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PROCEDURES FOR ORGANIZING

AN OKLAHOMA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

This information is intended as an aid to organizing an Oklahoma limited liability company pursuant to the

provisions of Title 18, Section 2004 of the Oklahoma Statutes. PLEASE CONSULT THE STATUTES

CAREFULLY.

It may be to your benefit to contact the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE concerning federal tax

requirements prior to filing with the Secretary of State.

FILING PROCEDURES:

1. Prepare and file with the Secretary of State one signed copy of the articles of organization.

2. Pay to the Secretary of State a filing fee of $100.00. (Title 18, Sec. 2055)

3. Make checks, cashier’s checks, or money orders payable to the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Instruments may be mailed, delivered in person, filed on-line at , or faxed to (405)

521-3771. The address of the Secretary of State is 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 101, State Capitol,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4897. If you wish to file in person, there will be an additional

$25.00 fee for each document filed same day.

The Secretary of State accepts Visa, Discover,

MasterCard, or American Express if filing in person, on-line, or by fax; however, there will be a four

percent (4%) service charge added for the use of a credit card. (Title 18, Section 1142)

If you wish to fax the form, then you must include a cover letter with the following information: the credit

card number, the expiration date, the name on the card, the dollar ($) amount you authorize this office to

charge, and a return address.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION:

1. NAME – The name of the limited liability company. The name SHALL contain either the words limited

liability company or limited company or the abbreviations LLC, LC, L.L.C. or L.C. The word limited

may be abbreviated as Ltd. and the word company may be abbreviated as Co. (Title 18, Sec. 2008)

The name shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the Secretary of State from the

names of: (1) corporations, both domestic and foreign, then existing or which have existed at any time

during the preceding three (3) years; or (2) then existing domestic and foreign limited partnerships; or (3)

then existing domestic and foreign limited liability companies; or (4) trade names or fictitious names; or

(5) corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company names reserved with the Secretary of State.

The AVAILABILITY of a name can be checked in advance by telephoning the Secretary of State at (405)

522-2520, checking on-line at , or by coming in person. Prior to organizing a limited

liability company, a name may be reserved for a period of sixty (60) days by filing a Name Reservation

application and paying a fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (Title 18, Section 2009)

(SOS FORM 0074-07/12)

Articles Of Organization