURTH management "is" or "is not" vested in… |
| New Jersey | Certificate of Formation | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| New Mexico | Articles of Organization | A name meeting § 53-19-3; the street address of the initial registered office and the name of the initial registered agent there, and the principal place of business if different; duration if not perpetual; a statement if management is vested in a manager; a statement if it may operate as a single-member LLC; optional provisions (§ 53-19-8). No member names are required. |
| New York | Articles of Organization (DOS-1336-f) | FIRST the name; SECOND the county in New York where the office is located ("Enter only the name of a county ... Do not include the street address"); THIRD "The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process ... may be served" plus the post office address for mailing process and an optional email; organizer's signature; filer's name and address. "The filer may not be the… |
| North Carolina | Articles of Organization (L-01) | 1 name; 2 name and business address of each person executing the articles, as member, organizer or both (all must sign); 3 registered agent; 4 registered office street address and county; 5 registered office mailing address if different (P.O. box allowed there); 6 principal office (phone, street, county) or none; 7 optional provisions; 8 optional company officials; 9 optional business email (free e-notification when… |
| North Dakota | Articles of Organization | Name; the registered agent (a commercial agent's name, or a noncommercial agent's name and address); the principal executive office address; the name and address of each organizer; optional effective date no later than 90 days after filing. Organizers are "individuals of the age of eighteen years or more or other persons". |
| Ohio | Articles of Organization (610) | Name; optional effective date ("not more than ninety days following the date of receipt"); optional purpose; Original Appointment of Statutory Agent with the agent's name and address; Acceptance of Appointment signed by the agent; optional series statement and additional provisions; signatures of the organizer(s). "Our office cannot file or record a document which contains a Social Security number or tax… |
| Oklahoma | Articles of Organization (0073) | 1 name; 2 street address of the principal place of business, wherever located (no P.O. boxes); 3 email of the primary contact ("Notice of the Annual Certificate will ONLY be sent ... at its last known electronic mail address of record"); 4 registered agent name and Oklahoma street address; 5 term of existence (perpetual, years, or a date). Signed by at least one person, "who may or may not be a member". No member… |
| Oregon | Articles of Organization - Limited Liability Company | Name; duration (perpetual or a dissolution date); principal office (physical street address); registered agent and its Oregon street address; mailing address for notices; organizers' names and addresses; member- or manager-managed; professional services, if any; optional provisions; optional member/manager list ("may be required by your bank"); "Individual with direct knowledge": "the name and address of at least… |
| Pennsylvania | Certificate of Organization (DSCB:15-8821) | 1 name; 2 registered office address (a) or Commercial Registered Office Provider and county of venue (b), "not both"; 3 each organizer; 4 effective date; 5 restricted professional companies only; 6 benefit companies only; 7 optional provisions. All organizers sign. No member or manager list. |
| Rhode Island | Articles of Organization (400) | 1 name; 2 resident agent name and Rhode Island street address, NOT a P.O. Box; 3 federal tax treatment (disregarded single-member, partnership or corporation); 4 principal office, "if it is determined"; 5 purpose and perpetual duration (pre-printed); 6 optional provisions; 7 managed by Members ("DO NOT complete the chart") or Managers (list names and addresses); 8 effective date, upon filing or up to 90 days later… |
| South Carolina | Articles of Organization | (1) name with the company ending; (2) initial designated office in South Carolina; (3) initial agent for service of process, with the agent's signature and address; (4) name and address of each organizer (one is enough); (5) optional term company; (6) optional manager-managed, with managers; (7) optional member liability under 33-44-303(c); (8) effective on filing unless delayed; (9) other provisions; (10) each… |
| South Dakota | Articles of Organization | I name; IA purpose (optional); II designated office address, in or out of SD (+ optional email); III registered agent: (a) a noncommercial agent with an actual street address in SD and mailing address, or (b) a commercial registered agent by name and CRA#; IV name and address of each organizer; V duration if not perpetual; VI member-managed or manager-managed (managers' names and addresses); VII beneficial owners… |
| Tennessee | Articles of Organization Limited Liability Company (SS-4270) | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Texas | Certificate of Formation (205) | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Utah | Certificate of Organization | Not recorded in our fact sheet; read the official form. |
| Vermont | Articles of Organization | Required: name; address of the initial designated office; name and street address of the initial agent for service of process; name and address of each organizer; a statement if the LLC has no members; whether it is an L3C. Optional: operating-agreement provisions; name, email and address of owners or principals. The state keeps each LLC's fiscal year end "on record" (annual report page). |
| Virginia | Articles of Organization of a Virginia Limited Liability Company (LLC-1011) | Section I name (contact number and email optional); II principal office (physical address, "You may not use a post office box"); III registered agent name ("The LLC cannot act as their own registered agent"); IV the agent's qualification (one box); V registered office ("identical to the business office of the registered agent", with county or city); VI organizer signatures. No member list. |
| Washington | Certificate of Formation - Limited Liability Company | Name; registered agent name and address; principal office address; latest dissolution date if any; other matters; name and address of each person executing it (RCW 25.15.071(1)). Principal office: physical address, "does not need to be in Washington State". |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Articles of Organization of Limited Liability Company (LLD-1) | Name (with a required ending); LLC or PLLC; principal office (with county); designated (physical) office; agent for notice of process, "if any"; email; website; other WV businesses; organizer names and addresses; at-will or term; member- or manager-managed with the names and addresses of all members or all managers ("The application will be rejected if the information is not provided"); member liability (yes/no)… |
| Wisconsin | Articles of Organization - Limited Liability Company (Form 502) | Art. 1 name; Art. 2 organized under chapter 183 (pre-printed); Art. 3 registered agent's name; Art. 4 registered agent's email; Art. 5 registered office street address (not solely a P.O. box or mailbox service); Art. 6 principal office street and mailing addresses ("need not be located in Wisconsin"); Art. 7 each organizer's name and address; Art. 8+ optional provisions (e.g. manager-managed, purpose). Signed by at… |
| Wyoming | Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization | (1) name; (2) close LLC election (optional); (3) registered agent name and physical address; (4) mailing address; (5) principal office address; organizer signature; contact person, phone, email (required); (6) certification consenting "to accept electronic service of process at the required email address ... under the circumstances specified in W.S. 17-28-104(e)". No member or manager fields. |