Massachusetts Certificate of Organization for an LLC

1. 1.Federal employer identification number (if available)First in the statute's order, but only if the company already has one. A brand new company usually does not, and the line can be left blank.
2. 2.Name of the limited liability companyMust contain limited liability company, limited company, or the abbreviation L.L.C., L.C., LLC or LC, and may contain the name of a member or manager. It cannot be the same as, or deceptively similar to, a name already reserved or registered in Massachusetts, unless that company consents in writing.
3. 3.Office in MassachusettsThe street address of the office in the Commonwealth at which the company's records will be maintained. It must be in Massachusetts.
4. 4.General character of the businessA short description of what the company does. A professional LLC also states the service, names each member or manager who will render it in Massachusetts with an address, agrees to the insurance provisions of section 65, and attaches a certificate from the regulating board for each of them.
5. 5.Latest date of dissolution (if any)Only if the company is to dissolve by a set date. Most companies leave it out.
6. 6.Agent for service of process, with the agent's consentThe agent's name and business address, plus the agent's written consent, either on the certificate or attached to it. Massachusetts calls this person the resident agent in its later filings.
7. 7.Managers (if any)The name and business address, if different from the office, of each manager.
8. 8.Persons authorized to sign division filingsThe name and business address of anyone other than a manager authorized to execute documents filed with the Corporations Division. At least one person must be named if there are no managers.
9. 9.Real property signers and other matters (optional)The names and business addresses of people authorized to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record instruments affecting an interest in real property, useful for a company that will buy or sell real estate, and any other matters the authorized persons choose to include.
10. 10.SignatureSigned by the person forming the LLC, in the division's words. The people named to sign future filings with the division should be the owners, not a filing service, because they sign every annual report after this one.

• An office address outside Massachusetts, or no street address for the office where records are kept.
• No written consent from the agent for service of process, on the certificate or attached to it.
• A member-managed company that names no person authorized to sign filings with the Corporations Division.
• A name that lacks limited liability company or an accepted abbreviation, or one that is the same as or deceptively similar to a name already on record, filed without that company's written consent.
• A professional LLC filed on the general certificate, or without the regulating board certificates and the insurance statement.
• An unsigned certificate, or one signed by someone who is not forming the company.

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 the Corporations Division online filing system, which is most of what you pay us for.