Organizer Name Visibility by State

The matrix includes organizer_is_owner_proxy — in practice, formation specialists or nominees often sign, but the public record still shows an organizer name where required.

See organizer_name_required and organizer_name_publicly_visible per row in the finalized matrix; methodology distinguishes snapshot evidence from live portal observation.

No. See /boi-kyc/who-still-knows-the-beneficial-owner-of-an-llc/ — KYC and federal regimes are separate layers from SoS formation visibility.

RA and organizer answer different filing fields — compare /business-formation/registered-agent-visibility-by-state/ and public-filing-fields-by-state.

sources.json per matrix ships with the data refresh; until then, methodology and scope on this page are complete and the pending banner marks missing rows.

Often the filing does not say. The human name most commonly present is the organizer — the person who signed and delivered the document — and every jurisdiction in this matrix records organizer_is_owner_proxy as yes, meaning a person who is not a member may serve in that role, which is why formation services and law firms routinely sign. Member identity is a separate question, tracked at /business-formation/member-name-visibility-by-state/.

Where the organizer block is part of the filed formation document, it is public — the matrix records that as organizer_name_publicly_visible. Access is not uniform. Tennessee, Virginia, and the District of Columbia record no organizer identity in the public entity record, and some rows are typed unknown because the state portal is CAPTCHA-walled or blocked by bot detection rather than because the field was observed absent.

Not necessarily, in either state. Delaware requires the Certificate of Formation to be executed by an authorized person (6 Del. C. §18-204(a)) who need not be a member, and standard practice is for a registered-agent service or law firm to sign. Texas requires an organizer name and address on Form 205, but Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §3.003 allows any person with capacity to contract — a natural person 18 or older, or a corporation or other legal entity — so the organizer of record is frequently a formation service.