California Foreign LLC Articles of Organization Form

If you are a foreign limited liability company and want to become registered in the State of California, you have to complete and submit the following form along with any necessary filing fees.

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SB 1532 - Business Entities Filings (Rev. 11/21/2012) 
 
 	
Changes to California Business Entity Filings effective January 1, 2013 
 	
As of January 1, 2013, new legal requirements apply to business entity documents filed with the 
California Secretary of State’s office.  
 
Entity and Agent Addresses 
 
All formation/registration documents must include the business entity street address and mailing 
address.   
 
All foreign corporation and foreign limited liability company registration documents must 
include the street address of the principal business office address in California, if one exists. 
 
All documents listing an individual person as an agent for service of process must include the 
agent’s California street address.  All corporate agents filing a certificate pursuant to California 
Corporations Code section 1505 must include the California street address where process may be 
served.  A post office box address for an agent for service of process will not be accepted on any 
document. 
 
Future File Date Requests 
 
All future file date requests for corporation and limited liability company documents must be 
included within the document submitted or as an attachment to be made part of the filed 
document. 
 
Corporation and limited liability company documents received before January 1, 2013, with a 
future file date on or after January 1, 2013, must comply with the entity and agent addresses 
requirements listed above. This information may be included in an attachment as part of the filed 
document.       
 
Copy Requests 
 
The Secretary of State will no longer endorse and certify customer-provided copies.  However, a 
customer who submits documents with a filing fee of $25.00 or more will receive one (1) 
uncertified copy of the documents for free and, at the time of filing, the free copy may be 
certified for a $5.00 certification fee.  Customers requesting additional copies will be charged 
$1.00 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page.  Each certified copy requires an 
additional $5.00 certification fee. 
 
Note:  While domestic stock and foreign corporations are required to pay a total of $25.00 when 
filing the required Statement of Information, the total fees include a $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 
disclosure fee.  Therefore, customers requesting copies of a Statement of Information 
(corporation or limited liability company) must include the copy fees described above.

Corporations Code §§ 17375, 17451, 17452, Revenue and Taxation Code § 17941    2013 California Secretary of State LLC-5 (REV 01/2013)	 	www.sos.ca.gov/business/be	 	
LLC-5 Application to Register a Foreign 
Limited Liability Company (LLC)	 	
To register an LLC from another state or country in California, fill out this 
form, and submit for filing along with: 
– A $70 filing fee, and 
–  A certificate of good standing, issued within the last six (6) months by the 
agency where the LLC was formed. 
–  A separate, non-refundable $15 service fee also must be included, if 
you drop off the completed form. 
Important! LLCs in California may have to pay a minimum $800 yearly 
tax to the California Franchise Tax Board. For more information, go to 
https://www.ftb.ca.gov. 
LLCs cannot provide professional services in California.	
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For questions about this form, go to www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/filing-tips.htm 	
Name to be used for this LLC in California 	 	
	 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  
Proposed LLC Name   The  name must end with: "LLC," "L.L.C.," "Limited Liability Company," "Limited Liability 
Co.," "Ltd. Liability Co." or "Ltd. Liability Company;" and may not include: "bank," "trust," 
"trustee," "incorporated," "inc.," "corporation," or "corp.," "insurer," or "insurance company." 	
 	
LLC History	 	
 	a.  If the proposed LLC name you listed above is different than the LLC name you use now (as listed on your 
  certificate of good standing), list the complete LLC name used now:	
  	
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  	
b.  Date your LLC was formed (MM, DD, YYYY):	___________________________________________________________________________________	 
c.   State or country where your LLC was formed:	
__________________________________________________________________________________	 
d.  Your LLC currently has powers and privileges to conduct business in the state or country listed above.	
 	
Service of Process 	(List a California resident or an active 1505 corporation in California that agrees to be your agent to accept service of 
process in case your LLC is sued.  You may list any adult who lives in California.  You may not list an LLC as the agent.  Do not list an address if the 
agent is a 1505 corporation.)
 	
	 a.	 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  
Agent's Name  	
b. 	_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 	 	Agent's Street Address (if agent Is not a corporation)  City (no abbreviations)  State  Zip 	
If the agent listed above has resigned or cannot be found or served after reasonable attempts, the California 
Secretary of State will be appointed the agent for service of process for your LLC. 	
 	
LLC Address	es	 	
	 a. 	_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  
Street Address of Principal Executive Office  City (no abbreviations)  State    Zip 	
b. 	_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Street Address of Principal Office in California, if any  City (no abbreviations) State Zip	 	
c. 	_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Mailing Address of Principal Executive Office, if different from 4a or 4b  City (no abbreviations)  State  Zip	 	
Read and sign below:	 	
I am authorized to sign this document under the laws of the state or country where this LLC was formed.  
______________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________   ____________________________  Sign here   Print your name here   Your business title	 	 	
Make check/money order payable to: Secretary of State  
Upon filing, we will return one (1) uncertified copy of your filed 
document for free, and will certify the copy upon request and 
payment of a $5 certification fee. By Mail 
Secretary of State 
Business Entities, P.O. Box 944228  
Sacramento, CA 94244-2280 Drop-Off 
Secretary of State 
1500 11th Street., 3rd Floor  
Sacramento, CA 95814 
 	
CA 
CA