Georgia · Form CD 030, with Transmittal Form CD 231

Georgia Articles of Organization for an LLC

The articles of organization are the document that creates a Georgia limited liability company. They are filed with the Georgia Secretary of State's Corporations Division, usually online through eCorp, for $110: a $100 filing fee plus a $10 service charge. The articles themselves are short. Form CD 030 asks only for the name, the effective date and a signature, and using it is optional.

The rest of what Georgia needs, the principal office, the registered agent, the organizers and the person filing, goes on the Transmittal Information Form (CD 231) for paper filings, or into eCorp's screens online. The transmittal is part of the filing and goes into the state's business database, so the name on it has to match the articles exactly. Georgia LLCs do not publish a notice of formation in a newspaper.

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What Articles of Organization Asks For

1.Name reservation number (optional)Only if the name was reserved in advance. Most filings leave it blank; reserving a name is not required.
2.Article One: LLC nameMust contain Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, LLC, L.L.C., LC or L.C., and meet Georgia's statutory name requirements, including being distinguishable from names already on record.
3.Business category (eCorp)eCorp asks for an industry (NAICS) code. Its list includes an 'Any legal purpose' choice for companies that do not want to name one.
4.Principal office mailing addressWhere the state sends the company's mail. Unlike the registered office, it can be a PO box, and it can be outside Georgia.
5.Business email addressThe company's primary email. The state uses it for notices, including the yearly annual registration reminder.
6.Registered agent and registered officeThe agent's name, a Georgia street address with its county (no PO box or mail drop), and the agent's email address. A person or a business can serve, including a member. The agent does not sign the filing.
7.OrganizersThe name and address of each organizer. A filing service can be an organizer. Members and managers are not listed.
8.Optional provisionsAny extra provisions the owners want in the articles. Most filings have none.
9.Article Two: Effective dateEffective on filing, or on a later date and time no more than 90 days after the filing date.
10.Signature and capacitySigned by an organizer, member, manager or attorney-in-fact, who chooses one capacity and prints a legal name: first and last name, with no initials or nicknames.
11.Person filingThe name, address and email of the person submitting the articles. The state emails the certificate to this person.

Why Georgia Rejects It

A name without one of the required endings, or one that conflicts with a name already on Georgia's records.
A registered office given as a PO box or mail drop, or an address outside Georgia.
A signer who uses initials or a nickname instead of a legal first and last name, or who does not state a capacity.
A delayed effective date more than 90 days after the filing date.
On paper, a transmittal form whose LLC name does not match the articles exactly, or payment short of the $110 fee. Filing fees are not refunded.

A rejection costs days, sometimes a second fee, and in a few states the name you wanted. Our name check and field review happen before the form goes to eCorp, which is most of what you pay us for.

After the State Files It

The Corporations Division files the articles and emails the certificate to the person who filed. Online filings take about 7 business days; mailed filings about 15 business days.
Georgia offers faster handling for an extra fee: $120 for two business days, or $275 for the same business day if submitted before noon. A one-hour option ($1,200) is available only by mail or in person.
Georgia has no newspaper publication requirement for LLCs.
Every year from the year after formation, the LLC files an annual registration between January 1 and April 1, for $60. An LLC that does not file can be administratively dissolved.

More on filing in Georgia: Georgia LLC filing through eCorp.

Articles of Organization Questions

Do I need Form CD 030 to file online?+

No. eCorp, the Georgia Secretary of State's online filing system, collects the same information on its own screens, and the state treats Form CD 030 as optional even on paper. A paper filing does need the Transmittal Information Form (CD 231) with it. The $110 fee is the state's either way; we charge only for preparing and submitting the articles for you.

Does a Georgia LLC have to publish its formation in a newspaper?+

No. Georgia does not require an LLC to publish a notice of its formation. Once the articles are filed, the next state requirement is the annual registration, due between January 1 and April 1 of the following year.

Are the members listed on the Georgia articles?+

No. The filing lists the organizers, the registered agent and the person filing, but not the members or managers. The registered agent does not sign or consent on the filing.

What does it cost to have you file it?+

One flat service fee plus Georgia filing & processing, which covers the state's $110 fee and the card and portal processing that goes with it. Both lines show on the checkout page before you pay. The $60 annual registration is paid to the state later and is not part of formation.

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