Member Name Visibility by State

The matrix tracks member_name_required_at_formation and member_name_publicly_visible separately — a state may not require names at formation but surface them on an annual report or statement of information.

Nominee manager practice is operational, not statutory — see organizer-name-visibility-by-state and the Wyoming vs Delaware vs New Mexico triad for how formation-layer anonymity differs from operating-state disclosure.

CA biennial LLC-12 can require manager/member listing within 90 days — entity-level listing is possible, which is why the four-layer framework treats foreign qualification as its own layer.

See /business-formation/public-filing-fields-by-state/ for required vs optional fields on formation documents in the same cohort.

No. It records observable public-filing requirements and visibility as of source dates in sources.json. Consult counsel for entity-specific filing strategy.

It varies by jurisdiction and by filing stage, which is why this matrix tracks member_name_required_at_formation and post_formation_disclosure as separate fields. As of the source dates in sources.json, 37 of 51 jurisdictions do not require member names on the Articles of Organization; the remainder are conditional or require them through a supplemental report. A state that collects no member name at formation may still list managers or members on a required annual or biennial filing.

The filing records governing persons, not equity ownership. In manager-managed structures the disclosed names are managers: Nevada's initial and annual lists require the names and titles of all managers, or of all managing members if there are none (NRS 86.263(1)(c)-(d)), and Florida's Annual Report lists authorized representatives or managing members (Fla. Stat. §605.0212). Members who do not manage are generally not listed.

Not at formation. California Articles of Organization do not list members — Cal. Corp. Code §17702.01(b) requires the LLC name, registered agent, principal office address, and management type only. The Statement of Information (SI-200 / SI-550) then requires each manager, or each member if the LLC is member-managed with no elected or appointed manager, per §17702.09(a)(5), and those disclosures are public record in the CA Secretary of State bizfile entity records.

Texas is conditional at formation. Form 205 Article 3 (Governing Authority) requires the name and address of each initial governing person — managers if manager-managed, members if member-managed — so a member-managed Texas LLC does carry member names on the certificate, and the form instructions state that a document on file with the secretary of state is a public record subject to public access and disclosure. Texas LLCs file no member-listing annual report with the Secretary of State; the franchise-tax Public Information Report that lists managers and members is a separate Comptroller filing.