What you need to file Articles of Organization for a Limited Liability Company (LLC)
Filing Articles of Organization is how you form your LLC in the State of Colorado.
Per 7-90-314(1) C.R.S. you must have written consent to list the name of any person in your document, or
to use their address. This is for your own records; you do not need to include it with this filing.
Limited Liability Company Name
o Must be distinguishable
o Must include specific terms or abbreviations: limited liability company, ltd. liability company,
limited liability co., ltd. liability co., limited, l.l.c., llc, ltd.
o N
ote: capitalization doesn’t matter, but punctuation does
Principal office address
o This is the main address for your business. This must be a street address
o Caution: this information is public
Mailing address
o This may be a PO box
o Sometimes it is the same as the street address
Registered agent name
o The registered agent is a known contact for your business. They must reside in Colorado
o If they are an individual, they must be 18 years of age or older
o Can be an individual or an entity. An individual is a natural person. An entity is an
organization, estate, trust, etc.
o The LLC can serve as its own registered agent
Registered agent address
o This is the street address where the registered agent is located. It must be in Colorado
Registered agent mailing address
o This may be the same as the street address or be a PO box
o The address must be in Colorado
Registered agent consent
o The registered agent must agree to accept this responsibility for your business.
Who manages the limited liability company? Select one or the other
o Managers - In a manager-managed LLC, the members do not participate in the day-to- day
management. The LLC has one or more managers who make business decisions. A member
can also be one of the managers—just as a shareholder can also be one of a corporation’s
directors. Or the manager may be an outsider. Even a single-member LLC can be manager-
managed if the member does not want to manage the business himself or herself
o Members - A member-managed LLC is an LLC in which all the members participate in the
decision-making process. Where there is a dispute, the vote of a majority generally rules,
while certain extraordinary actions require unanimous consent
There is at least one member
o Your LLC must comply with this statement
Name of the person(s) forming the limited liability company
o One or more persons can form the LLC. The person(s) forming, if an individual, must be 18
years old or older. The person does not have to be a member of the LLC after formation