A Guide To STARTING A BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA 42nd Ed 2024

a person who represents the Limited Liability Company can be found. A registered office address cannot be a post office box. Acceptable registered office addresses include a complete street address, a rural route and rural route box or fire number or directions from a landmark to the office location. If directions are given, a mailing address in the same or an adjacent town must be given. All addresses must have a zip code. Registered Agent The Limited Liability Company is not required to name a registered agent in the articles of organization, but if the Limited Liability Company decides to name an agent, the articles must list the name of the agent and the agent must be located at the registered office. Names, Addresses and Signatures of Organizers The articles of organization must list the names and complete mailing addresses, including zip codes, of each organizer. There must be at least one organizer. Each organizer must be a natural person who is at least 18 years old. Each organizer must sign the articles. Other Provisions Under Minn. Stat. § 322C.0201, subd. 3, the articles of organization may contain other provisions, but they will be effective only if they would be effective in a valid operating agreement. Amending Articles of Organization A Limited Liability Company may amend its articles of organization at any time to include or modify any provision that is required or permitted to appear in the articles or to omit any provision not required to be included. Amendments are required if any provision contained in the articles of organization is, or becomes, inaccurate. The Minnesota Limited Liability Amendment to Articles of Organization form is available at Minnesota Limited Liability Company Forms. Also available by mail from that office. Articles of organization may be amended in the manner provided in the operating agreement. The articles of amendment must include the following provisions: the name of the Limited Liability Company as it appears in the records of the Secretary of State; the changes the amendment makes to the articles of organization as most recently amended or restated; and a statement that the amendment was adopted pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 322C. There is a filing fee. A Limited Liability Company also may restate its articles of organization in their entirety at any time. In addition to stating the name of the Limited Liability Company and reciting that the restatement was approved pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 322C, all articles are presented in the language which the Limited Liability Company now wishes to use. In other words, all changes are combined in one document. A restatement that includes substantive amendments must be approved by the members in the same way as any other amendment is approved. Articles of amendment must be signed by a person who has been authorized by the Limited Liability Company to sign such documents.

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