Question: Is this document sold on your web site filed with the state of Florida? Is it what I use to start my LLC? Stan, Orlando.I often receive this question. No, the document you linked to is an LLC operating agreement. That is an agreement between the members setting forth such things as ownership percentages, method of allocation of profits and losses, voting procedures, et cetera. The document filed with the state (usually the corporate division of the secretary of state) is generally called "articles of organization". Here is a link to the version of this form used in Florida. The articles of organization are brief and something that a non-lawyer should be able to fill out on his or her own without professional assistance.
