Series LLC Features by State
Whether each state's LLC act authorizes series, which forms it recognizes, and what it says about certificates, fee locations, annual reports, registered agents, and foreign-series registration. Georgia and Mississippi remain not established where the current official text is available only through a commercial host; each affected cell prints that reason.
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Which states authorize a series LLC, and in what form?
Each row states, from that state's own LLC act, whether a domestic LLC may establish a series and which form the statute names. Georgia and Mississippi are not established where the current official text is available only through a commercial host; their affected cells print that stored reason rather than a value.
| Jurisdiction | Series authorized | Series kind | Registered series | Protected series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | No LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of the complete Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. |
| Alabama | An Alabama LLC agreement may establish one or more designated series of assets if § 10A-5A-11.02 is satisfied.source | The statute calls the arrangement a designated series of assets.source | No registered-series procedure is stated in the complete Alabama LLC series article.source | Series liability segregation applies only when separate records, agreement language, and certificate language satisfy § 10A-5A-11.02(b).source |
| Arkansas | Arkansas authorizes an LLC to establish a protected series by member consent and a filed designation.source | Arkansas provides the protected-series form under the Uniform Protected Series Act.source | No distinct domestic registered-series form is authorized in the complete Uniform Protected Series Act text.source | Protected series are available after unanimous member consent, a filed designation, a compliant name, and registered-agent agreement.source |
| Arizona | A complete search of Arizona's LLC Act located foreign-series provisions but no authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC to establish a series.source | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. |
| California | The California Revised Uniform LLC Act (Corp. Code §§ 17701.01-17713.13) contains no series provision: a full-text search of all 13 articles for 'series' found no occurrence.source | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. |
| Colorado | The Colorado Limited Liability Company Act contains no series-LLC authorization.source | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. |
| Connecticut | No Connecticut domestic LLC series authorization was located after a complete search of chapter 613a and its 2026 Supplement.source | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. |
| District of Columbia | DC law authorizes an LLC operating agreement to establish one or more designated series.source | The statute calls the arrangement one or more “designated series” and does not use the labels registered series or protected series.source | A designated series is formed when the Mayor files its certificate of series designation, which must state the listed name, office, and agent information.source | A designated series receives the statutory liability limitation only when all four recordkeeping, asset-separation, notice, and filing conditions are met.source |
| Delaware | Authorized: an LLC agreement may establish or provide for designated series of members, managers, LLC interests or assets (§ 18-215(a)); a registered series may be formed under § 18-218.source | Three kinds: protected series (§ 18-215(b)), registered series (§ 18-218), and series that are neither protected nor registered (§ 18-101(18)).source | Available: a registered series is formed by filing a certificate of registered series; its liability shield needs notice in the LLC's certificate of formation and records that account for its assets separately (§ 18-218).source | Available: a protected series' debts are enforceable only against its assets if the LLC agreement establishes it and so provides, its records account for its assets separately, and the certificate of formation gives notice (§ 18-215(b)).source |
| Florida | Since July 1, 2026, a Florida LLC may establish a protected series with the affirmative vote or consent of all members (ss. 605.2201(1), 605.2802).source | Florida's series form is the protected series under the Uniform Protected Series Provisions (ss. 605.2101-605.2802); a domestic LLC with at least one protected series is a series limited liability company.source | Ch. 605 provides no registered-series form; its only “registered series” text, a service rule for foreign series in s. 605.0117(3), was deleted effective July 1, 2026 (complete search of ch. 605).source | A protected series is formed by unanimous member vote or consent and a filed protected series designation; its liability limits are subject to s. 605.2404 and to the associated-asset records rule (ss. 605.2201, 605.2301, 605.2401).source |
| Georgia | 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 | 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 |
| Hawaii | No LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of every operative provision in HRS chapter 428.source | Not applicable because the complete HRS chapter 428 search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. |
| Iowa | Iowa authorizes an LLC to establish a protected series with the affirmative vote or consent of all members.source | Iowa's Uniform Protected Series Act provides protected series; the act does not create a registered-series form.source | No registered-series form or certificate of registered series appears in the complete Chapter 489 text; Iowa provides protected series instead.source | A protected series is available after all members affirmatively approve it and the LLC files a signed protected-series designation naming the company and series.source |
| Idaho | No domestic-series authorization was located in Idaho's complete LLC act.source | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. |
| Illinois | Authorized: an Illinois LLC's operating agreement may establish designated series of members, managers or LLC interests with separate rights, powers or duties as to specified property or obligations (805 ILCS 180/37-40(a)).source | 805 ILCS 180/37-40 provides for designated series and, if its conditions are met, a 'series with limited liability' formed by a filed certificate of designation; the Act does not use the terms 'protected series' or 'registered series'.source | A full-text search of the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act finds no “registered series” term. A series with limited liability is formed by filing a certificate of designation under 805 ILCS 180/37-40(d).source | 'Protected series' is not used; a series' debts bind only its assets if its records and assets are kept separately, the operating agreement so provides, the articles give notice and a certificate of designation is filed (37-40(b)).source |
| Indiana | Indiana authorizes a master LLC whose articles of organization authorize one or more series; each series is established under IC 23-18.1.source | Indiana defines an undifferentiated “series” as an LLC series of interest established by filing articles of designation, with separate rights, powers, or duties (IC 23-18.1-2-7).source | No domestic “registered series” form is stated in the complete LLC and Series LLC acts; Indiana instead uses articles of designation for an undifferentiated series.source | A series can have a series-only liability shield if the operating agreement provides for it, separate asset records are kept, the articles give notice, and articles of designation are filed (IC 23-18.1-5-1).source |
| Kansas | A Kansas LLC operating agreement may establish designated series, and a series is formed by filing a certificate of designation.source | Kansas uses the undifferentiated terms series and designated series; it does not label a series as registered or protected.source | Kansas provides a certificate-of-designation procedure but does not use or establish the registered-series category.source | The statute does not use the label protected series, but its liability segregation applies when all recordkeeping, agreement, notice, and certificate conditions are met.source |
| Kentucky | No domestic LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of the complete current Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. |
| Louisiana | A complete search of all 78 sections listed in Louisiana's Limited Liability Company Law found no authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC to establish a series.source | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. |
| Massachusetts | The complete current Massachusetts LLC Act contains no series provision or domestic LLC-series authorization.source | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. |
| Maryland | No domestic LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of Maryland's complete LLC Act; all 10 series hits concern foreign series companies.source | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. |
| Maine | No domestic LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of the complete Maine Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. |
| Michigan | The complete Michigan Limited Liability Company Act contains no LLC-series authorization.source | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. |
| Minnesota | The complete Minnesota LLC Act contains no authorization for protected, registered, or undifferentiated LLC series; its two “series” hits concern ownership classes.source | Minnesota series kind is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota registered-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota protected-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. |
| Missouri | Missouri authorizes an operating agreement to establish a designated series of members, managers, or LLC interests.source | Missouri uses “designated series” and separately describes a “series with limited liability.”source | Missouri creates no distinct registered-series class after a complete search of the series section and chapter table of contents.source | A Missouri series receives the series-only liability rule when all six operating-agreement, records, asset-accounting, notice, and filing conditions are met.source |
| Mississippi | 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 | 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 |
| Montana | Montana authorizes an LLC to have one or more series of members and specifies the series information included in its articles of organization.source | Montana defines an undifferentiated “series of members”; the captured provisions do not label it a registered or protected series.source | Unknown Verified absenceThe checked source text does not state the row-specific detail needed for this value.source | A series-only liability shield applies when the articles or operating agreement provide for it and the series maintains separate records and assets under MCA 35-8-304(4).source |
| North Carolina | No domestic LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of the complete North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. |
| North Dakota | A qualifying North Dakota LLC operating agreement may establish designated series of members, managers, transferable interests, or assets with separate rights, duties, or purposes.source | North Dakota authorizes designated series without classifying them as registered or protected series.source | No registered-series form is stated in the complete North Dakota LLC chapter.source | A designated series may have asset-based liability limitations if it satisfies one of the statute's record, operating-agreement, or articles-notice conditions.source |
| Nebraska | Nebraska authorizes an LLC to establish a protected series with the affirmative vote or consent of all members.source | Nebraska's Uniform Protected Series Act provides protected series; it does not create a registered-series form.source | No registered-series form or certificate of registered series appears in the complete Nebraska Uniform Protected Series Act.source | A protected series is available after all members approve it and the LLC files a protected-series designation naming the company and series.source |
| New Hampshire | No LLC-series authorization was located after a full-text search of the complete New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. |
| New Jersey | No LLC-series authorization appears in the complete current New Jersey Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | Registered-series availability is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | Protected-series availability is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. |
| New Mexico | No domestic LLC series authorization was located in the complete New Mexico Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. |
| Nevada | NRS 86.296(2) lets the articles of organization or operating agreement authorize the creation of one or more series of members.source | NRS 86.1255 defines “series” and “series of members” as synonyms; the LLC Act does not use the terms “protected series” or “registered series”.source | No provision of the LLC Act creates a separately state-registered ‘registered series’; NRS 86.296(2) forms a series only by operating-agreement adoption.source | NRS 86.296(3) shields a series' debts to that series' own assets only if separate records are kept for the series and the articles/operating agreement so provide.source |
| New York | The New York LLC Law contains no series provision: a full-text search of all 124 sections for 'series' found no occurrence.source | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. |
| Ohio | Authorized: an operating agreement may establish designated series of assets with separate rights, duties, purposes, or objectives and an associated member.source | Ohio calls the arrangement one or more “designated series of assets”; it does not label the domestic series as protected or registered.source | The complete Ohio LLC chapter contains no domestic registered-series provision or certificate of registered series.source | A series liability shield applies only with separate asset records, an operating-agreement limitation statement, and the required statement in the LLC's articles.source |
| Oklahoma | An Oklahoma LLC operating agreement may establish one or more designated series with separate rights, powers, duties, purposes, or objectives.source | The LLC Act distinguishes protected series and registered series.source | A registered series is available when the operating agreement provides for series and articles of registered series are filed with the required information.source | A protected series receives the statutory liability limitation only when the operating-agreement, separate-record, and articles-notice conditions are met.source |
| Oregon | The complete Oregon LLC Act contains no authorization for protected, registered, or undifferentiated LLC series.source | Oregon series kind is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon registered-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon protected-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. |
| Pennsylvania | No Pennsylvania domestic LLC series authorization was located after a complete full-text search of 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 88.source | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. |
| Rhode Island | Chapter 7-16 contains no statutory LLC-series authorization after a complete-act search.source | Series kind does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | Registered-series availability does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | Protected-series availability does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. |
| South Carolina | South Carolina's complete LLC Act contains no series authorization.source | Series kind is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | Registered-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | Protected-series availability is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. |
| South Dakota | South Dakota authorizes an LLC operating agreement to establish series with separate rights, powers, duties, property, obligations, profits, or losses.source | The statute uses series and series with limited liability without labeling the form a protected series or registered series.source | A filing-created series form applies: the operating agreement creates the series, a certificate of designation is required for limited liability, and the series begins when the secretary issues that certificate.source | A series receives the statutory liability shield only when all six operating-agreement, recordkeeping, asset-separation, notice, and certificate conditions are met.source |
| Tennessee | The LLC documents may establish one or more designated series with separate rights, powers, duties, property, obligations, profits, losses, or purposes.source | The Act authorizes designated series without using the later protected-series or registered-series labels.source | No registered-series category or separate series-registration mechanism was located in the complete LLC Act.source | A designated series receives the statutory liability separation only when all three LLC-document, separate-record, and articles-notice conditions are satisfied.source |
| Texas | Texas authorizes series: a company agreement may establish one or more designated series of members, managers, membership interests or assets (BOC §101.601(a)).source | Texas recognizes protected series, registered series (formed by filing a certificate of registered series), and series that are neither (BOC §§1.002(79-a), 101.602(f)-(g)).source | Available: a registered series is formed by filing a certificate of registered series with the Secretary of State; its shield requires separate asset records, a statement in the company agreement and notice in the certificate of formation.source | Available: a series established without filing a certificate of registered series is a protected series; its liability shield requires separate asset records and the statutory notices (BOC §101.602(b), (f)).source |
| Utah | Utah authorizes an LLC operating agreement to establish a designated series of transferable interests with separate rights, powers, or duties.source | Utah uses the term 'designated series'; the current LLC Act does not use 'protected series' or 'registered series.'source | No registered-series form or certificate of registered series appears in the complete current Utah LLC Act; Utah provides designated series instead.source | Utah does not use 'protected series,' but a designated series receives a liability partition if all five statutory conditions are met.source |
| Virginia | Virginia authorizes an LLC to establish a protected series with unanimous member approval and a filed designation statement.source | Virginia's domestic series regime is the protected-series form.source | No domestic registered-series form was located in Virginia's complete protected-series article.source | A protected series is available after unanimous member approval, a filed designation statement, and compliance with the statutory naming requirements.source |
| Vermont | No domestic LLC series authorization was located in the complete Vermont Limited Liability Company Act.source | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. |
| Washington | No LLC-series authorization was located after a complete search of chapter 25.15 RCW.source | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. |
| Wisconsin | The complete Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law contains no authorization for segregated LLC series.source | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. |
| West Virginia | Authorized: with all members' affirmative vote or consent, a West Virginia LLC may establish a protected series by filing a protected series designation.source | The Act provides for protected series and defines a series LLC as an LLC with at least one protected series.source | West Virginia's Uniform Protected Series Act provides protected series; its complete enacted text contains no domestic registered-series provision.source | Available: all members approve and the LLC files a protected series designation; the protected series' liabilities are solely its own, subject to §31B-14-404.source |
| Wyoming | An LLC operating agreement may establish or provide for one or more designated series of members, managers, transferable interests or assets (W.S. 17-29-211(a)).source | W.S. 17-29-211 provides for "designated series"; neither the LLC Act nor the SoS series rules use the terms "protected series" or "registered series".source | The WY LLC Act provides for designated series (W.S. 17-29-211) but contains no registered-series provision; the SoS series rules (ch. 5) contain none either.source | The term "protected series" is not used; a series' debts are enforceable only against its own assets if its records are kept separately, the operating agreement so provides and the articles give notice (W.S. 17-29-211(b)-(c)).source |
Source: 51 US jurisdictions (50 states plus DC). 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
- Series authorized
- Whether the state's LLC act authorizes a domestic LLC to establish one or more series, including a supported negative after a complete search.
- Series kind
- The series form named in the captured statute, such as protected series, registered series, or an undifferentiated series.
- Registered series
- Whether the captured statute provides a distinct registered-series form, including a supported negative after a complete search.
- Protected series
- Whether the captured statute provides a protected-series form, including a supported negative after a complete search.
What do the statutes say about filing and registering a series?
These five fields report the rule each state's act states for a series certificate, the location of official series-fee text, annual reporting, registered agents, and foreign-series registration. A field that is not established prints its stored reason.
| Jurisdiction | Series certificate | Fee locator | Annual report | Registered agent | Foreign series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Alaska LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | No foreign-series registration rule or fallback was located in Alaska's foreign-LLC article or LLC definitions after a full-text search.source |
| Alabama | The certificate of formation may contain the required statement of limitation without naming a specific series or waiting until a series exists.source | The filing-fee locator is § 10A-1-4.31(a)(1)(a)-(b), according to whether the series statement is in an original or amended certificate.source | The complete Alabama LLC series article states no series-specific annual-report rule.source | The complete Alabama LLC series article states no series-specific registered-agent rule.source | Alabama’s complete foreign-entity registration article and Title 10A definitions state no foreign-series registration rule.source |
| Arkansas | A protected series is established by filing a protected series designation with the Secretary of State.source | The Secretary of State miscellaneous forms table provides the domestic protected-series application fee locator.source | The series LLC's annual report must name each designated protected series that has not completed winding up.source | The series LLC's Arkansas registered agent serves as registered agent for each protected series.source | A foreign protected series registers as if separately formed; its application identifies its foreign series LLC and related series contact.source |
| Arizona | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Arizona LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Arizona LLC series. | A foreign series must register with the Arizona Corporation Commission before doing business in Arizona and must file the foreign-series information specified in § 29-3903(B)-(C).source |
| California | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contains no series provision. | California's foreign-LLC article (Corp. Code §§ 17708.01-17708.09) and the Act's definitions say nothing about a foreign LLC's series; the word 'series' does not occur anywhere in the Act.source |
| Colorado | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Colorado's LLC definitions, foreign-LLC part, and foreign-entity registration provisions state no rule for a foreign LLC's series or a foreign series.source |
| Connecticut | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Connecticut LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | For a foreign LLC, Connecticut states that the company's governing jurisdiction controls liability of a series of the company (§34-275(a)(3)); no separate series filing rule is stated.source |
| District of Columbia | The certificate of series designation states the series name and any differing office or agent information; filing forms the series.source | DLCP's LLC fee schedule contains a row for the certificate of series of members, managers, or interests.source | After the LLC files the report required by § 29-102.11, the Mayor furnishes the series certificate; the series remains in good standing while the LLC does.source | The LLC's registered agent is the registered agent for each series.source | After the required LLC report is filed, the Mayor furnishes a certificate of registration for a series of a foreign LLC.source |
| Delaware | A registered series is formed by filing a certificate of registered series naming the LLC and the series; protected series rely on liability notice in the certificate of formation, which need not name any specific series.source | Filing fees for a certificate of registered series and related series certificates are set in 6 Del. C. § 18-1105(a)(3); each registered series also owes the annual tax in § 18-1107(b).source | No annual-report requirement for series is stated in the LLC Act (complete search of 6 Del. C. ch. 18); each registered series instead owes its own annual tax under § 18-1107(b).source | The LLC's registered agent accepts service for the LLC's protected and registered series (§ 18-104(e)(1)c.); process served through it for a series must name both the LLC and the series (§ 18-105(a)).source | A foreign LLC registering under § 18-902 whose agreement provides for series must say so on its application and state whether each series' debts are enforceable only against that series' assets (§ 18-215(c)).source |
| Florida | To establish a protected series, the LLC files with the Department of State a protected series designation it has signed, naming the LLC and the series; the series exists when the designation takes effect (s. 605.2201(2)-(3)).source | Neither s. 605.0213 nor the Division of Corporations fee schedule names a fee for a protected series designation; s. 605.0213(11) sets the fee for filing any other LLC document.source | A series LLC's annual report must name each protected series with a filed designation that has not completed winding up; omitting one blocks a certificate of status for that series (s. 605.2206(1)-(2)).source | The series LLC's registered agent is the registered agent for each of its protected series, and the LLC must so agree with the agent before filing a protected series designation (s. 605.2203).source | Florida's foreign-LLC certificate-of-authority rules apply to a foreign series LLC and each foreign protected series as if a separate foreign LLC; the department may require each series to apply separately (ss. 605.0902(3), 605.2703).source |
| Georgia | 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 | 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 | Not established — The official text is available only through a third-party commercial website, which was not used as a source |
| Hawaii | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. | Not applicable because Hawaii does not authorize LLC series under HRS chapter 428. | Hawaii's LLC definitions and complete operative foreign-LLC article state no registration rule or fallback for a foreign LLC's series or a foreign series.source |
| Iowa | The LLC files a signed protected-series designation stating the company and series names; the series exists when that designation takes effect.source | A protected-series designation is not separately enumerated in the fee list; its filing-fee locator is the Chapter 489 catch-all in §489.122(1)(y).source | The series LLC's biennial report must name each designated protected series that has not completed winding up; omission blocks the series certificate of existence but otherwise does not affect it.source | The series LLC's Iowa registered agent serves every protected series; the LLC must obtain the agent's agreement before filing a designation.source | A foreign protected series follows Iowa's foreign-LLC certificate-of-authority rules as a separate entity; if its home law offers no series certificate, the parent series LLC's certificate is attached.source |
| Idaho | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Not applicable because Idaho's LLC act does not authorize domestic series. | Foreign-series liability is governed by the formation jurisdiction, and specified liability limitations are not waived solely for failure to register.source |
| Illinois | A series with limited liability begins to exist when a certificate of designation naming it is filed with the Secretary of State; the LLC's articles must carry the series liability notice (805 ILCS 180/37-40(b), (d)).source | Series fees are set in 805 ILCS 180/50-10(b): (17) certificate of designation, (1) articles or foreign application for an LLC with series, and (11) the per-series annual-report charge.source | No separate annual report for a series is stated; the LLC's annual report fee adds a per-series charge for each series whose certificate of designation is in effect (805 ILCS 180/50-10(b)(11)).source | The LLC's Illinois registered agent and registered office serve as the agent and office for service of process in Illinois for each series (805 ILCS 180/37-40(f)).source | A foreign LLC whose home law lets it limit series liabilities may register in Illinois for itself or its series, or a series on its own, under 45-5; the application states the limitation and a certificate of designation is filed per series.source |
| Indiana | Articles of designation must be filed for each series, state its name and management form, and begin the series' existence upon filing (IC 23-18.1-6-2).source | The per-series filing-fee location is IC 23-0.5-9-25 for articles of designation, applied to Series LLC filings by IC 23-18.1-6-6.source | The master LLC files the required biennial report, and that report serves as the biennial report for every series (IC 23-18.1-6-9).source | The master LLC must maintain an Indiana registered agent, who serves as the agent and office for service of process for each series (IC 23-18.1-6-8).source | A qualifying foreign master LLC may register for itself or its series, and a series may register on its own; the liability limitation goes in the application and articles of designation are filed per series.source |
| Kansas | Formation requires a certificate of designation stating the LLC name and series name and filed with the Secretary of State.source | The filing-fee locator is the catch-all provision for an LLC Act certificate or other paper without a separately prescribed fee.source | Each domestic series files a biennial business entity information report containing the series name, qualifying members, and principal-office location.source | Process against a series follows K.S.A. 60-304; the LLC resident agent is treated as acting for its series until resignation, after which service may be made on the Secretary of State.source | A registered foreign LLC with series must disclose the series arrangement and liability-segregation posture on its foreign application; Kansas also lists a foreign-series admission filing.source |
| Kentucky | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Kentucky LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | No foreign-series registration rule or fallback was located in Kentucky's complete foreign-LLC provisions or LLC definitions.source |
| Louisiana | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Louisiana LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic Louisiana LLC series. | No foreign-series registration rule was stated in Louisiana's LLC definitions or foreign-LLC provisions after a complete search of those sections.source |
| Massachusetts | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Massachusetts LLC Act contains no domestic series authorization. | The definitions and complete foreign-LLC provisions state no foreign-series registration rule.source |
| Maryland | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maryland LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | A foreign LLC that is a series company must state that status in its Maryland foreign-LLC registration application.source |
| Maine | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete Maine LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | A foreign LLC whose governing agreement establishes designated series must disclose that arrangement and the allocation of series liabilities in its statement of foreign qualification.source |
| Michigan | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act does not authorize LLC series. | Michigan's LLC definitions and complete foreign-LLC article state no registration rule or fallback for a foreign LLC's series or a foreign series.source |
| Minnesota | Minnesota series certificate rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota series fee locator is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota series annual-report rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota series registered-agent rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Minnesota's LLC definitions and foreign-registration provisions state no special registration or fallback rule for a foreign LLC's series.source |
| Missouri | A series begins when articles of organization naming it are filed; the articles information required for the LLC must also be provided for each series.source | The original-articles and amendment-or-other-filing fee locator is Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.179(1)(1), (4).source | No series-specific annual-report or annual-registration rule was located in the complete series section and chapter table of contents.source | The LLC's registered agent and registered office serve as the agent and office for every series in Missouri.source | A qualifying foreign LLC may register itself or its series in Missouri, and the application must identify each series and state the liability limitation.source |
| Mississippi | 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 | 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 | Not established — The official text is available only through a third-party commercial website, which was not used as a source |
| Montana | Montana does not use a separate series certificate in the captured authorization section; the LLC's articles include each series operating agreement, liability election, and rights statement.source | The official SOS fee schedule locates the series-member filing charge in the domestic LLC articles-of-organization row.source | The LLC annual report must state that management of a series is vested in the members associated with that series.source | Unknown Verified absenceThe checked source text does not state the row-specific detail needed for this value.source | A foreign LLC with series must name each series in its certificate-of-authority application and include each series operating agreement.source |
| North Carolina | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete North Carolina LLC Act search did not locate domestic LLC-series authorization. | No foreign-series registration rule or fallback was located in North Carolina's complete foreign-LLC article or LLC definitions.source |
| North Dakota | No separate certificate or articles of designation must be filed to create or register a domestic series under the complete North Dakota LLC chapter.source | No separate domestic designated-series fee locator was found in the complete North Dakota LLC chapter.source | No series-specific annual-report rule is stated in the complete North Dakota LLC chapter.source | No separate registered-agent rule for each designated series is stated in the complete North Dakota LLC chapter.source | A foreign LLC with designated series must state specified series and liability-segregation information on its North Dakota certificate of authority.source |
| Nebraska | The LLC files a signed protected-series designation stating the company and series names; the series exists when the designation takes effect.source | Protected-series designation and foreign protected-series application fees are located in §21-192(1)(b).source | The series LLC's biennial report must name each designated protected series that has not completed winding up.source | The series LLC's Nebraska registered agent serves each protected series; the LLC must secure the agent's agreement before filing a designation.source | A foreign protected series applies separately for authority; if its jurisdiction issues no series certificate, the parent series LLC's certificate supplies the fallback.source |
| New Hampshire | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | Not applicable because the complete New Hampshire LLC Act search did not locate statutory LLC-series authorization. | No foreign-series registration rule or fallback was located in the LLC definitions or complete foreign-LLC subdivision.source |
| New Jersey | An LLC-series certificate rule is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | An LLC-series fee locator is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | An LLC-series annual-report rule is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | An LLC-series registered-agent rule is not applicable because the current New Jersey LLC Act does not authorize LLC series. | The current New Jersey LLC Act's definitions and foreign-LLC provisions state no foreign-series registration rule.source |
| New Mexico | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete New Mexico LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | No foreign-series registration rule or fallback rule was located in the New Mexico LLC definitions and complete foreign-LLC provisions.source |
| Nevada | NRS 86.296(2): a series may be created as an LLC without filing articles of organization with the Secretary of State, by adoption of an operating agreement by the series' members.source | No series-specific filing fee is stated; NRS 86.296(2) creates a series without any Secretary of State filing, so no fee attaches to the series itself.source | The ANNUAL LIST article (NRS 86.241 et seq.) imposes no separate annual-list or annual-report duty on a series distinct from the company's own annual list.source | NRS 86.236: the company's registered agent is deemed the registered agent for each series; a series is served by serving that same agent.source | A foreign LLC's application for registration must state, if it has series with the liability-partition feature, that its debts are enforceable only against that series' assets (NRS 86.544(2)(i)).source |
| New York | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | Not applicable: the New York Limited Liability Company Law contains no series provision. | The LLC Law's foreign-LLC article (§§ 801-810) and definitions (§ 102) say nothing about a foreign LLC's series; 'series' does not occur in them or anywhere in the Law.source |
| Ohio | The operating agreement establishes a series; shield treatment requires a general articles statement, which need not identify a specific series or await its establishment.source | No series-specific filing-fee locator appears in the Secretary of State fee statute; the LLC chapter creates a series through the operating agreement.source | The complete Ohio LLC chapter states no annual, periodic, or biennial report rule for a domestic series.source | Ohio's complete domestic-series provisions state no separate statutory-agent appointment rule for a series.source | A foreign LLC registers for itself and any series that transact in Ohio; a series-forming foreign LLC must disclose the existence and liability treatment of its series.source |
| Oklahoma | Articles of registered series state the LLC name, series name, principal office, and registered agent and are filed with the Secretary of State.source | The registered-series filing fee is located at 18 O.S. § 2055(3).source | A registered series has an anniversary-based annual-certificate cycle; nonfiling within 60 days causes loss of good standing or registration.source | Articles of registered series state the registered agent's name and street address, which must equal the Oklahoma registered office.source | A foreign LLC with designated series must disclose that structure and state the series-liability treatment in its Oklahoma registration application.source |
| Oregon | Oregon series certificate rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon series fee locator is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon series annual-report rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon series registered-agent rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act search found no series authorization. | Oregon's LLC definitions and foreign-registration provisions state no special registration or fallback rule for a foreign LLC's series.source |
| Pennsylvania | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | Not applicable because a complete search of Pennsylvania's current LLC chapter did not locate domestic LLC series authorization. | A foreign association's registration states whether it may have series, changes require an amendment, its formation law governs series liability, and legal differences do not bar registration.source |
| Rhode Island | A series certificate rule does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | A series fee locator does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | A series annual-report rule does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | A series agent rule does not apply because chapter 7-16 contains no LLC-series authorization. | Chapter 7-16's definitions and foreign-LLC provisions state no foreign-series registration rule.source |
| South Carolina | A series certificate rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | A series fee locator is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | A series annual-report rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | A series-specific agent rule is not applicable because the complete LLC Act contains no series authorization. | South Carolina's complete foreign-LLC article and definitions state no registration rule for a foreign LLC's series or a foreign series.source |
| South Dakota | A series with limited liability begins when the secretary of state issues its certificate of designation.source | The certificate-of-designation application fee is located in §47-34A-1206(n).source | The LLC files the annual report required by §47-34A-211; a series remains in good standing while the LLC is in good standing and follows its administrative dissolution and reinstatement.source | The LLC's registered agent and registered office serve each South Dakota series.source | A foreign series LLC or series may register in South Dakota; the application states the liability limit and identifies each series, while a series registering alone supplies the specified foreign-LLC information and fees.source |
| Tennessee | The Act establishes series through LLC documents and requires master-articles notice for the liability shield, but states no separate series-creation certificate filing.source | No separate series-certificate or series-registration filing-fee locator was found in the complete statutory fee schedule.source | No series-specific annual-report requirement was located in the series section or complete LLC Act.source | No series-specific registered-agent or registered-office rule was located in the series section or complete LLC Act.source | A foreign LLC with designated series must disclose that fact and its series-liability treatment in its authority application or amendment.source |
| Texas | A registered series is formed by filing a certificate of registered series stating the LLC name, the series name and any conversion or merger origin; a series formed without that filing is a protected series (BOC §§101.602, 101.623).source | Registered-series filing fees are set by BOC §4.162; a registered-series filing with no listed fee takes the fee for a similar instrument under §4.151 or §4.154.source | No annual or periodic report requirement for a protected or registered series is stated in the Texas LLC act, the other Business Organizations Code chapters searched, or Tax Code chapter 171.source | The LLC's registered agent is the agent of each series for service of process; the Secretary of State (when agent of the LLC) and each series governing person are also agents (BOC §§5.302, 5.304, 5.305).source | A foreign LLC whose company agreement provides for series must state in its registration application whether its series have separate rights or profits and separate liability (BOC §9.005); SOS registers it as a single entity.source |
| Utah | The LLC's certificate of organization must carry liability-limitation notice immediately after the company name; it need not identify a specific series.source | No series-specific filing-fee locator is stated in the complete current Utah LLC Act; a series is established under the operating agreement.source | No separate annual-report requirement for a series is stated in the complete LLC Act or Chapter 1a annual-report section.source | No express series-agent rule is stated in the complete LLC Act or Chapter 1a registered-agent provisions.source | A registered foreign LLC with series must disclose that fact and whether each series' liabilities are enforceable only against that series' assets.source |
| Virginia | The LLC files a statement of protected series designation, after which the Commission issues a designation certificate if the filing and fees comply.source | The protected-series designation filing-fee locator is Va. Code §13.1-1005(1)(e).source | Article 16 states an annual registration fee but no separate annual-report filing rule for a protected series.source | Each protected series shares the series LLC's Virginia registered office and registered agent.source | A foreign series LLC must register before its foreign protected series; each protected series then applies separately under the foreign-LLC rules and shares the parent agent.source |
| Vermont | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Not applicable because the complete Vermont LLC Act search did not locate statutory authorization for a domestic LLC series. | Vermont applies the foreign LLC's home law to a foreign LLC or series thereof; the foreign LLC uses the ordinary certificate-of-authority application and supporting existence certificate.source |
| Washington | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because chapter 25.15 RCW does not authorize LLC series. | Washington's complete LLC and foreign-entity registration provisions state no rule for a foreign LLC's series or a foreign series.source |
| Wisconsin | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Not applicable because the Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Law does not authorize LLC series. | Chapter 183 states no registration rule or fallback for a foreign LLC's series or for a foreign series.source |
| West Virginia | The LLC establishes a protected series by filing a signed protected series designation stating the LLC and protected-series names; later name changes use a statement of designation change.source | The series filing-fee locator is W. Va. Code §59-1-2(a), which expressly names series LLCs and protected series; no amount is transcribed here.source | A series LLC's annual report must name each filed protected series that has not dissolved and completed winding up; omission prevents a good-standing certificate for that series.source | The series LLC's West Virginia registered agent serves as registered agent for every protected series; the LLC must obtain the agent's agreement before filing a designation.source | A foreign protected series registers under the foreign-LLC regime as if separately formed and distinct, with the additional information required by §31B-14-703(b).source |
| Wyoming | Creation of a series must be disclosed to the SoS in the initial articles of organization or an amendment within 30 days (SoS Rules ch. 5 §2(a)(i)); the liability notice goes in the articles (W.S. 17-29-211(c)(iii)).source | Series fees: W.S. 17-29-211(o), applied by SoS Rules ch. 5 §2(a)(ii), and the SoS filing fee schedule line for series designated or established under a series LLC.source | No annual report rule for series is stated: the annual report sections (W.S. 17-29-209, -210) do not mention series, and W.S. 17-29-211 and SoS Rules ch. 5 do not mention annual reports.source | An LLC with series appoints a single registered agent for the LLC and all series; a series may not serve as a registered agent; the agent keeps a list of series and contacts (SoS Rules ch. 5 §3).source | A foreign LLC doing business in WY whose operating agreement provides for series must state the series terms listed in W.S. 17-29-211(n) on its certificate of authority; SoS rules require "Series" on its application.source |
Source: 51 US jurisdictions (50 states plus DC). 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
- Series certificate
- What the captured statute says must be filed or stated to establish or designate a series, or that no separate rule was stated after a complete search.
- Fee locator
- Where the official source places the series-related filing fee. This field reports the locator only and does not reproduce a fee amount.
- Annual report
- What the captured statute says about series-specific annual reports, or that no separate rule was stated after a complete search.
- Registered agent
- What the captured statute says about a series registered agent, or that no separate rule was stated after a complete search.
- Foreign series
- What the captured statute says about registration of a foreign series, or that no series-specific rule was stated after a complete search.
How should the Not applicable and Not established labels be read?
Not applicable means the authorization cell holds a supported finding that the state's act does not authorize domestic series. Not established means the captured primary sources do not support a value; the cell prints the stored reason. Georgia and Mississippi carry the commercial-host reason in each affected cell.
The fee-locator field reports where the official source places the fee and prints no amount. Current amounts are on Series LLC formation fees by state.
What does this matrix not claim?
It reports the state LLC-act text captured for domestic and foreign series and does not state whether a series liability shield will be recognized across state lines.
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
Why are Georgia and Mississippi marked Not established?
The current official LLC-act text for those states is available only through a third-party commercial website, which this research did not use as a source. Each affected cell prints that stored reason instead of a legal conclusion.
Does the series fee locator show a fee amount?
No. It identifies where the official source places the series-related filing fee. Current fee amounts remain on Series LLC formation fees by state.
Does this page say a series liability shield will hold across state lines?
No. The page reports the captured state statutory text; recognition of a series liability shield outside its organizing state is beyond this matrix's claim boundary.