Statement of Organizer

With an LLC organizational consent in lieu of meeting, you can approve any decisions made regarding the management of the LLC in writing as opposed to holding an organizational meeting of the organizers of the LLC (or incorporators for a corporation).

Rather than notarizing a document for domestic use, an apostille is an internationally recognized certificate of authenticity. The certificate would be attached to your Statement of Organizer for presentation to a foreign entity.

The name of the organizer of an LLC is public information. As you may know, the formation of an LLC requires a public announcement in a local newspaper Therefore, you may not want to select an organizer whose name may arouse public objections or outcries. The formation of an LLC can be more involved than that of a corporation, and thus the common practice is to delegate the task to a company formation attorney, in which case, as the organizer the attorney would also issue the Statement of Organizer to hand over the running of the LLC.

In most states, the standard form only has space for one organizer when applying to create a new LLC. That may or may not mean that more than one organizer is not allowed. However, Pennsylvania and California have space for two organizers.

As an organizer, even if you are staying on as a member or manager of the LLC, it is highly desirable to document the transition. If not, a Statement of Organizer may be even more necessary to disassociate yourself from the LLC.