DELAWARE LEGAL INFORMATION

• Delaware Secretary of State's office, home page for business services
• Delaware Certificate of Formation for an LLC
• Filing Fee: $90 (plus $30 to receive a certified copy of the certificate).
• Delaware Statutes relative to Limited Liability Companies
• "A Delaware LLC may carry on any lawful business except for banking or insurance. Notably, Delaware LLCs may provide professional services unlike LLCs in several other states." Link.

LLC Operating Agreement Form Price: $16.99 (free trial) PLLC Operating Agreement Form Price: $20.99 (free trial) Note: for Professional Services LLC called "PLLC".

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Selected Delaware Statutes--LLC

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• § 18-102. Name set forth in certificate. The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its certificate of formation:
  (1) Shall contain the words "Limited Liability Company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C." or the designation "LLC";
  (2) May contain the name of a member or manager;
  (3) Must be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the Secretary of State from the name on such records of any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, statutory trust or limited liability company reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Delaware or qualified to do business or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership, foreign statutory trust, foreign partnership, or foreign limited liability company in the State of Delaware; provided however, that a limited liability company may register under any name which is not such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the Secretary of State from the name on such records of any domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, limited partnership, statutory trust or limited liability company reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with the written consent of the other corporation, partnership, limited partnership, statutory trust or limited liability company, which written consent shall be filed with the Secretary of State; and
  (4) May contain the following words: "Company," "Association," "Club," "Foundation," "Fund," "Institute," "Society," "Union," "Syndicate," "Limited" or "Trust" (or abbreviations of like import).
• § 18-201. Certificate of formation. (a) In order to form a limited liability company, 1 or more authorized persons must execute a certificate of formation. The certificate of formation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and set forth:
  1. The name of the limited liability company;
  2. The address of the registered office and the name and address of the registered agent for service of process required to be maintained by § 18-104 of this title; and
  3. Any other matters the members determine to include therein.
  (b) A limited liability company is formed at the time of the filing of the initial certificate of formation in the office of the Secretary of State or at any later date or time specified in the certificate of formation if, in either case, there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this section. A limited liability company formed under this chapter shall be a separate legal entity, the existence of which as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the limited liability company's certificate of formation.
  (c) The filing of the certificate of formation in the office of the Secretary of State shall make it unnecessary to file any other documents under Chapter 31 of this title.
  (d) A limited liability company agreement may be entered into either before, after or at the time of the filing of a certificate of formation and, whether entered into before, after or at the time of such filing, may be made effective as of the formation of the limited liability company or at such other time or date as provided in the limited liability company agreement

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