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the following information is provided for educational purposes only and in no way constitutes legal tax or financial advice for legal tax or financial advice specific to your business needs we encourage you to consult with a licensed attorney and/or CPA in your state the following information is copyright protected no part of this lesson may be redistributed copied modified or adapted without prior written consent of the author a limited liability company is a hybrid between a corporation and a partnership an LLC protects your assets in the event of a lawsuit in order to form your LLC you must file LLC formation documents with the Secretary of State once your documents are approved and sent back to you your LLC is now in existence and authorized to do business in the state we have spent considerable time to make the details of this video simple and easy to understand however we cover a lot of ground and you are going to hear a lot of new terminology would you recommend that after you watch this video you watch it a second time in order to fully comprehend all the information provided please make sure you have watched the first lesson on researching your LLC's name your desired LLC name must be available for use before you proceed with filing your LLC formation documents your LLC is required to list a registered office and a registered agent within your LLC formation documents the registered office is a physical address it cannot be a Pio box that is located in the state where your LLC is formed a registered agent is a person or a company who agrees to accept legal mail and important documents on behalf of your LLC the registered agent is located at the registered office and is generally accessible during normal business hours as we mentioned a registered agent can be a person or a company who has an address in the state where your LLC is formed you as an individual can be your LLC's registered age however your LLC cannot be its own registered agent for individuals who have an address in the state it is most common that they serve as the LLC's registered agent having said that the individual person you choose as the registered agent does not need to be a member of the LLC it can be a friend or a family member or frankly anyone you know who agrees to accept service of process on behalf of your LLC service of process is the delivery of legal mail and important documents sent from the state or a law firm to your LLC correspondence from the state can include items such as annual report notices late notices and copies of formation documents legal documents can include items such as subpoenas and/or complaints for legal action again the purpose of designating a registered agent is to authorize someone to accept service of process on behalf of your LLC however agrees to be your LLC's registered agent must agree to do so some states require that they sign your LLC formation documents the California does not require this you will just need to list their name and address within your LLC formation documents takeaways the purpose of a registered agent and its registered office is to be a point of contact for the state and to accept service of process for your LLC you or someone you know can be your LLC's registered agent so long as you have an address in the state if you don't have an address in the state that you can use or don't want to serve as your LLC's registered agent you can hire a commercial registered agent using a commercial registered agent will also help protect your privacy as the information listed in the LLC formation documents will become public record a commercial registered agent is a company that specializes in receiving service of process on behalf of businesses nationwide they typically charge between 100 and 300 dollars per year if you decide to use a commercial registered agent we recommend Northwest registered LLC they have been in the business for more than two decades and have built up a solid reputation their fees are among the most affordable and their support is top-notch we've joined forces with them in order to provide registered agent services nationwide to our clients there's a link below this video where you can find instructions on how to sign up for their registered agent services now let's discuss your LLC formation documents the name of the LLC formation document for the state of California is called the articles of organization this document is not complicated and contains basic information including listing your registered office and registered agent we will walk you through the details of the articles of organization in just a couple minutes and we will make sure you get it filled out correctly once your articles of organization are completed you will need to submit them to the state along with the filing fee you will find the filing fee amount accepted forms of payment and the address where to send your articles of organization to below this video your articles of organization do not need to have original signatures you can file your original or you can file a copy if you prefer it is a good idea however to keep a copy for your business records once you mail the filing fee along with your articles of organization the state will review and process your paperwork if there are any issues with your articles of organization the state will mail back a letter with instructions on what needs to be corrected if there are no issues with your filing the state will mail back a stamped and approved copy of your articles of organization within approximately 10 to 15 business days once you receive your stamped and approved articles of organization your LLC is now a legally formed business in the state of California please keep a copy of this document with your business records do not order your EIN also known as your federal tax ID number or start to use your LLC for any business purposes until you have this approval California has additional ongoing requirements and fees that must submitted in order for your LLC to remain in compliance failure to file these items on time will result in the state charging late fees and they may dissolve or shut down your LLC the first of these requirements is the initial statement of information it is due within 90 days of approval of your LLC and the filing fee is $20 your next requirement will be your annual LLC Franchise Tax your annual LLC franchise tax will be due every year and will be a minimum of $800 then every two years you will have to file an updated statement of information the cost will remain the same at $20.00 these additional filing requirements are discussed further in lessons 5 & 6 don't worry we will walk you through completing the paperwork for both we are now ready to fill out the articles of organization you can download this document below the video let's get started here we are inside the articles of organization this is a one-page PDF document the form can be filled out on the computer or it can be printed and then filled out by hand if you fill it out by hand please use blue or black ink make sure to print the document on white paper that is letter sized that's your standard eight and a half by 11 inch also please note that I have a professional version of Adobe Acrobat you may just have a simple version of Adobe Reader and you may not have as much functionality in order to edit and type inside the document if that's the case simply print out the document and then fill it out by hand you'll notice at the top of the articles of organization they mentioned the filing fee the next paragraph that says a separate non-refundable $15 service fee this is only if you drop the application off in person so this is not applicable there's also a notice here regarding the minimum $800 annual franchise tax fee we have details and instructions and documentation on that for you in lesson 6 before we get started one other thing to note at the bottom of this document you will have a Pio box and the address where to send this these documents to make sure that you double check and you cross-reference this address with the address that we have listed below this video you may be watching this video in the future and we want to make sure that you have the most up-to-date address and you're not just looking at the address that you see on the video right now and one last thing if you're filling this document out on the computer they did kind of mess it up a little bit so down underneath service of process they have like this extra line and then down here there's an extra line but those don't need to be filled out all right let's get started to save time I've already filled this document out so let's go through each section together under section 1 I'm going to list the name of my LLC for this example I've used ABC widgets LLC make sure that you include the letters LLC or LLC dot at the end of your name and in this example I've used a comma but the comma is not required so it's a personal preference you can use one if you'd like or you can leave it out section two you don't need to do anything there just says that the LLC is authorized to do and in all waffle activities within the state next in section three you're going to list the address of the LLC this cannot be a Pio box so this could be your home address or it could be a business address next in section four we're going to include the name of the registered agent and the registered office for this example let's say that I'm John Doe I am going to be the registered agent for this LLC or for my LLC excuse me so I'm going to put my name here and again I'm going to put my address once again let's take a look at another document if we were to use a commercial registered agent I have one filled out over here let's scroll down let's say for this example I've used Northwest registered agent one thing to make note of if you're using a commercial registered agent which is already registered with the state of California which most likely they are you don't even have to include their address you simply just list their name under section 80 so in this case I've just listed north west registration Inc and they include their registration number so pretty much the documents are very similar if you have a commercial registered agent you're just going to list the company name on a you don't even need to list the name on B for this example this is myself acting as a registered agent for the LLC if it was a family member at a different address I would simply just put their name there and then list their address and be under Section 5 for management you're going to check off that the LLC will be managed by all limited liability company members and that's it it's a pretty simple document down below you're just going to print your name and then once you print this document out you'll simply sign above the line here that says organizer one question that customers do ask is whether or not this document needs to be notarized it does not you'll simply just print it out sign it send this in with your filing fee and in about 10 to 15 business days you'll get back this document with your stamp of approval pretty simple let's just do a quick one through once again at the top section 1 you're going to list the name of the LLC section 2 there's nothing to be done there next in section 3 you're going to list the address of the LLC now this doesn't have to be an official business address or anything of that sort it can be a home address or it can be a business address if you do have one under section 4 you're going to list the name and the address of the registered agent if it's an individual person if it's a commercial registered agent that is registered with the state over in this example you're just going to list their name on line a and you'll leave line B blank so for this one I've used myself as the registered agent and I've included my address if you're using a friend or a family member you just switch and put their name on a in their address on B section 5 for management you check off all limited liability company members will be managing the business and you're going to print your name here print this document out and sign on this line again once you submit everything to the state you're going to get back a copy of your articles of organization with a stamp of approval and that will arrive in approximately 10 to 15 business days and that concludes this lesson