Do Registered Agents Keep Owners Private

Keeping Buying of Your LLC Individual

Which States Let LLC Owners to be Anonymous?

Easy Anonymous LLC States

Some states require a fellow member-managed LLC to list the names and accost of members (owners) in the Articles of Organization. While this is convenient when information technology comes time to open a business organization bank account, it may not be ideal for the business concern owners who don't want their buying part of public records. In these states, there's non much you can do when it comes to anonymity. The states that list the members' names as part of the Manufactures of Organization kept on file with the land are:

Arizona
Arkansas
California*
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Maine (does not list all of the members of the LLC, but must be signed by at least one of the members)
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Bailiwick of jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio**
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont

* Although the California Articles of Organisation exercise not listing the members of the LLC in the Artiles, California requires the LLC to file a Statement of Data within 90 days of the approving of the LLC. The Argument of Data does require a list of the LLC'due south members, and it does become public record.

Although the Ohio Manufactures of Organization do not list the members of the LLC in the Articles, it is our experience through many years of customer feedback, that banks like to see the owner's names listed in the Manufactures of Organization. For that reason, TotalLegal always lists the possessor'south names every bit the organizer on the Articles of Organisation.

Other states list the "organizer(s)" of the LLC. In elementary terms, the organizer is only the person who is filing the LLC with the state. The organizer does not have to be one of the owners: the organizer can exist the registered agent of the LLC, an attorney, the LLC'due south accountant, a friend or family fellow member, a document filing visitor (like TotalLegal), or anyone, as long every bit they are authorized past the LLC to act every bit the organizer. States that do not list the member(s) of the LLC, but either listing the organizer(due south) or crave the signature of an organizer or authorized representative are:

Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming (does not listing all of the members, and can exist signed by a manager instead of a member).

TotalLegal does not grade LLCs in Colorado or Louisiana.

If you live in 1 of the states that simply lists the "organizer" of the LLC, and you want to go along the Registered Agent'due south information private, you should consider using a commercial registered agent. In some cases, the possessor of the LLC chooses to act every bit the registered agent of the LLC, merely the name of the registered amanuensis is always listed on the Articles of Organization, in every state.

LLCs should take an upwards-to-date Operating Agreement, which includes a listing of the members/owners of the LLC and their percentage of ownership, regardless of whether or non your Articles of Organization lists the members. The Operating Agreement is an internal certificate kept on file along with the residue of your LLC'southward records. The Operating Understanding is not filed with the state.