Skip to content
LLC UnpackedEvery filing, unpacked: the fee, the form, the catch.

Decoder

What is inside an operating agreement

A members' contract about running the company. Without one, the state's default rules fill the gaps.
Unpacked by the LLC Unpacked editorial team

Inside the term

Goes by
LLC agreement
Sits next to
Member stacked with Articles of organization stacked with Organizer

What to do with it

Banks sometimes ask to see it when you open an account, so keep a copy ready.

Pages that use it

You will meet it in these pages: Forming an LLC, unpacked by state, Registered agent rules, unpacked by state, Second-state registration, unpacked by state.