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LLC Amendment and Legal-Name-Change Filing Requirements by State

When must or may an ordinary domestic LLC amend or restate its public formation record, what approval, contents, signer, fee, and effective-time rules apply to a legal-name change or other amendment, and when is a correction, change statement, periodic report, or assumed-name filing the proper route instead?

51 of 51 jurisdictions verified every entry statute-checked, oldest 2026-08-21

What this survey covers

Changing an LLC's operating agreement or internal records does not necessarily change its public formation record. A legal-name change ordinarily requires a public amendment, while an agent, office, address, manager, or contact update may belong in a separate statement or periodic report. An error in the original filing may use a correction rather than an amendment.

This survey compares those routes for an ordinary domestic LLC. It follows the change from internal authority through required filing contents, signature, delivery, fee, effectiveness, restatement, and post-filing consequences. It keeps public-record procedure separate from tax, licensing, trademark, contract, title, and foreign-registration work.

How to read the table

Start with the public-record and amendment-route columns. They identify the document being changed and whether amendment is mandatory, optional, or paired with a restatement route. Read the legal-name and approval columns together: name availability is a filing condition, while member or manager authority comes from the LLC act and operating agreement.

Next compare filing contents, signer, channel, fee, and effective time. A filing office may accept online and paper routes, but the date the amendment becomes legally effective can differ from the agency's processing estimate.

Finish with the alternatives and post-filing columns. They show when a correction, agent statement, periodic report, or assumed-name filing is the proper tool and what the accepted amendment does not update automatically.

Patterns that define the comparison

The finished table separates two kinds of amendment duty. Many newer LLC acts require a knowledgeable member or manager to act promptly when the public formation record was inaccurate or becomes inaccurate, while other states make only selected changes mandatory or simply permit any lawful amendment. A legal- name change ordinarily uses the amendment route, but agent, office, contact, and management data often belong in a separate statement or periodic report. An assumed name changes the name used in business, not the LLC's legal name.

Internal approval does not follow one national rule. A large group defaults to all-member or unanimous consent, often subject to a different rule in the operating agreement. Another group applies member-majority, manager, or outside- ordinary-course defaults when the agreement is silent. Delaware starts from the LLC agreement and profit-interest or manager rules. In every state, the person authorized to sign the public filing is a separate question from whether the members or managers validly approved the change.

Filing mechanics vary independently from approval. A 90-day delayed-effective ceiling is common, but Virginia uses 15 days after certificate issuance, Illinois uses 30 days, Delaware permits 180 days, and Pennsylvania states no general maximum. Alaska and Hawaii provide no ordinary delayed-date route for an amendment. Current ordinary base charges range from $15 in Montana to $220 in the District of Columbia and Delaware. Colorado is online-only and does not make a signature or execution a filing condition, although the delivering individual must affirm the filing.

Nebraska is the publication outlier: after filing, the LLC must publish a brief amendment resume for three successive weeks and file proof. Delaware requires an annual tax but no LLC annual report. Rhode Island's present Chapter 7-16 remains the operative rule through 2027, with a replacement LLC act beginning January 1, 2028.

These public-filing rules do not replace review of the operating agreement or separate tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, and foreign-registration updates after a legal-name change.

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State	Governing law and covered public record	Mandatory, permitted, and restatement routes	Legal name and availability	Internal approval and private consents	Filing contents and attachments	Signer, filing channel, and fee	Effective time, delay, and rejection	Correction, change, report, and assumed-name alternatives	Post-filing records, registrations, and status effect
Alabama verified 2026-08-21	Alabama Limited Liability Company Law, title 10A ch. 5A, with common filing rules in title 10A ch. 1; amend or restate the public Certificate of Formation by filing with the Secretary of State (§§ 10A-5A-2.01 to -2.04)	Certificate may be amended or restated, with or without amendment, at any time. A restatement is labeled, states the LLC name and entity ID, sets out changes, supersedes prior certificates, and preserves the original formation date (§§ 10A-5A-2.02-.03)	A legal-name change uses a certificate amendment and needs Limited Liability Company, L.L.C., or LLC. The name must be distinguishable unless the incumbent consents and undertakes to change; the current amended/restated form requires the new reservation certificate (§§ 10A-1-5.03, -5.06; 10A-5A-2.02; SOS form)	Approval follows the LLC agreement; if it states no certificate-amendment approval rule, all members must approve. Review the agreement and other private consent documents before filing (§ 10A-5A-2.02(g))	State the current LLC name, Secretary-assigned entity ID, and every change to the most recent certificate. A restatement adds a restatement heading and complete operative certificate; a name-changing amended/restated paper form attaches the reservation certificate (§ 10A-5A-2.02; current SOS form)	A person authorized by the LLC signs; an agent or attorney-in-fact may sign and the power need not be filed. Current amended/restated form is typed, uses two mailed/courier copies and a return envelope, and is not accepted by email. Amendment/restatement fee $100 (§§ 10A-5A-2.04, 10A-1-4.31; SOS form)	Effective on actual receipt unless a permitted later date/time is stated; delay cannot exceed the 90th day, date-only means 12:01 a.m., and 12:00 a.m./p.m. is barred. The form warns a failed card or dishonored check prevents or removes indexing (§§ 10A-5A-2.03, 10A-1-4.11-.12; SOS form)	Correction/nullification is for an inaccurate/erroneous statement or defective execution and generally relates back. Registered-agent/office changes use a separate statement without amendment; no report route in the surveyed provisions replaces an amendment. Optional registration of an already-used trade name is separate from the legal name (§§ 10A-1-4.21, -4.25, -5.32; 8-12-8)	An effective restatement supersedes the original and prior amendments; a name change does not abate a former-name action. Alabama requires the LLC to maintain the filed certificate and all amendments plus executed filing powers of attorney. Tax, license, contract, title, trademark, banking, and foreign-registration records remain separate (§§ 10A-5A-2.03, 10A-5A-4.09)
Alaska verified 2026-08-21	Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act, AS ch. 10.50; amend public Articles of Organization through Articles of Amendment filed with DCCED Corporations Section (§ 10.50.100)	Articles may be amended in any respect allowed in original articles. No general prompt-amendment duty in AS 10.50.100. Restatement is separate, labeled, lists present/former names and original filing date; current Form 08-486 consolidates without change (§§ 10.50.100-.105)	Legal-name change uses Articles of Amendment. Name must contain 'limited liability company,' 'L.L.C.,' or 'LLC' and be distinguishable from organized entities and reserved/registered names; no consent exception stated (§§ 10.50.020, .025, .100)	Default is written consent of all members to amend articles, including manager-managed LLCs; articles or written all-member operating agreement may provide otherwise. Managers/member managers run ordinary affairs, but signer capacity alone does not prove approval (§§ 10.50.095, .110, .150, .990(17))	Statute: company name, original-articles filing date, and adopted amendment. Form 08-485 also asks entity number and each changed article in full; separate sheet if needed. Restatement Form 08-486 requires attached complete restated articles (§§ 10.50.100-.105; Forms 08-485/-486)	Manager signs manager-managed LLC; member signs member-managed; fiduciary if controlled by court appointee; attorney-in-fact allowed without filing authority. State name/capacity. Original signed document + exact copy. Current published forms use mail. Amendment/restatement $25 each (§§ 10.50.810, .840; 3 AAC 16.065; forms)	Ordinary amendment is filed on Department acceptance date/time; AS 10.50.100 and Form 08-485 provide no delayed-effective option. Nonconforming record is not filed. Department gives written reasons within 10 days; appeal lies in superior court (§§ 10.50.820-.830)	Form 08-485 treats article deletions, edits, corrections, and renumbering as amendments; no separate correction section in ch. 10.50. Agent/office uses § 10.50.060. Manager/member record uses biennial report or first-year interim notice. Optional business-name registration is separate, $25/5 years (§§ 10.50.060, .755-.765; 10.35.040-.070; 3 AAC 16.010)	Keep accepted amendment and any signer POA at main office. Current forms reject while a biennial report is due or state member/manager signatures are stale; reconcile report/notices first. Amendment changes Alaska articles only; tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, business-name, and foreign-registration records remain separate (§§ 10.50.750-.765, .820, .860; forms)
Arizona verified 2026-08-21	Arizona Limited Liability Company Act, A.R.S. Title 29, ch. 7; amend or restate the public articles of organization by delivering the record to the Arizona Corporation Commission (§§ 29-3202, 29-3203)	May amend or restate at any time, including for a name or management-mode change. Must amend an originally false/erroneous article and, within 30 days, specified member or manager changes; restatement may be with or without amendment (§ 29-3202(A)-(F))	New legal name needs an LLC/LC designator, must be distinguishable from listed Commission/Secretary records, and cannot use corporation wording or restricted banking/trust wording except as allowed. Consent plus an undertaking or a final judgment can support a conflict (§ 29-3112)	Apply the operating agreement first for internal authority. Statutory defaults give outside-ordinary-course matters to a majority in interest in a member-managed LLC or a majority of managers in a manager-managed LLC; all members must approve a switch between management modes. The agreement cannot vary Commission filing rules (§§ 29-3105, 29-3407)	Statutory minimum is the current LLC name and amendment text. Form L015 requires the affected fields; attach L040/L041 for a management-mode change, M002 for a new statutory agent, or the complete written amendment for an unlisted change (A.R.S. § 29-3202(D); ACC Form L015)	A person authorized by the LLC signs; an agent may sign and affirms authority. File with the Arizona Corporation Commission through its online system or by the current paper routes; $25 regular, $60 total expedited, with optional $100/$200/$400 next-day/same-day/two-hour services (§§ 29-3203, 29-3213; ACC fee schedule Rev. 3.2026)	Effective at delivery if accepted, at a later stated time, or at a delayed date/time no more than 90 days after delivery; date-only means 12:01 a.m. MST. A filing cured within 30 days after nonconformance notice can retain delivery-time effect; missing required management attachment causes rejection (§ 29-3207; Form L015)	Use correction for an inaccurate-at-filing, defectively signed, or defectively transmitted record; use a $5 statement of change for listed agent, principal-address, or member/manager-address changes. Arizona LLCs have no annual report. A DBA/trade name is outside the ACC articles process and uses the appropriate county or Secretary of State route (§§ 29-3202(C), (G), 29-3209; ACC FAQ)	Keep the articles and every amendment plus current/prior written operating agreements and amendments. Required amendments also protect the LLC's ability to maintain Arizona contract/transaction actions. The accepted filing changes the Arizona public record but does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 29-3202(J), 29-3410)
Arkansas verified 2026-08-21	Arkansas Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Ark. Code tit. 4, ch. 38; Secretary of State certificate of organization, amendment, and restatement (§§ 4-38-102(1), 4-38-201 to -202)	May amend or restate at any time. A member-managed member or manager-managed manager who knows the filed certificate was inaccurate or became inaccurate must promptly cause an amendment or, when appropriate, use the separate change/correction route. Restatement is designated in its heading (§ 4-38-202)	Legal-name change uses LL-02/amendment. New name needs an Arkansas LLC designator and must be distinguishable under the statutory suffix/article/and/plural/punctuation rules; recorded consent plus an undertaking or a final judgment can support otherwise unavailable use, and a person's name generally requires that person to be or have been a member (§ 4-38-112)	Section 4-38-202 states no amendment-specific vote. The operating agreement governs and may vary voting/consent rules; otherwise § 4-38-407 requires all members for an outside-ordinary-course act, while ordinary-course differences use member majority in a member-managed LLC and manager control/manager majority in a manager-managed LLC. Confirm any private consent separately; signer authority alone is not approval (§§ 4-38-105, -107, -407)	Company's present name, initial certificate filing date, and exact amendment text. Current LL-02 asks the reason/change and provides a restatement line; additional text may be attached. No file number, approval statement, certificate, or notarization is imposed by the ordinary statutory minimum (§§ 4-38-202, -206; LL-02)	Authorized company person; an agent may sign, and a court may order signing/delivery or unsigned filing. Signer states name/capacity and affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury; no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification. Secretary of State online filing is $22.50; paper by mail/delivery is $25 (§§ 4-38-203 to -206; SOS)	Effective at filing, a later filing-day time, or a stated date/time no more than 90 days later; a pending delayed record may be withdrawn. SOS must explain refusal within 15 business days, and circuit-court review is available. LL-02 has no dedicated delayed-date field, so use a compliant record/attachment if delaying (§§ 4-38-207 to -210)	Correction fixes an inaccurate, defectively signed, or defectively transmitted filed record, but cannot correct the original certificate of organization; use amendment for that certificate. Use no-fee DO-03 for agent changes, the no-fee principal-office notice or franchise-tax report for listed address/management data, and DN-18 for a fictitious name rather than changing the legal name (§§ 4-38-116, -122, -209, -212; SOS)	SOS returns an acknowledged filed copy. The operating agreement prevails internally over a conflicting filed record, while a relying outsider may use the record; filing does not validate its contents. Chapter 38 states no amendment-specific internal-record or secondary statewide filing duty. Update private records and out-of-state registrations separately; good standing still depends on taxes, annual reporting, and dissolution status (§§ 4-38-107, -210 to -212)
California verified 2026-08-21	California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public articles of organization by a certificate of amendment or Restated Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State (Corp. Code §§ 17702.01-.02)	Articles may be amended or restated at any time; a member or manager who knows filed information was inaccurate or became inaccurate must act promptly through an amendment or, when appropriate, a Statement of Information or correction; restatement supplies the entire current articles and may include a new name (§ 17702.02; Form LLC-10)	A legal-name change uses LLC-2 or name-change-only LLC-2-NA; the name must use an LLC designator, not mislead, be distinguishable from protected LLC names and reservations, and avoid listed banking, corporate, and insurance words (§ 17701.08)	Default is unanimous member approval; articles or a written operating agreement may set another voting basis, but never below a majority of members. Less-than-unanimous written consent ordinarily triggers 10 days' pre-consummation notice to nonconsenters (§ 17704.07(n), (r)-(s)); private lender, investor, or regulator consents remain separate	State the present LLC name, Secretary of State file number, and changes to the most recently amended/restated articles; a restatement gives the entire current text. LLC-2 allows clearly marked one-sided attachments for additional amendments; no adoption-date or approval recital appears among § 17702.02(b)'s filing contents	At least one manager of a manager-managed LLC or one member of a member-managed LLC must execute unless the articles require more; file with the Secretary of State online or on the paper form by mail/in person. Base fee is $30; in-person handling and certification are optional extra charges (§§ 17702.02-.03; SOS forms)	Effective when filed unless the record specifies a date no more than 90 days later; a like-executed certificate may revoke before that date. The Secretary files a paid, compliant record; a legal-objection resubmission may include a California lawyer's opinion, but its filing date is the resubmission date (§§ 17702.03(d), 17702.05)	Use LLC-LP-11 only for information inaccurate when filed or a defective signature; it cannot be delayed and is generally retroactive. Use the online Statement of Information for agent/address, office, mailing, manager/member, and related report data. A profit business using a fictitious name files with the appropriate county clerk, not by changing its legal LLC name (§§ 17702.06, 17702.09; Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17910, 17915)	Keep the articles and all amendments, the written operating agreement and its amendments, and related powers of attorney in company records; optional county recording uses a certified copy. Acceptance changes the California public articles but does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, fictitious-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 17701.13(d), 17702.03(c))
Colorado verified 2026-08-21	Colorado Limited Liability Company Act, C.R.S. art. 80 of title 7, with common filing rules in art. 90; amend the public Articles of Organization by online Articles of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State (§§ 7-80-204, 7-80-209, 7-90-301)	Articles may be amended at any time for any purpose and must be amended for a legal-name change or a false or erroneous articles statement. Restated articles may consolidate only or include separately approved amendments and then supersede the original and prior amendments (§§ 7-80-209, 7-90-304.5)	A legal-name change triggers Articles of Amendment. The new name must be distinguishable in Secretary records, violate no Colorado statute, and include an approved LLC designator such as limited liability company, LLC/L.L.C., limited, or ltd. (§§ 7-80-209(1)(a), 7-90-601)	Default unanimous member approval; the operating agreement may provide another amendment method and otherwise controls internal affairs over contrary Act defaults. Written consent or authority is required before a filing uses another person's name or address or is delivered for the entity (§§ 7-80-108, 7-80-209(1.5), 7-80-401(2)(a), 7-90-314)	State the current domestic entity name and the amendment. The online filing starts from the entity record and requires either a name change, an attachment with the amended text, or both; add optional delayed-effect information and at least one causing individual's true name and mailing address (§§ 7-80-209(5), 7-90-301; current SOS checklist)	Colorado requires no signature or execution as a filing condition. An individual causing delivery affirms the document, truth, and compliance under penalty of perjury and supplies name/address. File online only from the entity record; paper is unavailable. $25 for amendment or amended-and-restated articles (§§ 7-90-301 to -301.5; current SOS forms and fee pages)	Effective at filing, or at the later stated filing-day time; a delayed date/time is capped at the 90th day, and date-only means 11:59 p.m. The portal filing is not complete until payment; a reversed payment means no successful filing. Noncompliant medium or missing required content/fee need not be filed (§§ 7-90-301, 7-90-303 to -304; current checklist)	Correction is for information incorrect when delivered or revocation of an erroneous filing; later circumstances use a statement of change. Use a statement of change or periodic report for principal-office or agent updates. Business under another name requires a separate trade-name statement, currently $20 (§§ 7-90-305 to -305.5, 7-90-501, 7-71-101; current SOS checklist and fee page)	Members may inspect the LLC's articles, operating agreement, resolutions/minutes, member-manager list, and other records on reasonable demand; 'articles' includes amendments and other filings that amend them. Acceptance changes Colorado's public articles, while periodic reports, trade names, tax/license/contract records, and other-state registrations remain separate (§§ 7-80-101(2), 7-80-408)
Connecticut verified 2026-08-21	Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 613a; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public Certificate of Organization through a Certificate of Amendment or restated certificate filed with the Secretary of the State (§ 34-247a)	Certificate may be amended or restated at any time. A member of a member-managed LLC or manager of a manager-managed LLC who knows filed information was or became inaccurate must promptly cause amendment or use the appropriate agent-change or correction route (§ 34-247a)	A legal-name change uses a Certificate of Amendment. New name needs an LLC designator, must be distinguishable from protected filed/reserved/registered names, and cannot imply an impermissible purpose; consent/undertaking or final judgment can support limited conflicting-name routes (§ 34-243k)	Default is affirmative vote or consent of all members for member-managed and manager-managed LLCs; action may occur without a meeting and by proxy. Operating agreement governs internal affairs but cannot vary Secretary-of-the-State filing requirements (§§ 34-243d, 34-255f); private consents remain separate	Statute requires current company name and the amendment; restatement is designated in its heading. BUS-034 separates name-only, amendment, amended-and-restated, and restated routes, requires full amendment text, and requires a complete attached restatement for amended-and-restated or restated filings (§ 34-247a; BUS-034)	Authorized company person or agent signs and states name/capacity; no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification. File online or on paper with Secretary of the State. Amendment and restatement each cost $120; optional online expedite is extra (§§ 34-243u, 34-247b, 34-247e; SOTS forms page)	Effective on filing unless a later time or delayed date/time no more than 90 days after filing is stated; date-only means 12:01 a.m. Secretary must explain refusal within 15 business days, and filer may seek a summary Superior Court order compelling filing (§§ 34-247f, 34-247i)	Correction fixes information inaccurate when filed, a defective signature, or defective electronic transmission and generally relates back. Agent changes use § 34-243o; annual report/interim notice updates recurring address, member/manager, email, and NAICS data; a nonlegal business name uses a town-clerk trade-name certificate (§§ 34-247h, 34-247k; § 35-1a)	Accepted filing changes the Connecticut public record but does not itself validate the information. If it conflicts with the operating agreement, the agreement prevails internally while the filed record can prevail for an outsider who reasonably relies; tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, and foreign-registration updates remain separate (§§ 34-243f, 34-247i)
Delaware verified 2026-08-21	Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. ch. 18; amend the public Certificate of Formation by Certificate of Amendment filed with Division of Corporations; restatement uses Restated or Amended and Restated Certificate (§§ 18-202, -208)	Prompt amendment when manager—or, if none, any member—knows certificate was false when made or materially false after a change; otherwise proper-purpose amendment anytime. Restatement may integrate operative filings and may further amend (§§ 18-202, -208)	Legal-name change uses Certificate of Amendment. Name needs LLC designator and record distinguishability; written consent can permit a conflicting record name; “bank” is restricted. Optional trade-name registration does not change legal name (§§ 18-102, 3108)	LLC agreement controls. If ordinary management default applies, >50% of profit interests controls member management; manager authority applies to extent agreement provides. Agreement may require outsider approval/conditions. For post-2011 LLC with no agreement-amendment method, all members approve an LLC-agreement amendment (§§ 18-302, -402)	Certificate states current LLC name and amendment; Division template asks article number and exact final text. Restatement states present/original name as applicable, original filing date, effect information, due-execution statement, and no-change statement when applicable; no ordinary statutory attachment, but every request needs cover memo (§§ 18-202, -208; Division)	1+ authorized persons sign; agent/attorney-in-fact allowed, authority evidence not shown to file, written authorization retained but need not be sworn/acknowledged/filed, and facsimile/conformed/e-signature allowed. Upload-submission service or mail. $220 ordinary base including municipality fee (§§ 18-204, -206, -1105; Division)	Effective on filing or stated date/time certain no later than 180th day after filing. Division rejects nonconforming filing; a corrected replacement delivered with fees within 5 business days after suspension notice may preserve filing time, but no good-standing certificate issues during suspension (§ 18-206)	Correction or corrected certificate fixes/nullifies inaccurate action record or defective/erroneous execution; $220. Agent/office-only amendment uses $50 route. Delaware LLC files no annual report, only annual tax. Optional Division of Revenue trade-name registration is $25 (§§ 18-211, -1105; § 3108; Division)	At effectiveness, public Certificate of Formation is amended/restated; member information right covers certificate/agreement amendments and signing powers, and LLC keeps current member/manager record. No annual report, but $400 annual tax remains; 3 years unpaid cancels certificate. External tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, and foreign-registration updates remain separate (§§ 18-206, -305, -1108; Division)
District of Columbia verified 2026-08-21	D.C. Limited Liability Company Act of 2010 within Title 29; amend the public Certificate of Organization through Form DLC-2 filed with DLCP Corporations Division, or restate through DLC-3 (D.C. Code §§ 29-802.01-.03; DLCP)	May amend or restate anytime. A member-managed member or manager-managed manager who knows certificate information was or became inaccurate must promptly cause amendment or use an appropriate agent-change/correction route. A restatement is designated as such; current DLC-3 supplies full restated text (§ 29-802.02; DLC-3)	Legal-name change uses DLC-2. The new name needs an LLC designator and record distinguishability; narrow written-consent routes exist, while bank/insurance-like words need prior Mayor approval and government-confusing names are barred (§§ 29-103.01, 29-103.02(f))	Section 29-802.02 states no amendment-specific vote. The operating agreement governs company affairs unless a nonwaivable rule applies. By default, member-majority or manager control covers ordinary-course matters, while all members must consent to an outside-course act; classify the actual amendment. Signer authority is separate (§§ 29-801.07, 29-804.07)	State current LLC name, initial certificate filing date, and changes to the latest certificate. DLC-2 asks for adopted amendment text and effective date and permits an attached statement; it excludes registered-agent and organizer amendments. Restatement uses labeled DLC-3 with full restated text (§ 29-802.02; DLC-2; DLC-3)	A company-authorized person signs; an agent or legal representative affirms authority. DLC-2 labels the signer governor or authorized person. No seal, acknowledgment, verification, or notarization is required by § 29-102.01. File online through CorpOnline or mail DLC-2 to DLCP; current amendment/restatement fee $220 (§§ 29-102.01, 29-802.03; DLC-2; fee schedule)	Effective on filing, at a later same-day time stated in the filing, or—when permitted—at a stated delayed date/time no more than 90 days after filing. DLCP's filing duty is ministerial; refusal reasons are due within 15 business days, a corrected filing within 60 days has no new fee, and Superior Court review is available (§§ 29-102.03, 29-102.06)	Correction fixes an original inaccuracy, defective signature, or defective transmission and generally relates back; it cannot be delayed. Agent information uses a separate statement, and changed report information uses correction; report agent changes act as statements of change. A different public-facing name uses separate trade-name registration (§§ 29-102.05, 29-102.11, 29-104.07; DLCP)	DLCP returns a filed copy acknowledging filing date/time. An effective public record can prevail over a conflicting operating agreement as to outsiders who reasonably rely, while the agreement controls internally. Good standing separately depends on reports, fees, and dissolution status; acceptance does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, or foreign-registration records (§§ 29-102.06, 29-102.08, 29-801.09)
Florida verified 2026-08-21	Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 605; amend public articles of organization through Articles of Amendment (Sunbiz CR2E049) or file a Restatement/Amended and Restated Articles of Organization (§ 605.0202)	May amend or restate at any time; a member or manager who knows filed articles were inaccurate or became inaccurate must act promptly through amendment or, when appropriate, a statement of change or correction. Restatement consolidates all current provisions and may add amendments (§ 605.0202)	A legal-name amendment must use LLC/L.L.C./limited liability company, be distinguishable in Department records, avoid misleading purpose/government implications, and use written consent for a nonidentical otherwise-indistinguishable name; filing gives public notice, not ownership (§ 605.0112; CR2E049)	Default is affirmative vote/consent of all members in either management structure; the operating agreement may modify the internal rule because it governs amendment means and conditions. Any additional nonparty/private approval required by the agreement must also be obtained (§§ 605.0105, 605.0107, 605.04073)	Heading must designate an amendment; state present LLC name, original articles filing date, amendment text, and any delayed effective date. Restatement states present name, original filing date, full current articles, and any delay; CR2E049 allows additional sheets (§ 605.0202)	A company-authorized person signs; a duly authorized agent, legal representative, or attorney-in-fact may sign if the record states that authority. Current CR2E049 is delivered by mail or walk-in with a cover letter; $25 base fee, with optional status/copy charges; no ordinary notarization block (§§ 605.0203, 605.0213; Sunbiz)	Effective when accepted by the Department unless a time or delayed date is stated; delay cannot exceed the 90th day after filing. A not-yet-effective filing may be withdrawn. The Department files a paid record unless it fails filing requirements; prescribed forms/media control (§§ 605.0206-.0208)	Use correction for an inaccurate-at-filing, defectively signed/transmitted, false, misleading, or fraudulent record; no delayed date and generally retroactive. Agent/office may use a change statement, amendment, or annual report; current address/authorized-person data may use the annual/amended report. A different trade name uses § 865.09 fictitious-name registration, not a legal-name amendment (§§ 605.0114, .0209, .0212; § 865.09)	Keep filed articles and all amendments plus record-form operating agreement amendments and powers of attorney. Internally the operating agreement controls conflicts, but a filed record can control for an outsider who reasonably relies on it. Acceptance does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, fictitious-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 605.0107, .0410)
Georgia verified 2026-08-21	Georgia Limited Liability Company Act, O.C.G.A. Ch. 14-11; amend or restate the public Articles of Organization by filing Articles of Amendment or specifically headed Restated Articles with the Secretary of State (§§ 14-11-101, 14-11-210)	Articles may be amended in any desired lawful respect; § 14-11-210 states no general later-inaccuracy deadline. Restated Articles may consolidate provisions then in effect or also amend them, and must be specifically designated in the heading (§ 14-11-210)	Legal-name change uses Articles of Amendment and name-only Form CD 115. Name must use an allowed LLC designator, be distinguishable on the Secretary's records, and be no longer than 80 characters; filing availability does not establish commercial availability (§ 14-11-207)	Default is unanimous member vote or consent for an articles amendment; the articles or a written operating agreement may provide otherwise. Majority member/manager rules govern other matters unless displaced; apply the current documents and any separate private consent (§ 14-11-308)	State the current LLC name, original articles filing date, exact amendment, and any later effective date/time. CD 115 also asks for the control number and new legal name; broader amendments are self-drafted under § 14-11-210. The statute states no approval recital or universal attachment (§ 14-11-210)	A member, a manager of a manager-managed LLC, an organizer if there are no members/managers, a court-appointed fiduciary, or an attorney-in-fact signs and states name/capacity. File online or by paper/upload with the Secretary; statutory amendment fee is $20, and mailed/hand-delivered CD 115 is $30 including the $10 service charge (§§ 14-11-205, 14-11-1101; CD 115)	Effective at filing, a stated filing-day time, or a stated time/date no later than 90 days after filing. The Secretary returns a nonconforming filing with a written reason within 10 days; cure within 30 days can preserve the delivery time (§ 14-11-206)	Use Articles of Correction for an incorrect statement or defective execution, with limited relation back. Agent/office changes use an amended annual registration or agent statement; principal and other annual data use the annual registration. A trade name uses county superior-court registration, not a legal-name amendment (§§ 14-11-209, 14-11-211, 14-11-1103; § 10-1-490)	The Secretary retains the original and returns the filed copy; the LLC keeps its articles and amendments at its principal office. Acceptance changes the Georgia articles only; review tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, and foreign-registration records separately (§§ 14-11-206, 14-11-313)
Hawaii verified 2026-08-21	Hawaii Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 428; public articles of organization changed by LLC-2 name amendment, LLC-3 general amendment, LLC-4 restatement without change, or LLC-5 amended-and-restated articles filed with DCCA Business Registration Division (§§ 428-203 to -204.6)	Articles may be amended from time to time in any desired lawful respect. LLC-4 only restates the already-amended articles without change; LLC-5 makes amendments and replaces the original plus prior amendments. Chapter 428 states no general prompt-accuracy amendment duty (§§ 428-204 to -204.6; DCCA forms)	Legal-name-only change uses LLC-2. Name needs an LLC designator, English-alphabet letters, and no same/substantially-identical entity, reserved, fictitious, trade-name, trademark, or service-mark conflict; written consent plus an added distinguishing word, final judgment, merger, or reorganization supplies listed exceptions (§ 428-105)	Default is consent of all members for an articles amendment in member- or manager-managed LLC. Operating agreement governs internal affairs and may authorize a lesser number; DCCA forms require a recital of all-member or agreement-authorized lesser approval. One filing signature does not replace the approval (§§ 428-103, -404(c); forms)	LLC name and amendment, specifically referencing provisions changed. LLC-2 states old/new name; LLC-3 requires attached amendment text; LLC-4 attaches all operative provisions and no new changes; LLC-5 attaches all operative provisions, current changes, and supersession statement. Forms add approval recital and signer certification (§§ 428-204 to -204.6)	At least one manager of manager-managed or member of member-managed LLC signs/certifies; attorney-in-fact allowed and power need not be filed. LLC-2 is online; paper forms may go by email, mail, fax, or service window. $25 plus $1 archive fee; optional special handling is $25 (§§ 428-205, -1301; 94-8(c); DCCA)	Effective when filed. Chapter 428's delayed-date authority is limited to termination, conversion, and merger, so amendment/restatement has no delayed effective date. Director files a paid form-compliant record; filing or refusal creates no validity or correctness presumption (§ 428-206)	Correction fixes false/erroneous information or defective certification/signature and generally relates back. Registered-agent data uses Chapter 425R statement without member/governor approval. Annual report updates principal office, agent, management, and member/manager listings. Trade-name registration is optional and does not change legal name (§§ 428-207, -210; 425R-7; 482-2)	Operating agreement controls internally over inconsistent articles; articles control for outsiders who detrimentally rely. Save accepted filing, approval, and current articles. Hawaii amendment does not automatically update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records (§ 428-203(c))
Idaho verified 2026-08-21	Idaho Uniform Limited Liability Company Act within the Uniform Business Organizations Code; certificate of organization, amendment, and restatement filed with the Secretary of State (Idaho Code §§ 30-25-101, -102, -202)	Certificate may be amended/restated anytime. A member in a member-managed or manager in a manager-managed LLC who knows certificate information was or became inaccurate must promptly amend or, when appropriate, file an agent-change statement or correction. Restatement must be designated in its heading (§ 30-25-202)	Legal-name change uses an amendment or full restatement. New name needs an LLC designator, record distinguishability, no false government/purpose implication, or the statutory consent/final-judgment route (§§ 30-21-301 to -302)	No certificate-amendment vote is stated in § 30-25-202. Operating agreement governs authority; defaults are member majority for ordinary-course differences, all members for outside-course acts, managers for manager-managed matters, and all members for its outside-course acts. Private consents remain separate (§§ 30-25-105, -407)	Company name, original certificate filing date, and amendment text. Current paper form supplies fields for a new name, principal/correspondence addresses, and governor additions/deletions; restatement form sets out the complete certificate and says it supersedes the original and amendments. No statutory approval recital or notarization (§§ 30-25-202; 30-21-201)	Person authorized by company signs; agent or legal representative may sign, and signing affirms material truth under perjury penalties. File online through SOSBiz or use typed paper form by mail/in person. $30 base fee online; paper adds $20 manual processing; optional expedited surcharges are $40 or $100 (§§ 30-25-203; 30-21-209, -214; SOS forms)	Effective at filing time unless a later same-day time or delayed date/time is stated; delay capped at 90 days and may be withdrawn before effect. SOS must file a compliant paid record, explain refusal within 5 business days, and faces district-court review (§§ 30-21-203 to -206)	Correction fixes information inaccurate when filed, defective signature, or defective electronic transmission and generally relates back; no delayed date. Agent data uses § 30-21-407 statement or annual report; annual report updates principal office and governor. Assumed business name is a separate pre-use filing (§§ 30-21-205, -213, -407, -805)	Operating agreement prevails internally over a conflicting filed record; the record may prevail for outsiders reasonably relying. SOS returns an acknowledged copy, but filing/refusal creates no correctness presumption. Amendment changes Idaho's public certificate, not tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records automatically (§§ 30-25-107; 30-21-206)
Illinois verified 2026-08-21	Illinois Limited Liability Company Act, 805 ILCS 180; amend or restate the public Articles of Organization through Articles of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State (Art. 5)	May amend at any time to add, change, or remove a provision permitted in current original articles; Article 5 states no general inaccuracy-amendment deadline. Restated Articles integrate all operative provisions, supersede prior articles/amendments, and cost $150 (§§ 5-10, 5-30, 50-10)	Legal-name change uses Articles of Amendment. Name must contain limited liability company/L.L.C./LLC, avoid barred entity terms and restricted words, and be distinguishable on SOS records; a court decree can establish prior right (§ 1-10)	Default is consent of all members, subject to a lawful operating-agreement rule. Majority of managers may act without members only to remove a former manager, remove initial agent/office data after a change statement, swap LLC designator/add geography, or make a no-change restatement (§§ 5-15, 15-1(d)(2), 15-5)	Execute and file in duplicate; state the current LLC name, complete text of each amendment, and that approval complied with the operating agreement or Act, plus a delayed-effective date if used. Attach continuation text when the form space is insufficient (§ 5-25; LLC-5.25)	A company-authorized person signs, states name/capacity, and affirms truth and authority under penalty of perjury; a filed signing authorization must be written and sworn, verified, or acknowledged. Eligible domestic good-standing non-series name changes without delay may file online; other amendments use paper LLC-5.25. Base fee $50 (§§ 5-45, 50-10; SOS)	Effective on SOS filing or a stated date no more than 30 days later; the online name-change route does not accept a delayed date. SOS may reject a nonconforming filing, unavailable name, unpaid filing, or an amendment blocked while the LLC is delinquent (§§ 5-25, 5-35, 5-55, 50-15)	Use § 5-47 correction for an original misstatement, transcription/typographical defect, or defective execution; use §§ 1-36/1-37 for agent/office changes, the annual report for current principal-office and manager data, and § 1-20 for a separate assumed name. Current fees are $25 for correction or agent/office change (§§ 50-1, 50-10)	SOS stamps and returns the duplicate; keep the amended/restated articles and any signing power with company records. Filed articles give notice of their stated facts, but the Illinois filing does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records; delinquency blocks amendments (§§ 1-40, 5-55, 5-70, 50-15)
Indiana verified 2026-08-21	Indiana Business Flexibility Act plus Uniform Business Organizations Administrative Provisions Act; file Articles of Amendment or Restated Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (IC 23-18-2-5 to -6; 23-0.5-2)	Members may amend at any time if the resulting provisions remain lawful; Indiana has no blanket prompt-amendment duty. Restated articles may consolidate only or include amendments adopted under the ordinary amendment rule (IC 23-18-2-5 to -6)	New name needs 'limited liability company,' 'L.L.C.,' or 'LLC,' must be distinguishable on Secretary records, and cannot falsely imply government connection. A record consent can support a conflicting nonreserved name; 'bank' wording needs Financial Institutions approval (IC 23-0.5-3-1, -2, -5)	Members determine articles amendments. Unless a written operating agreement, articles, or the Act provides otherwise, a majority in interest of members approves—more than 50% of agreed contribution value received and not returned. Name-holder or banking approval applies only when triggered (IC 23-18-1-13; 23-18-2-5; 23-18-4-3)	State current LLC name, date the original articles were filed, and amendment text. Form 49460 asks organization date, new name, exact amended article text, adoption date, any agent information, and attachments on 8½-by-11-inch paper; attach additional amendment text when needed (IC 23-18-2-5; Form 49460)	Authorized signer states name and capacity; no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification is generally required, and an attorney-in-fact may sign while the LLC retains the power. File by hand, mail, or accepted electronic transmission; $20 electronic/$30 paper (IC 23-0.5-2-1; 23-18-4-6(e); 23-0.5-9-20)	Effective when filed, at a later filing-day time, or at a delayed date/time up to 90 days; date-only means 12:01 a.m. Correction cannot be delayed. Refusal notice and reason are due within 10 business days, with a local circuit/superior-court petition available (IC 23-0.5-2-3, -5 to -6)	Use Articles of Correction for an inaccurate-at-filing record, defective signature, or defective electronic transmission; use the registered-agent/office statement or a qualifying biennial-report update for agent information. A different operating name uses a statewide assumed-name certificate, not a legal-name amendment (IC 23-0.5-2-5, -13(e); 23-0.5-3-4(e))	Keep the articles and every amendment plus written operating agreements and signing powers at the principal office. Filing gives public notice of required articles facts but does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records (IC 23-18-2-7; 23-18-4-6(e), -8)
Iowa verified 2026-08-21	Iowa Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Iowa Code ch. 489; Secretary of State certificate of organization and amendment/restatement filing (§§ 489.101-.102, .201-.202)	May amend or restate at any time. A knowledgeable member or manager must act promptly when filed certificate information was or became inaccurate; restatement consolidates amendments and may include a new amendment (§ 489.202)	Use a certificate amendment for the legal name. Keep an approved LLC designator and a distinguishable name; agency-word approval, consent plus the other entity's name-change undertaking, or a court judgment may be required. Fictitious name is separate (§ 489.112)	No certificate-amendment-specific vote. The operating agreement governs authority; otherwise member-managed ordinary matters use a member majority and outside-course acts require all members, while managers decide manager-managed matters but all members approve outside-course acts (§§ 489.105, .407)	State the LLC name, initial certificate filing date, and amendment text. A restatement needs a restatement heading, LLC name, full restated text, consolidation statement, and any new-amendment fields; general caption, English, signer-name/capacity, and any required cover sheet also apply (§§ 489.202, .206)	Company-authorized person, agent, legal representative, or court route; state signer name/capacity, with no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification. Hand, mail, commercial, or permitted electronic delivery; amendment and restatement are $50, and amendment filing is available through Fast Track (§§ 489.120, .122, .203-.206; SOS)	Effective when filed, at a later stated same-day time, or at a stated date/time up to 90 days later; a not-yet-effective record may be withdrawn. Refusal notice and reason are due within 15 business days, with Polk County court review; credible fraud information may force mail/in-person delivery (§§ 489.207-.210; 2026 Iowa Acts ch. 1145)	Use a $5 correction for an inaccuracy existing at filing, defective signature, or defective electronic transmission; a no-fee statement or qualifying biennial-report entry for agent/address changes; and a $5 fictitious-name filing to use another business name (§§ 489.112(8), .116, .209, .212; SOS)	SOS returns an acknowledged filed copy. Filing does not validate the record or presume accuracy; the operating agreement still controls internally if it conflicts, while reasonable third-party reliance may favor the filed record. Separate tax, licensing, bank, contract, title, trademark, and foreign-registration updates remain separate (§§ 489.107, .210)
Kansas verified 2026-08-21	Kansas Revised Limited Liability Company Act and Business Entity Standard Treatment Act; articles of organization amended by certificate of amendment filed with the Secretary of State (K.S.A. § 17-7674, §§ 17-7908 to -7911)	Manager, or any member if no manager, must promptly amend when aware the articles were materially false when made or became materially false; amendment otherwise permitted anytime for a proper purpose. Restatement may integrate all operative provisions and may also amend them (§§ 17-7674, 17-7680)	Legal-name change uses certificate of amendment. New name needs limited liability company/limited company, L.L.C./L.C., or LLC/LC and record distinguishability; written consent or final judgment can support a conflict (§§ 17-7918, 17-7920)	No amendment-specific vote appears in § 17-7674. Follow the operating agreement and articles; absent a different operating-agreement rule, member management is controlled by members holding more than 50% of current profit interests, while manager management is vested in the manager to the stated extent. Signer status does not replace internal approval (§§ 17-7687, 17-7693, 17-7908(b))	Statutory certificate states LLC name and exact amendment. Current Form BEA also requires Kansas business ID and current legal name; add exact changed text and any needed attachment. Professional-LLC name/purpose changes require regulatory-board certificate, outside ordinary-LLC scope (§ 17-7674; BEA)	One or more authorized persons; agent may sign unless operating agreement says otherwise. Filing is under penalty of perjury; facsimile, conformed, electronic, or transmitted signature accepted. Online or paper to Secretary of State; $30 online/$35 paper current total (§§ 17-7908 to -7910, 17-76,136; K.A.R. 7-16-1 to -2; BEA)	Effective on filing or specified date no later than 90 days after filing. Before that date, terminate or amend the delayed transaction by certificate. SOS files a conforming document with fee and returns certified copy; current guidance requires good standing (§§ 17-7910 to -7911; SOS change page)	Correction fixes an inaccurate record of the action or defective/erroneous execution and generally relates back; later substantive change uses amendment. Agent/office-only change uses separate certificate and needs no articles amendment. Biennial report carries 5% member and principal-office data. Kansas SOS does not register assumed/fictitious/trade/DBA names (§§ 17-7912, 17-7926, 17-76,139; SOS)	SOS returns certified filed copy; members may obtain articles, all amendments, operating agreement, and related powers of attorney. Preserve accepted filing and approvals. Amendment changes Kansas public record but not tax, license, bank, contract, property, trademark, or foreign registrations; it does not cure separate report/fee forfeiture (§§ 17-7690, 17-7910, 17-76,139)
Kentucky verified 2026-08-21	Kentucky LLC Act, KRS ch. 275, plus common filing rules in ch. 14A; amend or restate the public Articles of Organization by filing with the Secretary of State (§§ 275.030, 275.035, 275.045)	Must amend for legal-name, stated dissolution-date, member/manager-management, or another required-articles change; may otherwise add/change/delete lawful provisions. Restatement consolidates the full articles and may include an amendment (§§ 275.030-.035)	Legal-name change uses amendment. New name must be distinguishable and end with limited liability company, limited company, LLC, or LC; name filing alone does not create exclusive use (§ 14A.3-010)	Default member approval is majority in interest, normally proportional to received contributions; articles or written operating agreement may alter the rule. Written consent may act without a meeting at the required threshold (§§ 275.030, 275.175)	State exact LLC name, text of each amendment, each adoption date, and that managers or members duly adopted it under the articles, operating agreement, or statute. No standard attachment is listed; a restatement adds the full restated text and approval certificate (§§ 275.030-.035; Form LLA)	Manager if manager-managed, member if member-managed, or authorized representative; no seal, acknowledgment, verification, or notary required. Most filings may be online; Form LLA also accepts 1 copy by mail/in person. Amendment/restatement $40; amended-restated $80; qualifying post-Aug. 1, 2018 veteran-owned business fee exemption (§§ 14A.2-010, -020, -165; § 275.055)	Effective on filing unless a stated time/date delays effect up to the 90th day; date-only means 5 p.m. Frankfort time and no prefiling effect. Refusal must be returned within 5 days with written reasons; Franklin Circuit Court appeal available (§§ 14A.2-070, -100 to -110)	Correction fixes an inaccurate or defective filing and generally relates back. Principal-office address uses a statement of change; agent/office uses another statement; annual report updates recurring company data; an assumed-name certificate does not change the legal name (§§ 14A.2-090, 14A.4-020, 14A.5-010; § 275.040; § 365.015)	Keep articles, every amendment, related powers of attorney, operating agreements, and contribution/voting records at the principal office or agreement-designated location. Other tax, license, bank, contract, property, trademark, and foreign-registration records remain separate (§ 275.185)
Louisiana verified 2026-08-21	Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law, Title 12 ch. 22; amend the public Articles of Organization by filing Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State (§§ 12:1301, 12:1309)	Articles shall be amended for a legal-name change, a false/erroneous statement, another change needed to represent the members' agreement accurately, or loss of L3C status. The definition includes restated documents, but § 12:1309 states no separate restatement contents (§§ 12:1301, 12:1309)	A legal-name change requires amendment. New name needs Limited Liability Company, L.L.C., or L.C.; no d/b/a phrase; distinguishability or a statutory consent/other exception; and any regulated-word approval or notice (§ 12:1306)	Default majority vote of members, even for a manager-managed LLC; articles or written operating agreement may change that rule. Regulated names may need agency notice, waiver, or approval (§§ 12:1306, 12:1318)	Set out the amendment plus its adoption date and manner. Chapter 22 does not require a charter number or approval attachment in the filed articles; restricted-name evidence may be needed under § 12:1306 (§§ 12:1306, 12:1309)	Manager signs if manager-managed; at least 1 member if member-managed. A signer acknowledges, or use authentic act. Deliver to Secretary of State; Chapter 22 does not specify the current paper/online channel. $100 through Sept. 30, 2026; $125 Oct. 1 (§ 12:1309; § 49:222; 2026 Act 921)	May request a filing date/time within 30 days after delivery. Otherwise effective at endorsed filing date/time; if filed within 5 days excluding legal holidays after acknowledgment/authentic act, effect relates back to that execution. Taxes, fees, and charges must be paid (§ 12:1309)	Correction fixes an inaccurate record of the action or defective execution and cannot change effective date. Agent/office uses a separate statement; manager/member/address data belongs in the annual report; an optional trade-name registration does not change the LLC's legal name (§§ 12:1308, 12:1308.1, 12:1310; §§ 51:211, 51:214)	Keep the articles and every amendment at the registered office. The surveyed provisions do not make the amendment update tax, license, bank, contract, property, trademark, or foreign-registration records; handle those separately (§ 12:1319)
Maine verified 2026-08-21	Maine Limited Liability Company Act, 31 M.R.S. ch. 21; public certificate of formation changed by Certificate of Amendment MLLC-9 or superseded by Restated Certificate MLLC-6A filed with Secretary of State (§ 1532)	Certificate may be amended or restated at any time; no general amendment deadline. Restatement may include amendments, and any new change remains subject to the rules that would govern a separate amendment; restated certificate supersedes prior certificate but preserves original formation date (§ 1532)	MLLC-9 changes legal name. Name needs statutory LLC designator and distinguishability; Secretary may refuse obscene, unlawfully promotional, falsely public-associated, or otherwise unlawful name. Written undertaking/consent, judgment, merger, reorganization, or asset acquisition supplies listed exceptions (§ 1508)	LLC agreement governs internal relations. If silent, member majority decides ordinary-course matters and all members consent to outside-course acts. Act does not classify every certificate amendment or prescribe one amendment-specific vote; apply agreement and nature of change. No ordinary state-filing third-party consent appears (§§ 1521, 1556)	LLC name, original certificate filing date, and changes to most recently amended/restated certificate. MLLC-9 has name, special-status, agent, and attached-other-change fields; MLLC-6A reproduces operative formation fields and attaches other matters (§ 1532; forms)	Person authorized by LLC signs; agent/attorney-in-fact allowed and POA not filed. Forms require original signature, printed name/capacity, date, and oath/affirmation. Current public route is fillable PDF printed and mailed/delivered. Amendment $50; restatement $80; optional expedite $50 next-business-day or $100 same-day (§§ 1673, 1676, 1680; SOS/forms)	Effective on filing unless specified time or delayed date; delay caps at 90th day and date-only delay is 12:01 a.m. Forms lack dedicated delay field, so confirm attachment/custom procedure. Filing must use required form if mandated, contain required information, be legible, delivered, signed, and paid; erroneous filings are returned (§§ 1673–1674; forms)	MLLC-17 corrects initially incorrect, defectively signed, subsequently inaccurate, or erroneously filed record; no delayed date and generally retroactive. Agent may use no-approval statement of change or MLLC-9 alternative. Amended annual report updates report-year data through Dec. 31. Assumed name is separate before using another business name (§§ 1510, 1665–1666, 1675; 5 M.R.S. § 108)	Restatement supersedes prior certificate while original formation date remains. Save accepted filing, approval, agreement, current certificate, and signing authority. Filing changes Maine public record but does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 1532, 1674–1676)
Maryland verified 2026-08-21	Maryland Limited Liability Company Act, Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns Title 4A; amend the public Articles of Organization through Articles of Amendment filed for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (§§ 4A-101, 4A-204)	Title 4A states no general amend-every-inaccuracy deadline. A written amendment changes an articles provision. Section 4A-101 includes restatements within 'articles of organization,' but § 4A-204 and the current SDAT change-form list give no separate standalone LLC-restatement contents or form	A legal-name change uses Articles of Amendment. The new name needs an approved LLC designator and must be distinguishable in SDAT's records; an optional signed application reserves an available name for 30 days (§§ 1-502(b), 1-504, 4A-208 to -209)	Unless otherwise agreed, unanimous member consent; a different rule may be in the articles, operating agreement, or unanimous member/required-person consent. The official form need not recite approval. Private lender, investor, regulator, or professional-board consents remain separate (§§ 4A-101(x), 4A-204(c))	Current form states the LLC's full existing name and complete amendment text; add the new resident agent's consent signature only when the filing designates one. The form requires no member-approval recital, department ID, notarization, or ordinary attachment (current SDAT LLC amendment form)	An 'authorized person' signs; authority may come from the articles, operating agreement, or required consents, and an attorney-in-fact may sign without filing or acknowledging the power. File online, by mail, or by drop box. $100 standard or $150 expedited (§§ 4A-101(c), 4A-206; current form)	Amendment must be filed for record; SDAT endorses the acceptance date/time. Section 4A-204 and the current form state no delayed-date option. SDAT may refuse a nonconforming filing or one whose required fees are unpaid (§§ 4A-204(c), 4A-207)	Use a $25 Certificate of Correction for a technical error or defective execution; a separate $25 statement changes the principal office or resident agent. Annual reports remain separate, and a business using another trade name files the § 1-406 certificate rather than changing its legal LLC name (§§ 1-203, 1-406, 4A-205, 4A-210, 4A-911)	SDAT records the accepted filing and sends an acknowledgment; members may inspect and copy the articles and every amendment. Acceptance changes Maryland's public articles, while tax, licensing, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, and foreign-registration records remain separate systems (§§ 4A-207(c), 4A-406(a))
Massachusetts verified 2026-08-21	Massachusetts Limited Liability Company Act, G.L. c. 156C; amend or restate the public Certificate of Organization through the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Corporations Division (§§ 13, 17, 19; 950 CMR 112.15-.16)	Promptly amend a statement materially false when made or made materially false by change; amendment is mandatory for first designation or any change of managers or other authorized signatories, and otherwise permitted for any proper purpose. A restatement may consolidate only or also amend (§§ 13(b)-(d), 19)	The new legal name must use an LLC/LC word or abbreviation and cannot be the same as or deceptively similar to listed reserved, domestic, or registered entity names unless the affected entity's written consent was previously filed (§ 3; 950 CMR 112.12)	Chapter 156C has no amendment-specific vote. Apply the operating agreement; if a member decision is used and it supplies no member-voting rule, members owning more than 50% of unreturned contributions control. A manager-managed LLC defaults to manager control and document authority; written name-conflict consent is a filing condition (§§ 3, 21(d), 24)	State FEIN, exact current name, original-certificate filing date, every current manager and authorized filer with business address if different, any real-estate instrument signer, and the amendment. Written name-conflict consent must already be filed when used; no ordinary amendment attachment is otherwise listed (950 CMR 112.12, 112.15)	A manager, other person named as an authorized filer, or court-appointed fiduciary signs under perjury penalties; an agent may sign and written authority need not be sworn, acknowledged, or filed. File online or through authorized personal/courier, mail, fax, or electronic delivery; base fee $100 (§ 15; 950 CMR 112.06-.09, 112.15, 112.29)	Effective when filed, or on a later date certain stated in the certificate; no maximum delay is stated. The Secretary files a conforming certificate but may reject one that does not conform to law, and the Division rejects noncompliant paper size, format, or font (§§ 13(e), 17; 950 CMR 112.07, 112.10)	An originally or later materially false certificate uses prompt amendment under current law; the current act/regulation supplies no separate ordinary-LLC correction certificate. Use the resident-agent/office statement for those changes, the annual report for its recurring update, and a local business certificate to operate under a name other than the legal name (§§ 12(c), 13(b); 950 CMR 112.13-.15; G.L. c. 110, § 5)	Keep a copy of the certificate and every amendment plus any written signing powers at the Massachusetts records office. Filing amends or supersedes the public certificate at the effective time; tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, business-certificate, and foreign-registration records require separate review (§§ 9(a)(2), 17(b), 19(d))
Michigan verified 2026-08-21	Michigan Limited Liability Company Act, 1993 PA 23; amend the public Articles of Organization through a Certificate of Amendment (Form 715), or consolidate them through Restated Articles of Organization (Form 710) (MCL §§ 450.4601-.4604)	Must amend for a legal-name, purpose, manager-management, or maximum-duration change, or when an articles statement becomes false or erroneous; may make any amendment lawful in original articles at that time. Restatement may integrate current provisions and may include amendments (MCL §§ 450.4601-.4604)	Legal-name change requires an amendment. Name must contain “limited liability company,” “L.L.C.,” or “L.C.”; cannot imply an unpermitted purpose, use corporation/incorporated wording, or conflict with restricted-word law; and must be distinguishable on the administrator's records. Compliance creates no substantive name right (MCL §§ 450.4204, 450.4602(a))	Certificate of amendment: unanimous vote of all members entitled to vote, or majority in interest if the operating agreement authorizes amendment by majority vote. A restatement that adds amendments uses the operating agreement's vote requirement, otherwise unanimity. Private consents remain separate (MCL §§ 450.4603(d), 450.4604(2)-(3))	State the current LLC name, original-articles filing date, the entire amended article or identified section, and the approval route. Form 715 also requests the Bureau ID, permits added numbered pages, and says to state a delayed date as an additional article; submit one original (MCL § 450.4603; Form 715)	Manager signs if manager-managed; at least one member if member-managed; an authorized agent may sign. State signer name and capacity; a power of attorney need not be filed. File Form 715 online, by mail, or in person. Base fee $25; veteran-majority waiver may apply (MCL §§ 450.4103, 450.5101(1)(c), (9); Form 715)	Effective when endorsed filed unless the document states a later time no more than 90 days after delivery. After a written request, the administrator has 10 days to give written refusal reasons; judicial review is available under the Administrative Procedures Act (MCL §§ 450.4104(2), (6), 450.4105)	Use a $25 correction only for an inaccuracy existing at filing or defective/erroneous execution or transmission. Agent/office changes use the $5 Form 520 statement. Annual resident-agent/office statement is due February 15. An additional business name uses a $25 assumed-name certificate, ordinarily through December 31 of the fifth full calendar year (MCL §§ 450.4106, 450.4206-.4207, 450.4209, 450.5101)	Keep the articles or restated articles and all amendments at the Michigan registered office or principal place of business. Two consecutive missed annual statements, followed by notice and a 60-day cure failure, cause loss of good standing and block filings other than restoration; the LLC remains in existence. Michigan acceptance does not update separate third-party or foreign records (MCL §§ 450.4207a, 450.4213)
Minnesota verified 2026-08-21	Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Minn. Stat. ch. 322C; amend or restate the domestic LLC's public Articles of Organization by filing with the Secretary of State (§§ 322C.0201-.0205)	Amend or restate at any time. A member, manager, or governor who knows filed articles information was or became inaccurate must promptly cause amendment or, where appropriate, file a registered-office change. A labeled restatement states the present name and all changes (§ 322C.0202)	A changed legal name belongs in an articles amendment and must use English letters/characters, include 'limited liability company' or 'LLC,' avoid corporation/incorporated, fit a permitted purpose, and be distinguishable unless statutory consent or a qualifying decree accompanies the filing (§§ 322C.0108, 322C.0202)	The operating agreement governs company activities and can alter defaults. Otherwise, member-managed ordinary-course matters use a member majority and outside-course acts require all members; manager-managed ordinary matters use a manager majority and outside-course acts require all members; a board-managed LLC acts through its board. Review any separate condition or third-party approval for an operating-agreement amendment (§§ 322C.0110-.0112, 322C.0407)	State the current LLC name, every change to the most recently amended/restated articles, and that adoption complied with Chapter 322C. The current form provides name, office, agent, mailing-address, and other-article options; enter complete replacement language and attach pages if needed (§ 322C.0202; current SOS form)	A person authorized by the LLC signs, or an authorized agent may sign; no notarization is required and signing carries perjury consequences. File online, by mail, or in person by appointment. Statutory/base mail fee $35; current expedited online or in-person fee $55 (§§ 5.15, 322C.0203, 322C.0205-.0206; current SOS form/fees)	Effective when filed unless a permitted time/date is stated; a delayed date is capped at day 90, and date-only means 11:59 p.m. The Secretary files a properly captioned, permitted-medium record with the fee unless it fails Chapter 322C filing requirements, then returns an image (§§ 322C.0202, 322C.0205)	Use articles of correction for an inaccurate action record, erroneous statement, defective execution, or a wrong-entity filing redirected within 60 days. Office/agent changes have a § 5.36 statement; annual-renewal information uses the no-fee renewal due December 31; business under a different name uses an assumed-name filing and publication (§§ 5.16, 5.34, 5.36, 322C.0208; current SOS pages)	The Secretary returns an image of the filed record. Filed articles may control for outsiders who reasonably rely on them, while the operating agreement controls internally. Members retain statutory information rights; keep the accepted filing with company records. The SOS forms page says the LLC must be in good standing to file an amendment; other-state registrations and non-SOS records remain separate (§§ 322C.0112, 322C.0205, 322C.0410; current SOS forms page)
Mississippi verified 2026-08-21	Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act, Miss. Code tit. 79, ch. 29; certificate of formation, Certificate of Amendment, and amended/restated certificate filed with the Secretary of State (§§ 79-29-201, -203, -211)	Certificate may be amended or restated at any time for a proper purpose. A known false/inaccurate or defective filing must be corrected promptly: correction within 1 year, amendment after 1 year. Restatement uses the same Certificate of Amendment route (§§ 79-29-203, -213)	Legal-name change uses the Certificate of Amendment. New name needs limited liability company/L.L.C./LLC and must be distinguishable; written consent plus an undertaking or a final judgment can authorize a conflict. Current prohibited words exclude bank, trust, insurance, corporation, and incorporated, but since July 1, 2024 no longer exclude partnership or limited partnership (§ 79-29-109; 2024 HB 1105)	All members must agree to an amendment or restatement (§ 79-29-203). The certificate and operating agreement govern internal affairs and may contain approval conditions, but cannot vary SOS filing/fee rules. Confirm any lender, investor, regulator, or other private consent separately; signer authority does not replace member approval (§ 79-29-123)	LLC name; a date-certain delayed effective date if not effective on filing; and the amendment or restatement text. No statutory file number, original filing date, approval recital, member list, or notarization. Portal fields and change-specific consent/judgment attachments may add administrative requirements (§§ 79-29-203, -207, -211)	One or more authorized persons; agent/attorney-in-fact may sign. State signer name, capacity, street address, and mailing address; signature copy accepted. Create filing in SOS online system and submit/pay online or print and mail with check. $50 (§§ 79-29-207, -1203; SOS FAQ/fee schedule)	Effective on filing or stated date certain no later than day 90; fee must be paid. Current baseline gives SOS 10 days to return a refusal with written reason; 2025 SB 2420 and 2026 HB 1416 proposed 30 days but died. Chancery appeal available (§§ 79-29-203, -211, -1203)	Within 1 year use $50 correction for false/inaccurate or defective/erroneous execution; after 1 year use $50 amendment, effective on filing. Use separate $10 F0010 agent/office change; current annual report updates agent, principal office, manager/member, officer, and business fields. F0070 separately registers a fictitious business name for $25 (§§ 79-29-213, -215; SOS)	Keep certificate, powers of attorney, effective operating agreement, member/manager list, and member-accessible amendments. Filed records give public notice; accepted amendment changes the certificate but not private or foreign records automatically. Certificate of existence still depends on no effective dissolution, paid fees, and current annual report (§§ 79-29-115, -217, -219, -315)
Missouri verified 2026-08-21	Missouri Limited Liability Company Act, RSMo §§ 347.010-.187; file Amendment of Articles of Organization (LLC-12) or Restated/Amended and Restated Articles with the Secretary of State (§§ 347.041, .043)	Prompt amendment, no later than 60 days, is mandatory for a name, member/manager management-mode, or stated dissolution-time change. Other operating-agreement-consistent amendments are permitted; restatement may consolidate only or also amend (§§ 347.041-.043)	New name needs an LLC/LC designator, cannot use corporation/partnership wording or imply an unstated purpose/government agency, and must be distinguishable. Written consent plus name change or a final decree can support a conflict (§ 347.020)	Operating agreement supplies authority. Unless it provides otherwise, more than one-half by number of authorized persons decides ordinary matters; every member approves a member/manager management-mode switch. Name-holder consent applies only for a conflicting name (§§ 347.020, .041(1)(5), .079(3)-(4))	State current name, filing date, delayed-effective date if any, required-event nature/date when applicable, amendment text, and whether authorized by the agreement or required by Chapter 347. LLC-12 adds charter number, optional principal office, mandatory-change boxes, and LLC-1A for a series election (§ 347.041; LLC-12)	Authorized person or person authorized under the operating agreement signs; attorney-in-fact and court-fiduciary routes allowed, and signature affirms truth/authority. File online or by current paper route; statutory base $20 plus current $5 technology fee through Dec. 31, 2026, so LLC-12 lists $25 (§§ 347.047, .179, .740)	Effective on filing unless a stated date no more than 90 days later; current form uses date, not future event. The Act/form require conformity and truthful authorization, but § 347.041 does not create a separate amendment-specific appeal procedure (§§ 347.041, .047; LLC-12)	Use a $5-base Statement of Correction only for a statement incorrect when filed; it generally relates back subject to reliance protection. Use the separate agent/office statement for those changes. A different operating name registers under Chapter 417 rather than changing the legal name (§§ 347.020, .030, .055, .179)	Keep articles, every amendment, execution powers, and effective/current and former written operating agreements at the principal place of business. Acceptance changes the Missouri public record but not tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, fictitious-name, or foreign-registration records (§ 347.091)
Montana verified 2026-08-21	Montana Limited Liability Company Act, MCA tit. 35, ch. 8; articles of organization changed by online articles of amendment or superseded by restated articles filed with Secretary of State (§§ 35-8-203, -205)	Articles may be amended as desired with currently lawful provisions; no general amendment deadline. Restatement is available anytime, identifies present/former names and original filing date, and supersedes original plus prior amendments. Statute does not say restatement itself makes new changes (§ 35-8-203)	Legal-name change uses articles of amendment. Name needs LLC designator, may not imply another entity type, and must be distinguishable from protected entity, assumed-name, and mark records. Cross-referenced consent/undertaking, judgment, merger, reorganization, asset-acquisition, or written-permission routes may permit use (§§ 35-8-103; 35-14-401(3)–(4))	All-member consent is default for articles amendment, but articles or operating agreement may provide otherwise. Agreement governs internal relations except nonwaivable limits. Filing signature is separate from approval; ordinary statute states no third-party filing consent (§§ 35-8-109, -307(3)(c))	Amendment states LLC name, date original articles filed, and amendment, using SOS-designated form/manner. Restatement heading must designate it, and heading/intro states present name, every former name if changed, and original filing date (§ 35-8-203)	Manager signs manager-managed LLC; member signs member-managed LLC; court fiduciary also eligible. Signer states name/capacity; attorney-in-fact allowed and POA not filed. Online through business-record Filing Actions. Amendment/restatement $15; optional 24-hour $20 or 1-hour $100 (§ 35-8-204; SOS)	SOS files conforming, paid record, endorses filed date/time, retains it, and sends certification. Amendment/restatement effective through filing. Chapter's express delayed-date authority is formation-only; §§ 35-8-203 and -205 state none for later articles filings. Delivery may relate back if later found conforming (§§ 35-8-201, -203, -205)	Articles of correction fix false/erroneous statement or defective signature and generally relate back. Agent statement is no-fee, no-member-approval, effective on filing; amendment of agent filing is alternative. Annual report carries agent, principal office, management and names/addresses. Separate $20 assumed-name registration is mandatory before transacting under another business name (§§ 35-8-208, -215; 35-7-108; 30-13-203; SOS)	Restatement supersedes original articles and prior amendments. Unless articles/written agreement provide otherwise, LLC keeps articles, all amendments, written powers, and written agreements at principal office. Filing does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 35-8-203, -405)
Nebraska verified 2026-08-21	Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; certificate of organization, Amended Certificate of Organization, and restatement filed with Secretary of State (§§ 21-101, 21-117 to -118)	Certificate may be amended/restated anytime. Member in member-managed or manager in manager-managed LLC who knows filed certificate information was or became inaccurate must promptly amend or, when appropriate, file change/correction. Restatement consolidates and may make changes (§ 21-118)	Legal-name change uses amended certificate. New name needs LLC designator and record availability; signed consent or final judgment can authorize deceptive similarity. Separate voluntary trade-name registration does not change legal name (§§ 21-108, 87-210)	No certificate-specific vote in § 21-118. Follow operating agreement and any nonparty/condition approval. Default member- and manager-managed rules require all members for acts outside ordinary course; managers decide manager-managed in-scope ordinary matters. Signer authority is separate (§§ 21-112, 21-136)	Company name, original certificate filing date, and exact changes. Current form provides selections for name, professional service, designated office, agent, agent address, and other changes, plus effective date. Restatement heading, present name/date, former names, and changes. No approval recital or notarization (§ 21-118; SOS form)	Record signed by person authorized by company; agent may sign; signer affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury. Upload signed PDF through eDelivery or submit in writing. Amendment/restatement/correction and later proof ordinarily $25 online/$30 written (§§ 21-119, -123, -192; SOS)	Effective on filing unless a time/date is stated; delayed date capped at day 90. SOS files a captioned, permitted-medium record after fee unless noncompliant and returns copy/receipt. No ordinary rejection-response or appeal deadline stated; court-order route exists for refusal to sign/deliver (§§ 21-120 to -121)	Correction fixes originally inaccurate information or defective signature and generally relates back; no delayed date. Agent/designated-office uses statement of change. Biennial report updates designated/principal offices and agent. Voluntary trade-name registration is separate and does not change certificate (§§ 21-114, -122, -125; § 87-210)	Publish a brief amendment resume 3 successive weeks near designated office and file proof; later cure validates prior/later acts. Preserve filed copy, proof, approvals, and governing records. Amendment does not automatically update tax, licenses, contracts, titles, trademarks, or foreign registrations (§§ 21-121, -139, -193)
Nevada verified 2026-08-21	Nevada LLC Act, NRS ch. 86; Secretary of State articles of organization, certificate of amendment, and restated/amended-and-restated articles (§§ 86.161, .216, .221)	May amend for any lawful purpose approved by all members or permitted by the articles/operating agreement. Before any interest is issued, a manager-managed LLC may use the special two-thirds organizer/manager route. Restated articles use the amendment filing method (§§ 86.216, .221)	Legal-name change uses an articles amendment. Keep a Nevada LLC designator and a distinguishable name; a conflicting name needs written acknowledged consent, and regulated banking, insurance, engineering, architecture, accounting, or association terms may require agency approval (§ 86.171)	All members approve unless the articles or operating agreement permits another rule. Pre-interest manager-managed amendment instead needs at least two-thirds of organizers or managers. Review document-based private consents separately (§§ 86.216, .221)	Current LLC name, manager- or member-managed status, and amendment text; current form also requests NVID, route, effective time, and change category. Pre-interest filing states two-thirds signer status and no issued interest. Restatement needs the full restated articles and, if amending, the SOS provisions-changed form (§§ 86.216, .221, .557; SOS packet)	Manager, or member if management is not vested in a manager; pre-interest route uses at least two-thirds of organizers or managers. Agent/officer/fiduciary need not show authority before filing; judicial decree route exists. SilverFlume or mail; $175 for amendment/restatement (§§ 86.216, .221, .226, .561; SOS packet)	Effective on filing or at stated date/time up to 90 days later; date without time means 12:01 a.m. Pacific. If approval authorizes abandonment, a $175 termination may stop a delayed amendment before effectiveness. SOS may refuse a missing prescribed form, missing statutory information, or nonconforming certificate (§§ 86.216, .221, .226, .557)	Use a $175 correction for an inaccurate action description, defective execution, or erroneous filing; a separate $60 registered-agent change; the $150 annual/amended list for manager/managing-member list data; and county fictitious-name certificates for another business name (§§ 77.340; 86.263, .568; 602.010; SOS)	Keep filed articles, every amendment, and related powers of attorney with company records. Filing gives notice of required articles facts but does not itself amend the operating agreement, annual list, county fictitious-name record, tax/license accounts, contracts, titles, trademarks, or foreign registrations (§§ 86.211, .241)
New Hampshire verified 2026-08-21	New Hampshire Revised Limited Liability Company Act, RSA ch. 304-C; certificate of formation amended by Certificate of Amendment Form LLC-3 or superseded by Restated Certificate Form LLC-6 filed with Secretary of State (§§ 304-C:7, :34–:35)	Certificate may be amended at any time in any lawful respect. Chapter 304-C states no general accuracy-triggered amendment deadline. LLC-6 may merely restate or may include designated new amendments and supersedes the prior certificate while preserving the original formation date (§§ 304-C:34–:35)	Legal-name change uses LLC-3. Name needs an LLC designator, may not imply an unauthorized purpose, and must be distinguishable under the detailed statutory test unless written consent, undertaking, judgment, merger, reorganization, or asset-acquisition route applies (§ 304-C:32)	All members must affirmatively vote to amend by default, but the operating agreement may provide otherwise. Pure restatement without a new amendment is not assigned that express amendment vote by § 304-C:67. No ordinary third-party consent is a filing prerequisite in §§ 304-C:28, :34–:35, :67	LLC-3 states current LLC name and full text of each amendment; extra sheets if needed. LLC-6 states current name, attaches the full restated certificate, identifies whether it contains designated new amendments, and supersedes the original and prior amendments (§§ 304-C:34–:35; forms)	Act allows manager, member if no manager, fiduciary, or—unless operating agreement says otherwise—authorized person including attorney-in-fact; signer states name/capacity. Current forms direct manager/member or fiduciary signature. SOS provides online and one-original paper routes. $35 base; electronic payment adds $2 (§§ 304-C:28, :191; 5:10-a; SOS/forms)	Effective on filing endorsement, specified time that day, or electronic acceptance unless delayed ≤90 days; date-only delay takes effect at close of business. Secretary rejects a nonconforming record, otherwise certifies/files it after fee payment; certificate is then deemed amended/restated (§§ 304-C:29–:30, :191)	Chapter 304-C supplies no general certificate-of-correction filing, so § 304-C:34's any-respect amendment route addresses formation-record errors. Agent/office uses Form 10 statement; annual report carries agent, office, managers/member, and business fields; RSA ch. 349 trade-name registration is for business under another name, not a legal-name change (§§ 304-C:34, :36, :194; 349:1, :5, :7)	Accepted filing changes/supersedes the public certificate; retain current certificate, amendments, and written signing powers for member access. It does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records. Separate agent/report failures can cause administrative dissolution (§§ 304-C:30, :55, :136)
New Jersey verified 2026-08-21	New Jersey Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; amend the public Certificate of Formation through a certificate of amendment filed with Treasury's Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, or file a restated certificate (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-2, -19)	May amend or restate at any time. A member-managed member or manager-managed manager who knows filed certificate information was inaccurate or became inaccurate must promptly cause amendment or, when appropriate, file an agent/office change or correction. Restatement may consolidate the current certificate and changes (N.J.S.A. § 42:2C-19)	Legal-name change uses an amendment. Name must contain “limited liability company,” “L.L.C.,” or “LLC,” comply with restricted-word law, and be distinguishable; signed consent plus an undertaking to change, or a final judgment, can support a non-distinguishable name. L-102 says DORES checks availability during review (N.J.S.A. § 42:2C-8; L-102)	Section 19 states no amendment-specific vote. Apply the operating agreement; by default, member-managed ordinary-course matters use member majority and outside-course acts require all members, while managers decide manager-managed company matters but all members approve outside-course acts. Classify the actual change; private consents remain separate (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-11, -37)	State current LLC name, original certificate filing date, other identifying information required by DORES, and the changes to the latest certificate. L-102 requires current name, 10-digit ID, amendment text, signer authorization, duplicate paper filing, and attachments if needed—but omits the statutory filing-date field, so add it (N.J.S.A. § 42:2C-19(b); L-102)	A person authorized by the LLC signs; an agent, including an attorney-in-fact, may sign, and Superior Court can order signature, delivery, or unsigned filing. L-102 requires an authorized representative's signature and no notarization. Use direct online service or self-prepared upload; paper L-102 is filed in duplicate by mail. Fee $100 (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-20-.21, -93; L-102; DORES pages)	Effective when filed unless the record states a delayed effective date; the Act states no maximum delay. With fee paid, DORES files a compliant record and sends an acknowledgment and receipt; noncompliance supports rejection. Correction cannot be delayed (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-19(d), -22-.23)	Use $100 correction only for information inaccurate when filed or a defective signature, with limited relation back. Agent/office changes use a $25 § 15 statement and need no further certificate amendment. Annual report carries entity, agent, and managing-member/manager data and costs $75. An additional brand uses a $50 alternate-name registration for five years (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-9, -15, -23, -26, -93; DORES fees)	DORES sends an acknowledgment and fee receipt. No amendment-specific company-retention rule appears in the cited Act; preserve the accepted record with governing documents. Two missed annual reports can lead after notice and a 60-day cure period to inactive status; existence continues but activity is limited to winding up. New Jersey acceptance does not update tax, contract, title, trademark, or foreign records (N.J.S.A. §§ 42:2C-22, -53)
New Mexico verified 2026-08-21	New Mexico Limited Liability Company Act, NMSA 1978 ch. 53, art. 19; articles of organization amended by articles of amendment and consolidated by restated articles filed with Secretary of State (§§ 53-19-1, -11)	Amendment required for a change in legal name, latest dissolution date, or member-versus-manager management; otherwise any lawful articles provision may be amended. Restated articles may be filed anytime and supersede original articles and all prior amendments/restatements (§ 53-19-11)	Legal-name change requires amendment. Name and any different New Mexico transaction name belong in articles; legal name needs LLC designator and distinguishability. Certified final court decree can establish prior right to a conflict (§§ 53-19-3, -11)	Subject to articles, written operating agreement, and Act, contribution-value voting applies and members holding a majority of all voting power approve an articles amendment. A greater-than-majority provision requires the same greater vote to amend it. Confirm private/regulatory consents separately (§ 53-19-17)	LLC name; any different name proposed for New Mexico transactions; original articles filing date; exact amendments. Restatement heading, present name, every former name, and original filing date. No statutory approval recital, member list, notarization, or universal attachment (§ 53-19-11)	Manager signs if manager-managed; member if member-managed; signer states name/capacity; attorney-in-fact permitted without filing POA. Online-only SOS filing. Fee text is anomalous: § 53-19-63(B) states $50 for 'amended or restated articles of merger'; confirm the current portal charge before filing (§§ 53-19-9, -12, -63; SOS)	Articles amendment effective on filing or any specified later date/time after substantial compliance; no maximum delay stated. SOS files conforming documents after fee payment and returns filed copy. No ordinary rejection deadline or administrative appeal appears; court can compel execution/filing after a person's failure or refusal (§§ 53-19-9, -11, -64)	Act/rules state no general correction certificate or relation-back route; use amendment for articles changes. Agent/office and principal-business street changes use separate § 53-19-5 statements. No LLC periodic report exists. Any different New Mexico transaction name is stated in the articles, not a separate ordinary LLC DBA registration (§§ 53-19-3, -5, -11; 12.3.4.11 NMAC)	Keep articles, every amendment/restatement, powers of attorney, all current/prior operating agreements, and member/manager records. Accepted filing changes New Mexico articles but not tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, or foreign registrations; agent lapse/change default remains a separate revocation risk (§§ 53-19-19, -66.1)
New York verified 2026-08-21	New York Limited Liability Company Law; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public articles of organization through a Certificate of Amendment filed with the Department of State (§§ 207, 209, 211)	May amend in any number of lawful respects; must amend within 90 days after listed events, including a legal-name, county, dissolution-date, management, materially false-statement, other articles-statement, or process-email change. Restated Articles may consolidate the current text with or without new amendments (§§ 211, 214)	Legal-name change uses § 211 amendment and must be filed within 90 days; new name needs an LLC designator, distinguishability, and any restricted-word consent. DOS offers a name-only online route but warns that a database search is not an availability determination (§§ 204, 211; DOS guidance)	Default is at least a majority in interest of members entitled to vote, subject to the operating agreement. In a manager-managed LLC, a manager majority may authorize only listed agent/process-address changes and corrections unless the agreement provides otherwise; a legal-name change remains under the member rule (§ 213)	State the current LLC name and former formation name if changed, initial-articles filing date, and the subject and full replacement text of every amended provision. Attach any agency consent required for a restricted name; the current DOS form does not request an adoption-date or approval recital (§§ 204, 211; Form DOS-1358-f)	At least one member, manager, or authorized person signs; an attorney-in-fact may sign and the power stays in company records. Name-change-only amendments may be filed online; all other amendments use the paper route. Base fee is $60; current forms have no acknowledgment or notarization block (§ 207; DOS forms/guidance)	Effective when filed; §§ 211 and 214 and the current forms provide no delayed-date option. DOS files a completed, form-compliant instrument when the fee and any required consent are supplied, but reviews completion rather than legal sufficiency; an indistinguishable name is rejected (§§ 204, 209, 211, 214)	Correction fixes a facial informality, incorrect statement, or execution defect without changing the original effective date, but cannot change the LLC name. Use § 211-A's Certificate of Change for county, process-address/email, or registered-agent data; § 301's Biennial Statement for its narrow biennial address update; and GBL § 130's assumed-name certificate for a DBA (§§ 211-A, 212, 301; GBL § 130)	Keep the articles and every amendment/restatement plus any signing power of attorney in the LLC's records. Filing changes the New York public articles, but DOS does not determine legal sufficiency and the filing does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 209, 1102)
North Carolina verified 2026-08-21	North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act, Ch. 57D, with Ch. 55D filing rules; amend the public Articles of Organization through Amendment of Articles of Organization (Form L-17), or file Articles of Restatement (L-16) (§§ 57D-1-03, 57D-2-22-.23)	Must amend or otherwise correct when the LLC's legal name changes or the articles contain an inaccurate statement; may add/change a currently required or permitted provision or delete one no longer required. Restatement is available at any time, with or without amendments, and supersedes prior articles (§§ 57D-2-22-.23)	Legal-name change requires an articles amendment. Name must contain an approved LLC designator, not imply an unauthorized purpose, and be distinguishable on SOS records; consent plus an undertaking to change or a final judgment can support an exception. Filing does not defeat third-party name rights (§§ 55D-20-.21)	Default is all members, or organizer majority before any member is identified. The operating agreement may vary the member-approval rule because § 57D-2-30 protects § 57D-2-22(a)'s filing function but not subsection (b)'s default; L-17 recognizes an articles/written-agreement alternative. Private consents remain separate (§§ 57D-2-22, 57D-2-30)	L-17 states the current LLC name, complete amendment text, approval route, and any delayed time/date, with extra pages if needed. L-16 attaches the complete restated articles, states whether they amend and were adopted, and must include current registered-office and agent information; no universal control-number or notarization field (§§ 57D-2-23, 55D-10; forms)	A manager or other company official signs; an organizer may sign if the LLC never had members, and a court-appointed fiduciary may sign. State name and capacity; no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, verification, or proof is required. File online or on paper. Fee: amendment $50; restatement $10 without amendment/$50 with amendment (§§ 57D-1-20, 57D-1-22, 55D-10; L-16/L-17)	Effective at endorsed filing, a stated filing-day time, or a stated delayed time/date through day 90; date-only means 11:59:59 p.m. The Secretary returns a refusal and reason within 5 days; an appeal to Wake County Superior Court is due within 30 days (§§ 55D-13, 55D-15-.16)	Use $10 Articles of Correction only for a statement incorrect when filed or a defective execution, with limited relation back. Agent/office changes use a § 55D-31 statement or annual report; other report data may be amended anytime. An additional business name uses one-county assumed-name registration, not a legal-name amendment (§§ 55D-14, 55D-31, 57D-2-24(d), 66-71.3-.4)	The Secretary endorses the filing and returns a copy, but filing does not establish validity or correctness. If a renamed LLC holds North Carolina real property, record the Secretary's uniform name-change certificate in every county where property lies. Other internal and third-party records require separate review (§§ 55D-15, 55D-26)
North Dakota verified 2026-08-21	North Dakota Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, N.D.C.C. ch. 10-32.1; amend or restate public Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (§ 10-32.1-21)	May amend or restate anytime. A member, manager, or governor who knows articles were or became inaccurate must promptly cause amendment or, when appropriate, an agent/office change. Restatement is headed as such and supersedes prior articles (§ 10-32.1-21)	Legal-name change uses articles of amendment. Name needs 'limited liability company,' 'LLC,' or 'L.L.C.,' must avoid barred entity terms, and must be distinguishable unless holder consents or an ND judgment establishes priority (§§ 10-32.1-11, -21)	Before contributions, organizers or board may amend. Afterward, majority of governors present or members with ≥5% voting power propose; written notice goes to voting members; members approve under § 10-32.1-39, subject to articles/operating agreement, higher thresholds, and class votes (§§ 10-32.1-13, -15, -21, -39)	Amendment states company name, changes to latest articles, and adoption under Chapter 10-32.1. Restatement is labeled, states present name and changes, and may omit organizer names/addresses. No ordinary statutory attachment (§ 10-32.1-21)	Authorized person under Act, articles, governing documents, or approved resolution signs; an agent may sign. Electronic signatures qualify. Deliver by Secretary-approved medium; current FirstStop amendment/restatement workflows are online. Amendment $50; restatement $125 (§§ 10-32.1-02(49), -03, -86, -92; FirstStop)	Effective when filed or on stated later date, capped at 90 days after filing. Secretary files a compliant paid record and sends its image; written rejection reasons support a 30-day de novo appeal in Burleigh County district court (§§ 10-32.1-21, -86, -91)	Statement of correction fixes an inaccurate, erroneous, or defectively signed filed record; $50 and current PDF route. Principal-office-only change: next annual report or written no-fee update. Agent/office statement: $10, no owner/governor approval. Trade name: separate $25 registration, 5 years (§§ 10-32.1-21, -88, -92; 10-01.1-03, -08; 47-25-02, -04)	Accepted amendment changes public articles; name change does not end existing suits and requires matching updates to listed SOS registrations. Act states no general private-record update checklist. Annual-report compliance—not amendment alone—controls good standing; tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, and foreign registrations remain separate (§§ 10-32.1-21, -89, -93)
Ohio verified 2026-08-21	Ohio Revised Limited Liability Company Act, R.C. Ch. 1706; amend or restate the public Articles of Organization through a Certificate of Amendment or Restatement filed with the Secretary of State (§ 1706.161)	Articles may be amended at any time; § 1706.161 states no general inaccuracy-amendment deadline. They may be restated with or without amendment at any time; restatement supersedes earlier articles but preserves the original formation date (§ 1706.161)	Legal-name change uses Form 611. Name must contain limited liability company/L.L.C./LLC/limited/ltd. and be distinguishable; written consent can support a non-distinguishable name, and reservation lasts 180 days (§ 1706.07)	Section 1706.161 sets no standalone vote. The operating agreement governs; if silent, members direct the LLC, a majority decides ordinary-course matters, and all members consent to outside-course acts. Apply the exact agreement and change; no universal third-party filing consent is stated (§§ 1706.08, 1706.30)	State current LLC name and registration number plus the changes. A restatement is headed as such and states the LLC name and original articles filing date; any changes inside it follow the amendment rules. Form 611 requires all restated fields and single-sided attachments for additional/series provisions (§ 1706.161; Form 611)	At least one company-authorized person signs; an agent or attorney-in-fact may sign and the power need not be filed. File online through Ohio Business Central or submit typed Form 611 by mail or in person. Base fee $50; optional expedite tiers are $100/$200/$300 (§§ 1706.17, 111.16(P); Form 611)	Effective on filing by default, at a stated filing-day time, or at a stated future date/time no more than 90 days after SOS receipt. SOS rejects a noncompliant record or unavailable name and otherwise sends a certificate and fee receipt (§§ 1706.07, 1706.172)	Use § 1706.173 correction for information inaccurate when filed or a defective signature; it relates back subject to prior reliance and cannot be delayed. Use Form 521 for statutory-agent changes. Ohio LLCs have no annual/biennial report; trade or fictitious names use R.C. 1329.01. Amendment/correction $50; agent update $25 (§§ 111.16, 1706.09)	SOS sends the approval certificate and receipt; restated articles supersede prior articles without changing the original formation date. Keep the accepted filing and approval with company records. The Ohio filing does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 1706.161, 1706.172)
Oklahoma verified 2026-08-21	Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public Articles of Organization through amended or restated articles filed with the Secretary of State (18 O.S. §§ 2000, 2011)	Amendment is required for a legal-name change, false or erroneous statement, changed cancellation time, or another change/addition needed to reflect the members' agreement; the members may restate the articles in their entirety (§ 2011)	A legal-name change requires amended articles. The new name needs an LLC designator and must be distinguishable from protected entity, series, trade/fictitious, and reserved names; consent or a final court decree may support a conflicting-name filing (§§ 2008, 2011)	Default approval is members holding a majority of profit interests. Unless the articles or written operating agreement say otherwise, unanimity applies to an amendment shortening duration, lowering specified major-action votes, permitting voluntary withdrawal, or lowering the vote for one of those amendments (§ 2020); private consents remain separate	State the LLC's current name, original Articles of Organization filing date, and the amendment. A full restatement replaces the text in its entirety. A conflicting-name route requires the written consent or final court decree described in § 2008; § 2011 adds no routine approval certificate or resolution attachment	A manager signs; attorney-in-fact signature needs no filed proof, and execution affirms truth under perjury penalties. Deliver 1 signed copy to the Secretary of State electronically or on the appropriate form. Amendment is $100; restatement or amended-and-restated articles are $50 (§§ 2006-2007, 2055; Oklahoma.gov)	Effective on filing unless the articles specify a date/time no later than 90 days after filing. The Secretary files one paid copy unless it does not conform to law; the Act states no administrative appeal from that determination (§ 2007)	Correction is for an inaccurate record of the action or defective/erroneous execution and generally relates back. Agent, registered-office, or principal-office changes use a manager-signed statement; the annual certificate carries recurring address/status data; a nonlegal business name uses a trade-name report (§§ 2010, 2012, 2055.2; § 1140)	Keep the Articles of Organization and every amendment with company records. Acceptance changes the Oklahoma public articles but does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records. An LLC out of good standing ordinarily cannot file articles until reinstated (§§ 2021, 2055.2)
Oregon verified 2026-08-21	Oregon Limited Liability Company Act, ORS ch. 63; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public articles of organization through Articles of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State Corporation Division (§§ 63.434-.444)	Articles may be amended at any time to add, change, or delete a currently permitted provision; the amendment article states no general deadline for every later inaccuracy. Chapter 63 expressly lets managers of a manager-managed LLC restate, with ordinary approval for any new amendment; the restatement supersedes prior articles (§§ 63.434, 63.437)	A legal-name replacement uses Articles of Amendment and must use an LLC designator, avoid listed corporation/partnership terms, use the English alphabet, and be distinguishable from active protected names. Manager-only authority covers only swapping among similar LLC designators, not a general new name (§§ 63.094, 63.441(4))	Default is unanimous member approval, but the articles or operating agreement may provide otherwise; manager-only amendments are limited to § 63.441's cleanup list. Chapter 63 does not make an ordinary private lender, investor, or regulator consent part of the amendment filing (§§ 63.130(3), 63.434, 63.441, 63.444)	State LLC name, exact text of each amendment, each adoption date, and either the manager-without-member-action recital or the required member-approval recital plus approval percentage. Current Form 163 also asks for registry number, principal place of business, direct-knowledge individual, and an extra sheet only if needed (§ 63.434; SOS form)	At least one member or manager signs; a receiver, trustee, other court fiduciary, or authorized agent may sign in the stated circumstances. Include name, capacity, and the statutory perjury declaration. Amendments are currently paper-only and cost $100; restated articles also cost $100 (§§ 63.004, 63.007; SOS form/FAQ/fee schedule)	Effective on the filed date at the stated time, or 12:01 a.m. if no time is stated; a delayed date/time may be no later than day 90 after filing. A noncompliant filing is returned within 10 business days with an explanation, and refusal may be appealed under ORS ch. 183 (§§ 63.011, 63.017, 63.021)	Use articles of correction for an incorrect statement or defective execution; a separate statement for agent/office changes; an annual-report amendment or change statement for report data not requiring an articles amendment; and Chapter 648 registration to operate under an assumed name without changing the LLC's legal name (§§ 63.014, 63.094(6), 63.114, 63.787; 648.005-.010)	Keep the articles, every amendment, and related powers of attorney in company records. Filing is ministerial and does not validate the document's legality or truth. SOS warns that a legal-name change may require separate tax, employment, licensing, bank, and other notifications; it does not itself update those records (§§ 63.017, 63.771; SOS guidance)
Pennsylvania verified 2026-08-21	Pennsylvania Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 2016, 15 Pa.C.S. Ch. 88; amend or restate the public Certificate of Organization through a Certificate of Amendment filed with the Department of State (§§ 8822-8823)	May amend or restate at any time; a member or manager who knows filed information is inaccurate must promptly cause an amendment or, when appropriate, file correction or pre-effectiveness abandonment. A restatement is a Certificate of Amendment designated as such and supersedes the original plus prior amendments (§ 8822)	Legal-name change uses § 8822 amendment; name must be distinguishable, use a company/limited/limited-liability-company designator, and satisfy restricted-word approvals. A reserved-name consent or availability and necessary agency approvals accompany the filing when applicable (§§ 202, 204, 135)	Default for a name change, registered-office change, or no-change restatement is a majority of managers, or a majority of members in a member-managed LLC, unless a record-form operating agreement provides otherwise. Other certificate amendments require all members; protected higher vote provisions cannot be reduced by a lesser vote (§ 8847(b)-(c), (i)-(k))	State exact current company name, original certificate filing date, current registered office or CROP, and amendment in full or as Exhibit A; check restatement if applicable. A name change also requires DSCB:15-134B plus any name consent and governmental approval (Form DSCB:15-8622/8822; §§ 135, 8822)	A person authorized by the company signs; an agent or attorney-in-fact may sign, no power filing is required, and signature affirms truth and authority. File online through Business Filing Services or mail the paper form. Base fee is $70; expedited service is optional at statutory extra charges (§§ 135, 142, 153, 8823; DOS)	Effective on delivery/filing by default, at a later time that day, or on a stated future date/time; no maximum delay is stated, and a delayed filing may be abandoned before effectiveness. DOS accepts a compliant paid filing but may reject a name/attachment defect or a document reasonably believed fraudulent or unlawful (§§ 135-136, 141)	Use § 138 correction for an inaccurate record or defective execution, with limited retroactivity; registered-office-only changes may use the $5 § 8825 change certificate or an annual report. An LLC using a brand other than its proper certificate name registers a separate fictitious name under 54 Pa.C.S. Ch. 3 (§§ 138, 153, 8825; 54 Pa.C.S. §§ 302-303)	DOS endorses the filing date and returns the document or endorsed copy. Keep it with the certificate, prior amendments, approval record, operating agreement, and any authority evidence; the Pennsylvania filing does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, fictitious-name, or foreign-registration records (§§ 136, 142)
Rhode Island verified 2026-08-21	Current Rhode Island Limited Liability Company Act, R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 7-16; Articles of Organization amended by Form 401 or restated by Form 402 filed with Department of State. Enacted replacement ch. 7-16.1 starts Jan. 1, 2028 (§§ 7-16-12, -65; 2026 ch. 247)	Amendment mandatory for legal-name change, switch into/out of manager management, or manager-of-record change; otherwise may amend anytime lawfully. Restatement anytime and may include amendments. Form 402 attaches complete operative articles and supersedes original/prior amendments (§ 7-16-12; forms)	Form 401 changes legal name. Name needs LLC/L3C designator and distinguishability from protected entity/name records; final court decree and certain revoked-name rules are exceptions. Separate fictitious-name statement permits another business-use name for $50 and creates suit bar until filed (§§ 7-16-9, -65)	Default approval for amendment or restatement with new amendment is members holding majority of capital value of unassigned interests; articles/operating agreement may change voting. Less-than-all written consent may use meeting threshold with prompt notice unless governing documents say otherwise. Plain no-change restatement is not listed in § 7-16-21(b). No ordinary state-filing third-party consent	Form 401 requires entity ID/name and the changed name, principal office, duration, tax status, management/managers, or other provisions; taxes/fees certification, effect choice, authorized-person signature/address, and filer-contact sheet. Form 402 describes any amendments and requires attached complete restated articles (§ 7-16-12; forms)	Authorized person signs amendment/restatement; attorney-in-fact allowed, POA need not be sworn/verified/acknowledged/filed, and execution affirms truth. Online or typed paper by mail/in person. $50 base; online enhanced fee $2.50. Successful paper filing is confirmed through online entity record rather than mailed confirmation (§§ 7-16-7, -65; forms/SOS)	Department rejects unlawful/unpaid filing; on acceptance endorses date/time, files, and issues certificate/evidence. Effective on issuance of evidence or stated later date ≤90 days after filing. Illegible/unprocessable forms are rejected/returned; current forms offer filing/default or later-date choice (§ 7-16-8; forms)	Form 403 correction is limited to typographical, transcription, technical, or execution defects; cannot change effective date or unrelated substance. Principal-office/contact/business data may use annual report; agent uses Form 642/642A; manager-address Form 642B; fictitious name Form 624. Amendment remains mandatory for name, management form, or manager of record (§§ 7-16-12 to -13, -66; SOS)	LLC keeps articles, restatements/amendments, signing powers, member/manager and capital-vote records, agreement, proceedings, and five-year tax/financial records at principal office. Filing changes public articles but not tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, fictitious-name, or foreign-registration records (§ 7-16-22)
South Carolina verified 2026-08-21	South Carolina Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 1996, S.C. Code title 33 ch. 44; amend or restate the domestic LLC's public Articles of Organization by filing with the Secretary of State (§§ 33-44-202 to -206)	Articles may be amended at any time; § 33-44-204 states no general amendment deadline. Restated articles may be filed at any time, must be labeled, and identify the present name, every former name if changed, and initial filing date (§ 33-44-204)	Use amended articles for a legal-name change. The name needs an approved LLC/limited-company designator and must be distinguishable unless the existing user consents with an undertaking to change or a final judgment establishes the right (§§ 33-44-105, 33-44-204; SOS FAQ)	Default consent of all members for an articles amendment in either a member- or manager-managed LLC. The operating agreement regulates company affairs and Chapter 44 supplies the rule when it is silent, subject to nonwaivable limits. Name-conflict consent is a separate filing condition (§§ 33-44-103, 33-44-105, 33-44-404)	State the LLC name, original articles filing date, and amendment. Current Form F0030 says amended provisions must be lawful, permits referenced attachment sheets, and requires two copies for paper filing plus a self-addressed stamped return envelope (§ 33-44-204; SOS Form F0030)	Manager signs for a manager-managed LLC; member for a member-managed LLC; attorney-in-fact may sign and the LLC retains the power. State signer name/capacity. File online or on paper; Form F0030 directs two paper copies by mail. $110 for amendment or restatement (§§ 33-44-205, 33-44-1204; SOS portal/form)	Effective at accepted filing, at a stated filing-day time, or at a delayed date/time capped at the 90th day; date-only means close of business. The Secretary files a permitted-medium, fee-paid record unless it fails Chapter 44's form requirements and sends a receipt (§ 33-44-206)	Articles of correction fix a false/erroneous statement or defective signature and generally relate back. A designated-office or service-agent change uses a separate $10 statement. Chapter 44 imposes no recurring Secretary annual report on an ordinary LLC, and the Secretary does not register DBA/trade names (§§ 33-44-109, -207, -1204; SOS FAQ)	The office returns a filing/fee receipt; paper filers can request the filed copy by return envelope. The operating agreement controls insiders while articles protect detrimental outsider reliance, and members have record-access rights. Keep the accepted amendment and approval record; foreign registrations and non-SOS records remain separate (§§ 33-44-203, -206, -408; SOS Form F0030)
South Dakota verified 2026-08-21	South Dakota LLC Act, SDCL ch. 47-34A; amend public Articles of Organization by Amended Articles or consolidate them through Restated Articles filed with Secretary of State (§ 47-34A-204)	No general prompt-accuracy amendment duty in § 47-34A-204; articles may be amended anytime. Restatement anytime, signed/filed like amendment, headed as restated, and identifies present/former names plus initial filing date (§ 47-34A-204)	Legal-name change uses Amended Articles. Name needs LLC designator and distinguishability; current user consent/undertaking or final judgment may permit otherwise unavailable name. Separate fictitious-name statement is $10 and lasts 5 years (§§ 47-34A-105, 37-11-1)	Operating agreement may supply another rule; otherwise all members consent to articles amendment in member- or manager-managed LLC. Action may occur without meeting. No ordinary state-filing third-party consent, apart from name-conflict route (§§ 47-34A-103, -404.1)	Statute requires LLC name, original-articles filing date, and amendment. Current form also asks business ID, exact registered name, signer title/date, and optional email; no ordinary attachment. Restatement adds present name, every former name, and initial filing date (§ 47-34A-204; SOS form)	Member signs for member-managed LLC; manager for manager-managed; court fiduciary if applicable; signer name/capacity adjacent; attorney-in-fact allowed and POA retained, not filed. Current published route is paper form. $60 amendment/restatement; $110 if amendment adds series authority (§§ 47-34A-205, -1206; SOS)	Accepted record effective at filing/stated time that day or delayed time/date; delay after 90th day is cut back to day 90, and date without time means close of business. Secretary rejects for form noncompliance or unpaid fee and otherwise files and sends receipt (§ 47-34A-206)	Articles of correction fix false/erroneous statement or defective signature and usually relate back, subject to reliance. Agent/office statement takes effect on filing and costs $10 without owner/governor approval. Annual/amended report handles report data; DBA filing is $10/5 years. LLC fee table lists no correction charge—confirm (§§ 47-34A-207, 59-11-11, -24; 37-11-1; SOS)	Accepted filing changes public articles; Act provides member/manager access to company records and written agreement but no amendment-specific internal-update checklist. Certificate of existence reports tax/fee and annual-report status. Tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, DBA, and foreign-registration updates remain separate (§§ 47-34A-208, -408)
Tennessee verified 2026-08-21	Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act, T.C.A. title 48, ch. 249; file Articles of Amendment or Restated/Amended and Restated Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (§§ 48-249-101, -204)	Articles may be amended at any time; the act has no blanket prompt-amendment duty. Pure restatement and amended-and-restated routes are available, and duly adopted restated articles supersede the original and prior amendments (§ 48-249-204(a)-(b))	New name needs 'limited liability company,' 'L.L.C.,' or 'LLC,' cannot use corporation wording or imply unauthorized or falsely affiliated business, and must be distinguishable. Written consent/undertaking, final judgment, or shared-agent consent can support an indistinguishable name (§ 48-249-106(a)-(c))	Default is all-member approval, except a majority suffices for name, registered-agent/office, principal-executive-office, and stated member-count amendments. LLC documents may alter waivable defaults but not filing/name rules; regulated or indistinguishable names can require agency or name-holder consent (§§ 48-249-204(c), -205)	State current LLC name, each amendment's adoption date, and full amendment text. Current SS-4451 also requests control number if known, selected changed field, approval basis, delayed date/time, signer details, and attachments for an obligated-member election or other special designation when applicable (§ 48-249-204(a); SS-4451 Rev. 04/25)	Document is executed by the submitter or authorized representative; signer states name and capacity. SS-4451 requires original or verified electronic/digital signature, printed name, capacity, and date. E-file, mail, or walk in; base fee $20 (§§ 48-249-1005, -1007(a)(12); SS-4451)	Effective at filed time, a specified time that filing day, or a delayed date/time no later than day 90; date without time means close of business. Secretary gives a written refusal reason; appeal lies in Davidson County Chancery Court (§§ 48-249-1009, -1010, -1013)	Use $20 Articles of Correction for an incorrect statement or defective execution; use the agent/office statement or annual report for those changes, and the annual report can amend principal-office information. An assumed name uses a separate pre-use application rather than changing the legal name (§§ 48-249-106(d), -110, -1008, -1017(b))	Keep articles and all amendments. If the principal executive office is in Tennessee, also file a copy of the amendment, restatement, or correction with that county's register of deeds; omission does not defeat state-filing validity. Other tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, and foreign-registration records remain separate (§§ 48-249-406(3), -1007(e))
Texas verified 2026-08-21	Texas Business Organizations Code Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 101; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public certificate of formation through a certificate of amendment, commonly SOS Form 424, or a restated certificate under §§ 3.051-.059	May amend at any time in any lawful respect; Texas states no general prompt-amendment duty for every later factual change. A restatement carries forward effective amendments and may add new amendments; a nonamending restatement does not require member approval (§§ 3.051-.059, 101.356(f))	A legal-name change uses Form 424, must retain an LLC or limited-company designation, and must be distinguishable in SOS records from protected entity, registration, reservation, and series names; preliminary clearance is not final (§§ 5.053, 5.056; Form 424)	Default is affirmative approval by all members for an amendment or amending restatement; before admission of the initial member, the applicable manager rule governs. The company agreement may modify the internal vote because § 101.356 is not on § 101.054's protected list; private lender, investor, or regulator consents remain separate (§§ 101.052, 101.054, 101.356)	State the present entity name and type; identify every provision added, altered, or deleted; give the full text of each added or altered provision; and state approval in the manner required by law and governing documents. Form 424 accepts attachments when its text area is insufficient (§ 3.053; Form 424)	An authorized officer, manager, or member may sign; no notarization or evidence of authority is required for filing. Deliver to the Secretary of State in person, by mail, courier, electronic transmission, or another approved method; paper Form 424 is submitted in duplicate. Base amendment fee is $150 (§§ 4.001, 4.152, 4.154, 101.0515; Form 424)	Effective on filing by default; may specify a date/time or future event, but no later than the 90th day after signing. A future-event filing needs a timely § 4.055 statement or never takes effect; an uneffective filing may be abandoned. SOS files a conforming paid instrument, and unavailable names or nonconforming content are rejected (§§ 4.002, 4.051-.057)	Use a $15 correction for an inaccurate record, erroneous statement, or defective execution—not a later decision. A registered-agent/office-only change may use § 5.202's $15 statement. An LLC using another business name files a separate assumed-name certificate with the Secretary of State; it does not amend the legal name (§§ 4.101-.105, 4.151-.154, 5.202; Bus. & Com. Code §§ 71.101-.103)	Keep the certificate and all amendments/restatements plus the written company agreement and its amendments in company records. A name amendment does not abate an action in the former name or disturb listed existing claims/rights, but tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, and foreign-registration updates remain separate (§§ 3.056, 101.501)
Utah verified 2026-08-21	Through Sept. 30, 2026, Utah Revised Uniform LLC Act, Title 48 ch. 3a; an ordinary domestic LLC changes its public Certificate of Organization by an amendment or restatement filed with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (§ 48-3a-202). Recodified into Title 16 on Oct. 1	Certificate may be amended or restated at any time. A responsible member or manager who knows filed information was or became inaccurate must promptly cause an amendment or, when appropriate, use the agent-change or correction route. Restatement is designated in its heading (§ 48-3a-202)	A legal-name change uses an amendment. Current name needs an LLC designator and record distinguishability; written consent plus the other holder's undertaking to change its name, or a certified final judgment, supports limited conflict routes (§ 48-3a-108). Rules change Oct. 1	No certificate-amendment-specific vote. Default is all-member approval for an act outside ordinary course in either management structure; managers decide other manager-managed affairs. Operating agreement governs internal authority but cannot vary Division filing procedures (§§ 48-3a-112, 48-3a-407); private consents remain separate	Amendment states LLC name, initial Certificate filing date, and changes to the Certificate as most recently amended/restated; current form also requests entity number and complete applicable change. Restatement is identified in its heading. No statutory approval certificate or attachment is stated (§ 48-3a-202; Division form)	Company-authorized person or agent signs; state name/capacity, with no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification; signer affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury. Current online existing-business and paper-upload routes are available. Amendment form and FY2026 schedule state $17; restatement is not separately priced (§§ 48-3a-203, 48-3a-205, 48-3a-210; Division sources)	Effective on filing unless a later filing-day time or delayed date/time no more than 90 days later is stated; date-only means 12:01 a.m. Current refusal explanation is due within 15 business days and filer may petition court for summary review (§§ 48-3a-206, 48-3a-209). Administrative appeal replaces court route Oct. 1	Correction fixes an inaccurate-at-filing record, defective signature, or defective electronic transmission. Agent information uses a statement of change; annual report carries recurring agent, principal-office, and governing-person data; current $17 registration-information form handles listed operational updates; a nonlegal name uses the DBA chapter (§§ 48-3a-208, 48-3a-212; §§ 16-17-206, 42-2-5, 42-2-9)	Division returns an acknowledged filed copy, but filing or refusal creates no presumption that the information is correct. Acceptance changes the Utah public record, not by itself the operating agreement or tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, DBA, or foreign-registration records (§ 48-3a-209)
Vermont verified 2026-08-21	Vermont Limited Liability Company Act, 11 V.S.A. ch. 25; amend public Articles of Organization through articles of amendment filed with the Secretary of State, or file Restated Articles of Organization (§§ 4001(1), 4023-.24)	May amend anytime; must amend for company-name change, change to an optional § 4023(b) matter actually in the articles, or false/erroneous statement. Restatement may occur anytime, is labeled, lists present/former names and initial filing date, and the SOS says it supersedes prior articles/amendments and may include amendments (§ 4024; SOS)	Legal-name change requires amendment. Ordinary name needs an LLC designator and record distinguishability; signed consent plus an undertaking by the conflicting holder to change, or a final judgment, can authorize a conflict. Postsecondary-school names need prior education approval (§§ 4005, 4024(b))	Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, affirmative vote or consent of all members is required to amend the articles in both member- and manager-managed LLCs. Agreement-specified outsider approval or a condition for amending the agreement is enforceable when the transaction also changes that agreement (§§ 4003, 4054(d))	Articles of amendment state LLC name, original articles filing date, and amendment. Restatement is labeled and states present name, every former name if changed, and initial filing date; SOS says restatement can include amendments and must be filed on paper. Online amendment prompts supply current operational fields (§ 4024; SOS)	Company-authorized person signs in company name; an agent may sign. State signer name/capacity adjacent to signature; signature affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury. File amendments online through the Business Service Center; restatements are paper-only. Amendment $35; restatement $25 (§§ 4012, 4025; SOS)	Effective on filing, at a stated time, or at a stated delayed date/time. A delayed date later than day 90 is automatically day 90. If initially nonconforming but cured within 20 days after notice, filing relates to delivery; otherwise it is not filed. Secretary returns the endorsed duplicate (§ 4026)	Articles of correction fix a false/erroneous filed statement or defective signature, cost $35, and generally relate back. Designated-office/agent changes use separate statements. Annual report updates purpose, email, address, or principal records, but a changed § 4023(b) matter actually in articles still triggers § 4024. An additional name uses assumed-name registration (§§ 4008, 4012, 4027, 4033; SOS)	Secretary endorses and returns a duplicate filed copy. Operating agreement controls internally over conflicting articles; articles/public record control for outsiders who detrimentally or reasonably rely. Annual-report failure can terminate articles, so amendment acceptance alone does not establish continuing good standing or update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, or foreign registrations (§§ 4003(n), 4023(c), 4026, 4034)
Virginia verified 2026-08-21	Virginia Limited Liability Company Act, Va. Code Ch. 12; amend the public Articles of Organization through Articles of Amendment filed with the State Corporation Commission, or file Articles of Restatement (§§ 13.1-1000, 13.1-1014 to -1014.1)	May add/change a required or permitted articles provision or delete one no longer required at any time; the Act states no general duty to amend every later inaccuracy. May restate at any time, with or without amendments; effective restatement supersedes the original articles and all amendments (§§ 13.1-1014 to -1014.1)	Legal-name change uses § 13.1-1014 and name-only Form LLC1014N. Name must contain an approved LLC designator, avoid entity-type implications and prohibited wording, and be distinguishable; written consent plus an undertaking to change can support a conflicting name. Assumed names remain separate (§ 13.1-1012)	Use the number/percentage required to amend the operating agreement unless the articles or written agreement says otherwise; if no amendment method is stated, all members must agree. Before member admission, majority of named managers—or, if none, organizers—may act. Private consents remain separate (§§ 13.1-1014(B), 13.1-1014.1(C), 13.1-1023(B))	State current LLC name, exact amendment text, adoption date, and whether members, managers, or organizers adopted it under the Act. LLC1014N adds SCC ID and new name for a member-approved name-only change. General amendments and restatements use self-prepared articles; restatement states prior name, amendment status, full restated text, adoption date, and approval route (§§ 13.1-1014(C), 13.1-1014.1(D); SCC forms page)	Manager or another person delegated management authority signs; if none selected, a member; before members/managers, an organizer; or a court-appointed fiduciary. State name and capacity; no notarization. File online through CIS or by permitted paper route. Amendment/restatement fee $25 (§§ 13.1-1003(F)-(J), 13.1-1005(2); LLC1014N)	Effective when SCC issues its certificate unless articles state a later time/date, capped at the earlier stated moment or 11:59 p.m. on day 15 after issuance; date-only means 12:01 a.m. All parties may cancel before effectiveness. SCC issues the certificate only if the filing complies and fees are paid (§ 13.1-1004)	Use $25 Articles of Correction only for a name/address inadvertently or improperly stated in the original articles. Agent/office changes use no-fee LLC1016; principal-office changes use no-fee LLC1018.1. Virginia has a $50 annual registration fee, not an LLC annual report. An additional business name uses a $10 SCC assumed/fictitious-name certificate (§§ 13.1-1011.1, -1016, -1018.1, -1062; §§ 59.1-69 to -70; SCC page)	Keep or electronically provide the articles, certificate of organization, and all amendment articles/certificates for member access. Unpaid SCC fees generally block filing; annual-fee delinquency through the third month after the due date automatically cancels existence. Virginia acceptance does not update tax, contract, title, trademark, assumed-name, or foreign records (§§ 13.1-1028, -1050.2, -1065)
Washington verified 2026-08-21	Chapter 25.15 RCW plus chapter 23.95 RCW; amend the public certificate of formation by filing an Amended Certificate of Formation with the Washington Secretary of State (RCW 25.15.076; SOS form Rev. 6.2025)	A manager—or, if none, a member—who learns the certificate was false when made or became materially false must amend promptly; amendment is otherwise allowed at any time for a proper purpose. A restated certificate may consolidate existing filings and add amendments; it supersedes prior certificates without changing the original formation date (RCW 25.15.076, .081)	A new legal name needs an LLC designator, must avoid prohibited entity-type wording and improper-purpose implications, and must be distinguishable on Secretary records. Written consent plus a satisfactory name-change undertaking, or a final judgment, can support an otherwise conflicting name; the current form asks for the new name and any reservation number (RCW 23.95.300, .305(5))	Default is approval of all members for an amendment, except the prompt material-inaccuracy amendment under RCW 25.15.076(2). The LLC agreement may create classes, voting bases, and action without a member vote. Apply any additional private consent in the governing or transaction documents; it is not a universal SOS attachment (RCW 25.15.121)	Statutory minimum is the current LLC name and the amendment. The current SOS form also requires the UBI and current recorded name, selections for the affected fields, any delayed date, and signer certification; conditional agent, office, and governor fields apply only when that change is selected (RCW 25.15.076; SOS form Rev. 6.2025)	At least one manager signs, or a member signs when management is reserved to members; filing states the individual's name and capacity and needs no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification. File online or by mail; the SOS forms page also lists in-person submission. Base fee is $30; optional expedited service adds $100 (RCW 25.15.086; 23.95.200; SOS form Rev. 6.2025)	Effective when filed unless a date/time no more than 90 days after filing is stated; a date without time means 12:01 a.m. Refusal requires notice and a brief reason within 15 business days, followed by a superior-court petition route; acceptance is ministerial and does not validate the filing's facts (RCW 23.95.210, .225)	Use correction for a record inaccurate when filed, defective execution, or defective electronic transmission. A separate statement changes agent information without member/governor approval; an annual report carries current principal-office, governor, and agent information. A different trade name is registered with the Department of Revenue under chapter 19.80 RCW, not adopted as the LLC's legal name (RCW 23.95.220, .255, .430; 19.80.010)	Keep the certificate and every amendment at the principal office, plus record-form LLC-agreement amendments and recent member votes/consents. The filed amendment changes Washington's public record, but filing creates no presumption that its information is correct and does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records (RCW 25.15.136; 23.95.225)
West Virginia verified 2026-08-21	West Virginia Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 31B; public articles of organization changed through Articles of Amendment (Form LLD-2) or restated articles filed with Secretary of State (§§ 31B-2-203 to -204)	Articles may be amended/restated anytime. SOS directs structure, business-purpose/activity, and legal-name changes to amendment. Restatement is signed/filed like amendment and must identify present name, all former names, and initial filing date. False/error-at-filing or defective signature uses correction (§§ 31B-2-204, -207; SOS)	Legal-name change uses Articles of Amendment. Name needs an LLC designator and record distinguishability; signed consent/undertaking, final judgment, or qualifying merger/reorganization/asset acquisition can authorize listed exceptions (§ 31B-1-105)	Chapter default requires all members for an articles amendment, in both member- and manager-managed LLCs. Operating agreement governs internal affairs and Chapter supplies silent-term defaults; review any different authority and private consent conditions. Filing signature is separate (§§ 31B-1-103, 31B-4-404(c))	LLC name, original articles filing date, and amendment text. LLD-2 provides old/new name and other-amendment fields, permits added pages, and asks optional problem-contact information. No statutory approval recital, organization number, notarization, or universal attachment (§ 31B-2-204; Form LLD-2)	Manager signs for manager-managed LLC; member signs for member-managed; attorney-in-fact allowed, with power retained by LLC rather than filed. State name and capacity. File online at One Stop for $26 including $1 processing, or one paper original for $25 by mail/in person; optional expedite is extra (§§ 31B-2-205; 59-1-2; SOS)	Effective at filing time or a stated time that day; delayed date/time allowed, but any date beyond day 90 becomes effective on day 90. SOS files a paid record unless it fails Chapter 31B's form requirements and sends a receipt. No amendment-specific statutory rejection appeal or cure deadline (§ 31B-2-206)	Articles of correction fix a false/erroneous statement or defective signature and generally relate back; SOS correction is paper-only and $25. Designated-office/agent statement costs $15. Annual/biennial report updates office, agent, principal office, managers, authorized members, and email. Separate trade-name registration is $25 (§§ 31B-1-109; 31B-2-207, -211; 47-8-4; 59-1-2)	Operating agreement controls internally over inconsistent articles; articles can control for outsiders who detrimentally rely. Save the accepted filing and approval record. Amendment changes West Virginia's public articles but does not automatically update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign-registration records (§ 31B-2-203(c))
Wisconsin verified 2026-08-21	Wisconsin Uniform Limited Liability Company Law, Wis. Stat. ch. 183; deliver an amendment or heading-designated restatement of the public Articles of Organization to the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) (§ 183.0202)	Articles may be amended or restated at any time. A member of a member-managed LLC or manager of a manager-managed LLC who knows filed articles were or became inaccurate must promptly cause an amendment or, when appropriate, file a change statement or correction. A restatement must be designated in its heading (§ 183.0202)	A legal-name change uses an articles amendment. The new name needs an LLC/LC designator and must be distinguishable in DFI records; written consent plus an undertaking to change/cancel the conflicting name, or a qualifying final judgment, can support authorization (§ 183.0112)	The written operating agreement governs company affairs and chapter 183 supplies the gap rule. By default, an ordinary member-managed matter uses a majority of members' transferable interests; a manager-managed matter is decided by the manager or manager majority. If the change also amends an operating agreement that requires outsider approval or a condition, that operating-agreement amendment is ineffective without it (§§ 183.0105, 183.0107, 183.0407)	State the LLC name, initial Articles filing date, and amendment text. Current paper Form 504 asks the pre-change name, filing date, each amended item and complete new text, signer, drafter name/out-of-state execution notation, and optional delayed time; attach extra pages only when needed (§ 183.0202; Form 504)	A company-authorized person signs; an attorney-in-fact may sign. State each signer's name and capacity; no seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification is required. File online or submit one paper original by mail; $40 base fee, with optional $100 next-day expedite (§§ 183.0203, 183.0206; current DFI form and fee pages)	Effective on DFI receipt at the stated filing-day time or, if none, close of business; a delayed date/time may be up to 90 days after receipt. DFI must file compliant records, explain refusal within 5 business days, and a submitter may petition circuit court (§§ 183.0207, 183.0210)	Use a Statement of Correction for an inaccuracy existing at filing, defective signature, or defective electronic transmission, not a later change. Agent/office information may use a cheaper separate change statement or qualifying annual-report update; the annual report separately carries current office and management data. A trade-name filing is not an entity-name amendment or reservation (§§ 183.0116, 183.0209, 183.0212; current DFI materials)	DFI records the filing date and returns an acknowledged copy. Keep articles, every amendment/restatement, signing powers, written operating agreements, and recent member/manager consents or votes at the principal office. Acceptance changes Wisconsin's public record; annual reports, trade names, and registrations in other jurisdictions remain separate (§§ 183.01075, 183.0210, 183.0212)
Wyoming verified 2026-08-21	Wyoming Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, W.S. ch. 17-29; amend public Articles of Organization through an amendment delivered to Secretary of State, or file a statutory restatement (§§ 17-29-102(a)(i), 17-29-202)	May amend or restate anytime; must amend for company-name change or false/erroneous articles. A member/manager who knows filed articles were or became inaccurate must act promptly through amendment or correction. Restatement is labeled and states present name, initial filing date, and changes to latest articles (§ 17-29-202)	Legal-name change requires amendment. Name needs a permitted LLC designator, must match articles purpose, avoid corporation implications, avoid same/deceptively similar Wyoming marks, and be distinguishable under corporate-name rules. Trade name remains separately available (§§ 17-29-108, 17-29-202)	Section 17-29-202 states no amendment-specific vote. Apply articles and operating agreement; by default, member-managed ordinary-course differences use member majority and outside-course acts all members, while managers control manager-managed ordinary matters and all members approve outside-course acts. Classify actual change; signer authority is separate (§§ 17-29-110, -407)	State exact current company name, original articles filing date, and changes to latest articles. Current LLC-Amendment form also requires article number(s), full amended text, signer name/title, contact data, and email. It has no separate delayed-effective field. Attach extra text if needed and confirm delay format with SOS (§ 17-29-202; form)	Company-authorized person signs; an agent may sign, and an individual signer affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury. Current form requires authorized signature and is mailed with $60; it cannot be emailed. Section 17-29-210 fixes $60 for amendment but only a cost-based residual fee for otherwise unpriced filings, so confirm restatement fee/instructions (§§ 17-29-203, -207, -210; form)	Subject to correction and filing rules, amendment/restatement is effective when delivered for filing; accepted filing is effective when received, at a later filing-day time, or on a delayed date/time no later than day 90. Secretary returns a filed copy/receipt; refusal and brief written reason are due within 15 days (§§ 17-29-202, -205; 17-16-123)	Correction fixes information inaccurate when filed or defective signature, cannot be delayed, generally relates back, and current form costs $60. Agent/office change uses separate $5 form with new-agent consent. Annual report covers capital/assets and principal office. Another operating name uses separate notarized $100 trade-name registration (§§ 17-28-102, 17-29-206, -209; SOS forms)	Secretary sends filed copy and receipt. Operating agreement prevails internally over conflicting effective public record; record prevails for outsiders who reasonably rely. Certificate of existence separately depends on fees, annual report, and dissolution status; amendment does not itself update tax, license, bank, contract, title, trademark, trade-name, or foreign registrations (§§ 17-29-112, -205, -208)

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