MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL INFORMATION

• Massachusetts Secretary of State's office, corporations home page
• Instructions for drafting of Massachusetts Certificate of Organization for an LLC (Note: There is no pre-printed form for this document in Massachusetts.)
• Filing Fee: $500.
• Massachusetts Statutes relative to Limited Liability Companies
• There is no separate professional LLC category in Massachusetts. Lawyers, doctors, and other licensed professionals are free to form their practices as LLCs in this state.

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 Massachusetts Statutes

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• Chapter 156C: Section 3. Name of limited liability company
  Section 3. The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its certificate of organization:
        (1) shall contain the words “limited liability company”, “limited company”, or the abbreviation “L.L.C.”, “L.C.”, “LLC” or “LC”;
        (2) may contain the name of a member or manager; and
        (3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to the name of any corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company reserved or organized under the laws of the commonwealth or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company in the commonwealth, except with the written consent of said corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company previously filed with the state secretary.
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• Chapter 156C: Section 6. Powers and privileges of limited liability company; information to be provided on certificate of organization or application for registration
        (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, a limited liability company may carry on any lawful business, trade, profession, purpose or activity.
        (b) A limited liability company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by this chapter or by any other law or by the operating agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business, trade, profession, purposes or activities of the limited liability company. Without limitation of the foregoing and except as otherwise expressly set forth in a written operating agreement, a limited liability company shall have the power to make guarantees of the obligations of another person or entity.

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