Why Every Single Member Should Have an Operating Agreement

It is extremely important that every limited liabilityclosely resemble a sole proprietorship, which does not
company ("LLC") have an LLC Operating Agreement.limit your personal liability for business debts of the LLC.
The Agreement is the core document that is referredWithout an LLC Agreement, the basic operation of the
to when issues concerning the LLC need to beLLC would then be governed by state law, which may
resolved. The LLC Operating Agreement is the mostnot be advantageous to the LLC, it members, or the
important document for your LLC and can save you abusiness it conducts.
lot of time, money, and problems.The majority of state LLC statutes, for example, have
Even though the LLC Agreement is not required to bedefault rules that govern how certain important
filed with any state agency, it is unwise to operate anbusiness decisions should be made, such as admitting
LLC without an LLC Operating Agreement, even ifnew members and dissolving the LLC. Defaulting to
you're the sole owner of your LLC.state law for important LLC decisions could be a great
It is extremely important that you create an Operatingdanger to your business. If you do not want the state
Agreement to separate yourself as an individual fromto tell you how to run your business, it is extremely
your LLC, even if you are the sole owner of your LLC.crucial that you have a well drafted LLC Agreement.
Without the formality of an Agreement, the LLC can