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Oregon Articles of Organization for an LLC

The Articles of Organization are the document that creates an Oregon limited liability company under section 63.047 of the Oregon Revised Statutes. They are filed with the Secretary of State's Corporation Division in Salem, online through the Oregon Business Registry or on the division's fillable form by mail or fax. Oregon publishes what the articles say: the form itself warns that, under the state's public records law, the information is public, will be released to anyone who asks and is posted on the division's website.

Oregon's articles are longer than most because of one line. Item 13 asks for the name and address of at least one individual who is a member or manager of the company, or an authorized representative with direct knowledge of its operations and business activities. A filing service can organize the company and sign the articles, but it cannot fill that line for you, so every Oregon LLC puts at least one real person connected to the business on the public record. The rest of the form is familiar: the name, the principal office, the registered agent, how the company is managed and who is forming it.

Updated November 1, 2026. Facts checked October 2026.

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Articles of Organization at a Glance

Form: Articles of Organization, Limited Liability Company (ORS 63.047)
Filing portal: Oregon Business Registry
Filed with: Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
State fee: $100
Typical state processing: Online 1-3 days; mail or fax about 1 week.
State expedite tiers: None
Facts checked: October 2026

The state fee is Oregon's own charge and is the same whether you file the Articles of Organization yourself or we file it for you. Processing figures are what the Oregon Secretary of State publishes and are not a promise of when a filing is approved; the state's expedite tiers are listed by name, with their amounts in the facts box on the Oregon LLC page.

Below: every field in the order the form asks it, who the filing puts on the public record, whether the registered agent signs, the reasons Oregon returns it, and what the state expects after it is filed.

What Articles of Organization Asks For

1.Item 1: Name of the limited liability companyMust contain Limited Liability Company or the abbreviation LLC or L.L.C., and be distinguishable from the names already on the Corporation Division's records.
2.Item 2: DurationPerpetual, or the latest date on which the company is to dissolve. Choosing a dissolution date brings additional requirements, and almost every filer checks perpetual.
3.Item 3: Principal officeA physical street address. The division's instructions do not accept a post office box, a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarder or a virtual office as the principal office.
4.Items 4 and 5: Registered agent and the agent's publicly available addressThe individual or entity that will accept legal service for the company, and an Oregon street address identical to the agent's office. That address is public. The agent does not sign the articles.
5.Item 6: Address where the division may mail noticesWhere the Corporation Division sends the company's notices. It can differ from the principal office.
6.Item 7: ManagementMember-managed by one or more members, or manager-managed by one or more managers.
7.Item 8: Licensed professional services (if any)A company that will render a licensed professional service describes the service here, under ORS 58.015. An ordinary company leaves it blank.
8.Item 9: Optional provisionsCheckboxes to make the company a benefit company under ORS 60.750 to 60.770, or to have it indemnify members, managers, employees and agents under ORS 63.160 to 63.170, and room to attach other provisions.
9.Item 10: OrganizerThe name and address of each person forming the company. A filing service can be the organizer and gives its own address.
10.Items 11 and 12: Members and managers (optional)Names and addresses of the owners and of any managers. The form marks these optional and notes that a bank may require them; anything entered here is public.
11.Item 13: Individual with direct knowledgeRequired. The name and address of at least one individual who is a member or manager, or an authorized representative with direct knowledge of the company's operations and business activities.
12.Item 14: ExecutionEach organizer signs with a printed name and title under a declaration, made under penalty of perjury, that the document does not fraudulently conceal or misrepresent the identity of anyone in the company. A contact name and phone number for questions about the filing close the form.

Who Is on the Oregon Record

Who appears on the form

Organizer name and address; name and address of at least one individual who is a member/manager or an authorized representative with direct knowledge of operations (ORS 63.047(1)(i)); optional members/managers with addresses. All public.

Does the registered agent sign the Articles of Organization?

No agent signature on the form.

From our audit of Oregon's official form and statutes, checked October 2026. Everything entered on a filing becomes public record once the state files it.

Why Oregon Rejects It

Item 13 left blank, or filled with a company or a filing service instead of an individual connected to the business.
A principal office given as a post office box, a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarder or a virtual office.
A registered agent address outside Oregon, or one that is not the agent's own office.
A name that lacks Limited Liability Company, LLC or L.L.C., or that is not distinguishable from an Oregon business already on record.
A professional services company that does not describe its licensed service in Item 8.
An organizer listed without an address, or the execution block left unsigned.

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 Oregon Business Registry, which is most of what you pay us for.

After the State Files It

The Corporation Division files the articles and the company appears in the Oregon business name search, where copies of filed records are available free. Oregon's own published figures are one to three days for online filings and about a week by mail or fax; those are the state's numbers, not a promise of when a filing is approved. Oregon sells no expedited review.
Every year, on the anniversary of formation, the LLC files an annual report and renewal with the Corporation Division. A company formed on March 15, 2026 files its first by March 15, 2027. The report can also name a new registered agent, so an agent change can ride on the yearly filing.
Oregon adds no late fee to the annual report as a state fact, but a company that misses it is administratively dissolved by the Corporation Division and then has to be reinstated before it is in good standing again.
Oregon has no newspaper publication requirement for a new LLC, and the operating agreement is not filed with the state.

More on filing in Oregon: Oregon LLC filing through Oregon Business Registry.

Once the company is approved, the Annual Report is Oregon's recurring filing: file the Oregon Annual Report online, or have it filed for you.

Articles of Organization Questions

Who is the individual with direct knowledge in Item 13?+

A real person who is a member or manager of the LLC, or an authorized representative who knows how the business operates. ORS 63.047 requires at least one, with a name and an address, and the line cannot be filled by a company or by the filing service that forms the LLC. That name and address are public and posted online, so choose deliberately which person, and which address, goes on the line.

Do I have to list the members on the Oregon articles?+

No. Items 11 and 12, the members and managers, are optional, and the form notes only that a bank may ask for them. Whatever is entered becomes public and is posted online, so many owners leave them blank and rely on Item 13, which needs only one individual, plus the operating agreement to show the bank who owns the company.

Does the registered agent sign the Oregon articles?+

No. Items 4 and 5 name the agent and give the agent's Oregon street address, which must be identical to the agent's office, and there is no signature or acceptance for the agent on the form. An owner can serve as the company's own agent at an Oregon street address. The agent's address is published, which is one reason owners use a registered agent company.

How long does Oregon take to file the articles?+

The Corporation Division's own figures are one to three days for online filings and about a week for mail or fax. Oregon has no paid expedite, so those are the only speeds. We do not promise the state's time; what we control is when the filing reaches the division, and when we file we send you the filed articles the day they come back.

When is the Oregon annual report due?+

On the anniversary of the company's formation, every year, starting the year after it is formed. The report renews the company and confirms or updates its information, including the registered agent. Oregon adds no late fee, but a company that misses the report is administratively dissolved. We file Oregon annual reports as well; the Oregon annual report page has the details.

Can I file the Oregon articles by fax or mail?+

Yes. The Oregon Business Registry takes the articles online, and the Corporation Division also accepts the fillable form by mail to its Salem office or by fax. The state's fee is the same whether you file yourself or we file for you, and the division's published turnaround is shorter online.

What is the benefit company option?+

An optional provision in Item 9 that makes the LLC a benefit company under ORS 60.750 to 60.770, a company that commits to a general public benefit alongside profit and reports on it. It is a deliberate choice with ongoing obligations, not a default, and most owners leave the box unchecked.

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