Arkansas Form LL-01: the LLC Certificate of Organization

1. 1.Item 1: Name of the limited liability companyMust contain Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, or the abbreviation L.L.C., L.C., LLC or LC; Limited may be shortened to Ltd. and Company to Co. A company that performs a professional service uses Professional Limited Liability Company, Professional Limited Company, P.L.L.C., P.L.C., PLLC or PLC instead, and its name cannot include the name of anyone who is not a member, except a deceased member.
2. 2.Item 2: Principal office addressThe physical street address of the company's principal office, with city, state and ZIP code. The form asks for a street address, not a mailbox, and it becomes part of the public record.
3. 3.Item 3: Registered agent name and addressThe agent's name and a physical street address in Arkansas. An individual, including a member who lives in Arkansas, can serve, or a registered agent company. There is no signature or acceptance line for the agent on the certificate.
4. 4.Item 4: At least one officer for franchise tax purposesThe name and title, Member or Manager, of at least one person, with additional sheets attached if more are listed. No address is asked for. This is the person the franchise tax account is tied to, so it should be someone who will still be with the company when the first report comes due.
5. 5.Affirmation and organizer signatureThe signer affirms, under penalty of perjury, that they are the individual authorized to sign for the company being formed and that the information is accurate, then dates the form and signs with a typed or printed name. The form calls the signer an authorized manager, member or person forming the company, so a filing service's employee can sign as organizer. There is room for a second organizer.
6. 6.Franchise tax contact sheet (second page)The company's name as used in Arkansas, a contact person, a street address or post office box, a phone number and an email address, then a signature and title under a statement that franchise taxes are due by May 1 of the year after formation. The Secretary of State asks for it at the time of filing so the annual franchise tax report reaches the company.

• A name that is not distinguishable from a company already on the Secretary of State's records, or that lacks Limited Liability Company, LLC or one of the other accepted endings.
• A professional LLC filed under an ordinary name, or a professional company name that includes someone who is not a member.
• A registered agent with a post office box, a mail drop or an address outside Arkansas instead of a physical street address in the state.
• Item 4 left blank: no member or manager named for franchise tax purposes, or a name with no title.
• No organizer signature, or a signature without the typed or printed name beside it.
• A principal office given only as a post office box rather than a physical street address.

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