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What's an operating agreement?

A private contract among the members covering ownership shares, votes and how profits get split. Write one even if you're the only owner.
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Quick facts

The short of it
Sometimes called
LLC agreement
Related
Member and on top of that Articles of organization and on top of that Organizer

Why you care

Write one even if you're the only owner. It shows the LLC and you are separate.

Where you'll see it

You'll run into it here: Forming an LLC: every state, Who needs a registered agent, state by state, Registering out of state: every state.

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