LLC Member Books, Records, and Information Demands in Ohio
At a glance
| Governing law and requester | Ohio Rev. Code § 1706.33 gives member inspection rights, addresses dissociated members and their agents in subsection (C), and excludes an assignee not admitted as a member (§ 1706.33(D)). |
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| Records the LLC keeps | Section 1706.33(A) covers any maintained record material to member rights/duties; it supplies no list of mandatory retained categories or fixed recordkeeping office. |
| Member access without demand | Member inspection and copying require reasonable notice and materiality to rights/duties; § 1706.33(A) frames access through inspection, with no affirmative automatic-delivery clause. |
| Demand and inspection terms | Reasonable notice to LLC; regular business hours and reasonable company-specified location; record must be material to member rights/duties (§ 1706.33(A)). |
| Managers and former members | Section 1706.33(C) lets a member or dissociated member exercise rights through an agent or legal representative under disability; § 1706.33 states no separate manager demand procedure, and excludes a nonmember assignee (§ 1706.33(D)). |
| Response, copies and cost | Section 1706.33 states no fixed response or production deadline; copying charge limited to reasonable labor and material costs (§ 1706.33(B)). |
| Confidentiality and agreement | LLC may impose reasonable access/use conditions and keep specified secrets or other qualifying information confidential for reasonable time; agreement governs member relations and may state restrictions (§§ 1706.33(E), 1706.08(A)). |
| Court enforcement | Section 1706.33 states inspection right and conditions but no special petition timing, statutory burden, summary order or fee rule. |
| Scope and outcome limits | Materiality and reasonable conditions under § 1706.33 depend on circumstances; this page does not decide discovery, valuation or a particular demand. |
Requirements one by one
Inspection and costs
Ohio Rev. Code § 1706.33(A) allows a member, on reasonable notice to the LLC, to inspect and copy during regular business hours at a reasonable location the company specifies. The record must be material to the member’s rights and duties under the agreement or Chapter 1706. The LLC may charge reasonable copying labor and material costs (§ 1706.33(B)).
Representatives and confidentiality
Section 1706.33(C) expressly mentions both a member and a dissociated member exercising rights through an agent, or a legal representative if the individual is under legal disability. It does not set out a separate former-member demand procedure. The rights do not extend to an assignee who is not admitted as a member (§ 1706.33(D)).
The LLC may impose reasonable access and use conditions, including nondisclosure and safeguarding. It may also withhold trade secrets and other information that meets the specific company-interest, legal-duty or third-party-agreement grounds in § 1706.33(E)(2). Under § 1706.08(A), the operating agreement governs member relations and Chapter 1706 fills gaps.
Common questions
Must an inspection request be written? Section 1706.33(A) requires reasonable notice to the LLC but does not specify a written form for that notice.
Does the section require a response within 10 days? It sets an inspection right and copying-charge limit, without a numbered response period or special inspection petition procedure.
Statutes and sources
- Ohio Rev. Code § 1706.08 — operating agreement. Official Ohio Laws, accessed September 26, 2026.
- Ohio Rev. Code § 1706.33 — member inspection and limits. Official Ohio Laws, accessed September 26, 2026.
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