{"id":242,"date":"2010-04-13T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/llc-members-names-disclosed\/"},"modified":"2010-04-13T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:07:39","slug":"llc-members-names-disclosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/llc-members-names-disclosed","title":{"rendered":"Do the Members of an LLC Need to be Legally Disclosed to Me Before I Invest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The members of an LLC are generally listed in the Company\\&#8217;s operating agreement, which is an internal company record that is not filed with any state agency.<\/p>\n<p>In some states, the names of members are not required to be listed on the Articles of Organization that are filed with the state agency to form the LLC.<\/p>\n<p>As such, in your particular state, the names of the members may not be required to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>But not being &#8216;required&#8217; to disclose the ownership information is different than &#8216;choosing not to&#8217; disclose that information.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some better questions for the person suggesting the LLC structure might be:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Why don&#8217;t the members of an LLC want their identities disclosed?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Am I comfortable investing money into a closely-held LLC when I don&#8217;t know all of the persons involved?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Is it wise to be in business with persons who do not want to be named, and to face potential legal and reputation issues with these same people going forward?<br \/>\nTo easily create the documents necessary to file a Limited Liability Company in any USA state, please review <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> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The members of an LLC are generally listed in the Company\\&#8217;s operating agreement, which is an internal company record that is not filed with any state agency. 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