{"id":197,"date":"2009-12-21T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/how-to-add-member-to-existing-llc\/"},"modified":"2009-12-21T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T16:01:41","slug":"how-to-add-member-to-existing-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/how-to-add-member-to-existing-llc","title":{"rendered":"What Documents Do I Need to File to Add Another Member to an Existing LLC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Merely adding another member to an existing LLC generally does not require a document to be filed with the Secretary of State. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new member should simply be indicated on the LLC\\&#8217;s Operating Agreement (detailing the amount of capital contribution made and whether or not this new member would have any management authority).<\/p>\n<p>If the new member would substitute for the existing statutory agent, then a form must be filed with the Secretary of State so indicating<\/p>\n<p>Remember that this response does not aim to provide any legal, tax or accounting advice, nor is it an attempt to respond to any licensing or other registration(s) that may be required for your business, depending on the product or services offered.<\/p>\n<p>Get complete details on forming and managing a Limited Liability Company through <a title=\"Standard Legal's Limited Liability Company legal forms software\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/limited-liability-co-legal-forms-software\/\">Standard Legal&#8217;s LLC legal forms software<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merely adding another member to an existing LLC generally does not require a document to be filed with the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-limited-liability-company-llc-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Documents Do I Need to File to Add Another Member to an Existing LLC? 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