how to change my llc name in az [Deep Research]

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hi everyone i'm attorney aidan durham with 180 law co in colorado and welcome back to all up in your business in this episode of all up in your business i'm going to explain how you can go about changing the name of your business but first don't forget to like subscribe and share and check the description for links to additional information and resources and i have a really exciting announcement we have merch now that's right now you can show off your love of trademarks and support your favorite youtube lawyer with exclusive products from our inherently distinctive line i am rocking the inherently distinctive flowy women's tank complete with rocky logo on the back of course or turn heads with our classic all up in your business line featuring our auiyb mascot rocky what can be better than rocky's face on your face or rocky's ugly mug on your mug i mean come on scroll down or check the merchandise tab on my channel page to check it all out and start shopping okay now on to changing your business name there are a lot of reasons you might want to change the name of your business maybe you've grown tired of your business name or you've changed the types of products or services that you offer and your business name no longer you know really reflects what you're doing or maybe you didn't do a thorough enough search before you started your business and now you find yourself in some kind of a trademark infringement issue or maybe you're like me and you named your business after yourself then got divorced and now you want to change your business name from the law office of aiden h kramer to 180 law co whatever the case may be for a lot of small businesses there will come a time when you decide it's best to change the name of your business first word of warning as with most things having to do with your business every state is different the rules and procedures for changing a business name will at least be slightly different in each state and states use different terminology the names of forms and terminology used in the forms will be different so just know that the stuff i'm talking about is generally true for all businesses but the specific details and process may look different for you if you're operating as a sole proprietor this is usually a very easy thing to do let's say you're a sole proprietor so you're running a business on your own and have not registered as an llc or a corporation and you've been doing business under your legal name if you want to change that and do business under a different name or brand it's really just a matter of filing a trade name or dba registration for the sole proprietorship you would do this by filing the appropriate form with the secretary of state's office in your state in colorado this form is called a statement of trade name but like i said other states will call it something else or let's say you are already operating under a dba or a trade name that's not your legal name if you decide you want to do business under a different name again it's really just a matter of registering that new dba or trade name so just like with the first example you would file a statement of trade name or whatever the form is called in your state the only difference here is that you will then want to withdraw the previous trade name or dba registration the process is pretty similar if you have an llc or a corporation and you're operating under a dba or trade name llcs and corporations are permitted to operate under a name which is different from the name of the llc or the corporation just like with sole proprietors the llc or corporation would file a statement of trade name to register the dba then if you want to later change that you would file another statement of trade name to register the new dba then withdraw the previous registration you can use this same approach if the llc or corporation is not currently under operating under a dba if you want to change the name that your business is operating under or your business's brand you can do so by registering the dba or trade name of the llc a few important things to note here first it's important to understand the difference between the entity's name and a dba or trade name a dba does not actually change the name of the entity itself a dba means doing business as so it quite literally means that the company is doing business as a different name an llc or corporation can have multiple dvr dba registrations it's not like you're limited to just one so when i say that a company can change its business name by registering a different dba or trade name i really mean that you can change the name that you're doing business under but you're not actually changing the name of your business second the forms that you'll use may be different if you're registering a dba for an entity versus registering it for a sole proprietorship in colorado for example we would use the statement of trade name of an individual form for a sole proprietor and the statement of trade name of a reporting entity for an llc or corporation again the specific forms are going to be different in every state the process is a little different if you're operating as an llc or corporation and want to actually change the name of the entity itself i mean actually changing the registered name of the llc or corporation not changing or adopting a new dba or trade name first we need to check the company's operating agreement or bylaws to see if there are any specific requirements or instructions or anything related to changing the company's name for example many llc operating agreements will require that the members consent to the name change if your company's operating agreement or bylaws address it then you need to do whatever they say most often they'll say something like the company may conduct business under any name which the members determine and there will be some kind of requirement for either a majority or a unanimous unanimous vote if that's the case then it is important to document that vote so you can easily demonstrate that you have complied with the operating agreement this is typically accomplished with meeting minutes or a written consent in lieu of a meeting even if your llc's operating agreement or corporate bylaws don't address the name issue your state's laws most likely do every state will require some form of consent by the businesses owners or officers in order to change the business's name check the description by the way i am going to link to a sample written consent in lieu of a meeting so you guys can get a better sense of what that is so once we've got the consent portion out of the way we can actually get to changing the name we'll typically do this by amending the llc's articles of organization or the corporations articles of or incorporation this by the way is why the states require consent to change a business name we're not just changing a name we're changing the company's formative document which governs the entire existence of the company in colorado we would file amended or amended and restated articles of organization with the secretary of state to change the name of an llc again th

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in this video you're going to learn how to prepare and file the Arizona Corporation Commission form called articles of amendment short form to change the name of an Arizona LLC hi I'm Arizona LLC attorney Richard Keith my son Arizona LLC attorney and former CPA Richard C Keith and I have formed more than 5,800 Arizona limited liability companies we formed new LLC's for 397 597 and 997 we also prepare custom LLC operating agreements and documents to add or remove LLC members do me a favor please like this video subscribe to the channel and click on the bill to get notice of new videos and leave comments and questions below click on the show more text underneath this video to get more information and hot links to websites that are mentioned in this video first we have to go to the forum called articles of amendment short form so I'll go into the URL area of your browser that's going to take you to the corporation commission's form called articles of amendment short form this is a document that you need to complete print sign and then filed with the Corporation Commission to change the name of your Arizona LLC notice I've highlighted the text that says read the instructions and then there's a link in blue text if you want to read the corporation commission's form instructions then click on the text that's underlined in blue next notice that items 1 & 2 require exact information from the corporation commission's records so you need the exact name of your company and you need its Arizona Corporation Commission file number now if you don't know exactly what the name and/or the file number is we have another video that explains how you can go to the Corporation Commission's website and determine the exact name and the file number next after you determine the exact name of the LLC enter that information in the field under item number 1 in in item number 2 either in the exact file number of the LLC now in item number 3 put a check in the box it says entity name change in item number three under entity name change enter the new name that you want for your LLC but before you do that make sure that you've double-checked the corporation Commission's name database to make sure that the desired name is available now we have another video that demonstrates how to check to see if a desired LLC name is available go to the URL that's displayed on your screen and you will find our demo video on how to determine if I may is available next scroll down to the bottom of the form and you have to put a check in the box that says I accept and then above the text that says printed name enter the name of the person who's going to sign the form and then to the right of that enter in the date the date the person will sign the form now down below you have a choice to select one of the two check boxes that's displayed that the check box on the left is to be signed by the manager of a manager managed LLC so if your LLC is managed for managed then select the Box to the left that says this is a manager managed LLC now if your company is a member managed LLC then you're going to check the box in the right column just to the left of the text that says this is a member Manny's two LLC now if the person signing as either a member or signing as a manager if that person is signing on behalf of another company then down below in to the name of the company for which the person is signing and then you're done now go back up to the top of the form and notice on the top right there's an icon that says print form click on the print form and then print the form and now the person who's designated as the signer must sign the form now you can see down below there are instructions for the filing fee and where to mail it but you do have to have a cover sheet now we have another video to learn how to make a cover sheet watch our demo video at the URL shown below there's also a hot link to the URL in the tick's under the show more link underneath this video which must be submitted along with this form called the Articles of amendment short form now that you've finished your form you need to file it with the Arizona Corporation Commission so get an envelope and put the following items in the envelope first the ACCC cover sheet second the form signed by a member of the LLC's member manage or a manager if the LLC is manager managed and third a check for either $5 for a regular filing or $40 for expedited filing check should be payable to the Arizona Corporation Commission the difference is how many days it will take for the Corporation Commission to review your file document mail or hand deliver your envelope with the documents and the cheque to the Arizona Corporation Commission corporations Division 1300 West Washington Street Phoenix Arizona 8500 M if you have any questions about forming or operating in Arizona LLC call me or my son Richard seek Heat we're happy to answer your questions at no additional cost if you want to hire us you can either complete our online questionnaire a--quite law comm /az LLC law fork /l LCQ or call my son or myself if you want us to prepare a custom LLC operating agreement either fill out our online questionnaire or call my son or myself I hope this video was helpful if it was please share it with your friends and hit the like button below and be sure to subscribe because we make new informational videos every week if you have any questions or would like a video on a topic leave a comment below and thanks for watching

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