Certificate of Formation

A Georgia limited liability company is formed by filin an Articles of Organization with the Georgia Secretary of State and paying a fee of $100.

The name of the limited liability company must end with the words "Limited Liability Company" or an abbreviation of those of those words (L.L.C. or LLC).

Preparation of Articles of Organization.
Articles of organization must include the information described in O.C.G.A. 14-11-204. Articles must be submitted on white 8½x11 paper. The articles of organization may be signed by any member of the limited liability company, any manager if management is vested in one or more managers, or by an organizer if the entity has been formed but it has no members or managers. The filing attorney may also sign the articles of organization. The signer should indicate in what capacity he or she is signing.

Filing of Articles of Organization and Data Transmittal Form 231.
The original and one copy of the articles of organization, a completed Transmittal Form 231, and the $100.00 filing fee should be mailed to the Corporations Division at the above address. Checks should be made payable to “Secretary of State.” Articles of organization are effective on the date received by the Corporations Division unless a post-effective date is specified therein. A certificate of organization will be mailed to the applicant, usually in five to seven business days. “Workload issues” will sometimes result in a longer turnaround time, perhaps up to 12 business days. Filings that are not complete will be returned to the applicant along with a notice that describes the deficiency. If corrected and returned within 60 days the initial date of receipt will be the date of formation.

Annual registration.
Each limited liability company must file an annual registration with the Secretary of State. The fee is $30.00. The initial registration is due between January 1 and April 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the limited liability company was formed. The registration should be filed online at georgiacorporations.org. Changes to the LLC address and/or registered agent and registered agent address throughout the year are made by filing another registration and paying the $30 fee. An LLC that does not submit its annual registration is subject to administrative dissolution. There is a $100 fee, plus past due registration fees, to reinstate an administratively dissolved LLC.

Georgia Secretary of State

Physical Address:
Secretary of State
Corporations Division
315 West Tower
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30334-1530

Telephone: 404-656-2817

Fax: 404-657-2248

Email: None

Website: http://sos.georgia.gov/corporations/

Check name availability: http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/CSearch.asp

GA LLC Statute: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 14-11-100 to 14-11-1109.

Georgia LLC Fees

Fee for filing Certificate of Formation for a Georgia LLC: $100

Complete Georgia Fee Schedule: http://sos.georgia.gov/corporations/bisadd.htm

Georgia Filing procedures: http://sos.georgia.gov/corporations/filing_procedures.htm

Georgia LLC Forms