Organizer Name Visibility by State
For each jurisdiction, the table shows which organizer facts its primary official source establishes. An unsettled field prints its recorded reason instead of a conclusion.
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What does each state establish about the organizer line?
The five fields separate what the formation filing identifies, who may act as organizer, what the filed record requests, and what the current official access path exposes.
| Jurisdiction | Filing names organizer | Organizer must be owner | Natural person required | Organizer fields | Public access today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Alabama | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, name, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Arkansas | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Arizona | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Public record; access method not statedsource |
| California | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Colorado | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, addresssource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Connecticut | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| District of Columbia | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Delaware | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Florida | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Georgia | Yessource | Not established — The official text is available only through a third-party commercial website, which was not used as a source | Not established — The official text is available only through a third-party commercial website, which was not used as a source | signature, capacity or title, namesource | Not established — Copies of filed documents can be ordered, but no official source reviewed requires the organizer's name on the filed articles, and the Georgia LLC Act is available only through a third-party commercial website, which was not used as a source. |
| Hawaii | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Iowa | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Idaho | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Public record; access method not statedsource |
| Illinois | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Indiana | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, name, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Kansas | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signaturesource | Not established — Filed documents can be viewed online, but the official form asks only for a signature, with no printed-name field, and no official source reviewed puts the organizer's printed name on the filed record. |
| Kentucky | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, name, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Louisiana | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | Not established — The printed-name, address and capacity fields in the signature block of the official form file cannot be read as text, so the full set of organizer fields is not established; the notary acknowledgment shows only that the signer is named. | Copies on requestsource |
| Massachusetts | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signaturesource | Not established — Corporations Division public search help: filings with a hyperlink can be viewed online, and public search is free and open to everyone. The certificate form requests only a signature from the forming signer ('Signed by'). No held source requires that signer's printed name on the filed record. So whether the organizer's name is accessible is not established. No filed MA record was observed. |
| Maryland | Yessource | Nosource | Yessource | signaturesource | Public record; access method not statedsource |
| Maine | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Michigan | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Minnesota | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Missouri | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Mississippi | Yessource | Not established — The reviewed sources do not show that this is the current rule | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Montana | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| North Carolina | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| North Dakota | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Public record; access method not statedsource |
| Nebraska | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| New Hampshire | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| New Jersey | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| New Mexico | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Not established — No official page reviewed states which filed records are open or how a filed formation document is viewed; the only guide that describes this is on a third-party vendor website, which was not used as a source. |
| Nevada | Yessource | Nosource | Not established — The official online portal blocked access to the text, and no other documented access route returned it | name, address, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| New York | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Ohio | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Oklahoma | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Oregon | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Pennsylvania | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Rhode Island | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| South Carolina | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| South Dakota | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Tennessee | Yessource | Not established — The reviewed sources do not show that this is the current rule | Nosource | signature, namesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Texas | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signaturesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Utah | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Virginia | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Vermont | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Washington | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Viewable onlinesource |
| Wisconsin | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| West Virginia | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | name, address, signature, capacity or titlesource | Copies on requestsource |
| Wyoming | Yessource | Nosource | Nosource | signature, namesource | Viewable onlinesource |
Source: 51 jurisdictions. Each source link opens the authority for its cell. The page source record lists the capture date for every cell, and the SHA-256 and snapshot path of the source document for the cells that have them.
Field definitions
- Filing names organizer
- Whether the state-prescribed domestic LLC formation filing requires an organizer or authorized signer identity field.
- Organizer must be owner
- Whether the controlling official source expressly requires the organizer to be an LLC member or other owner.
- Natural person required
- Whether the controlling official source limits the organizer role to a human individual rather than a legal entity.
- Organizer fields
- The organizer-related identity, address, signature, capacity, email, or phone fields expressly requested on the official filing record.
- Public access today
- What the current official registry, filed-document viewer, or records-access statement establishes about access to the organizer name.
How should Not established be read?
Not established means the selected primary official source does not resolve that specific field; it is not a negative finding.
A filing form can establish which fields it requests without resolving whether the organizer must own the LLC or whether the organizer name is available through today's public-access path. Each question is therefore sourced and reported separately.
What does this matrix not claim?
It does not infer LLC ownership from the organizer role, treat a filing requirement as proof of present public access, or describe any formation provider's filing practice.
The narrative distinction between an organizer and an owner is covered by What Is an LLC Organizer?. The separate member-record question is tracked by Member Name Visibility by State.
How to read Unknown
- Unknown: Verified absence
- The captured authority was searched and shows no such rule or filing. No value is printed because the absence is the finding. The reason and the authority are printed beside the badge.
- Unknown: Not yet verified
- The captured sources did not settle this field yet. No value is printed, not even an earlier one. The reason is printed beside the badge, and an authority is linked only when one was supplied.
Frequently asked questions
Does being the organizer mean someone owns the LLC?
This matrix does not infer ownership from the filing role. The owner-requirement field states a value only when the controlling official source resolves that relationship.
Why are many cells marked Not established?
Each field has its own evidence rule. A source that proves the filing has an organizer signature may not resolve ownership, actor type, or current public access.
Does a required organizer name prove that it is publicly searchable today?
No. The filing-field requirement and present public access are separate fields, and the access field requires an observed official access surface or records-access statement.