Protected and Registered Series LLC Formation Requirements in Colorado
At a glance
| Governing act and covered entity | Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 7-80-101, -102(7), -203; ordinary domestic LLC under Article 80. |
|---|---|
| Domestic series route | No domestic series route in current Title 7; § 7-80-203(1) provides ordinary LLC formation by articles. |
| Parent LLC authorization and notice | Ordinary articles list company details (§ 7-80-204(1)); an operating agreement governs company affairs subject to law (§ 7-80-108(1)(a)); series notice N/A. |
| Who creates a series and when | N/A to domestic series; one or more persons deliver ordinary LLC articles for filing (§ 7-80-203(1)). |
| Series-level public filing | N/A to domestic series; § 7-80-204(1) specifies ordinary LLC articles, without a series designation. |
| Series name | N/A to domestic series; ordinary articles state the LLC's domestic entity name (§ 7-80-204(1)(a)). |
| Records and associated assets | N/A to domestic series; current Title 7 provides no domestic series asset-association procedure. |
| Statutory asset segregation | N/A to domestic series; § 7-80-108(1)(a) addresses operating-agreement terms for the ordinary LLC, subject to law. |
| Changes and termination | N/A to domestic series; ordinary articles may include other company matters (§ 7-80-204(1)(h)). |
| Outside scope and effect limits | This domestic-formation finding does not decide foreign-series treatment, tax, bankruptcy, contractual remedies, or actual creditor recovery. |
Ordinary LLC procedure under current Title 7
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 7-80-101 names Article 80 the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act, and § 7-80-102(7) defines an LLC as one formed under that article. Under § 7-80-203(1), one or more people form the LLC by delivering articles of organization for filing. Section 7-80-204(1) requires the articles to state specified information: § 7-80-204(1)(a) requires the company name, and § 7-80-204(1)(h) permits other matters relating to the company or articles. Section 7-80-108(1)(a) lets an operating agreement govern company affairs to the extent consistent with law.
The current official Title 7 does not provide a domestic protected-, registered-, or designated-series establishment route. Its ordinary articles provision does not prescribe a separate series designation, series name, asset-association records, or a series-specific liability limitation.
What trips people up
The option to include other matters in ordinary articles under § 7-80-204(1)(h), or to govern company affairs in an operating agreement under § 7-80-108(1)(a), does not itself supply a statutory domestic series procedure or asset-segregation rule. A proposed contractual allocation of property and liability needs separate analysis.
Common questions
Do ordinary articles establish a filed protected series?
No. Section 7-80-203(1) establishes the LLC through articles; current Title 7 does not add a domestic series filing.
Does an operating agreement alone create statutory series segregation?
No domestic series-segregation procedure appears in current Title 7. Section 7-80-108(1)(a) concerns company affairs and makes agreement terms subject to law.
Statutes and sources
- Colorado Revised Statutes 2026, Title 7, including §§ 7-80-101, 7-80-102, 7-80-108, 7-80-203, and 7-80-204; official text accessed September 27, 2026.
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