You can register a Benefit Limited Liability Company within our office, by mail or fax.

You can use the application to register your Benefit Limited Liability Company. This process can take up to 7 business days.

You may wish to create your own Certificate of Organization.

You can make changes to or update a Benefit Limited Liability Company online .

You can amend a Benefit Limited Liability Company by completing the Amendment Application or using the guide sheet to create your own statement of amendment.

You can merge a Benefit Limited Liability Company by completing a Statement/Articles of Merger or creating your own statement of merger.

You can convert a Benefit Limited Liability Company by completing a Articles/Statement of Conversion or creating your own statement of conversion.

You can cancel/dissolve a Benefit Limited Liability Company by completing the Statement of Dissolution or Statement of Termination .

You can obtain copies/certificates of a Benefit Limited Liability Company by doing a Business Registration Search , then finding the entity you are looking for, then you click on the details of that entity.

While you are looking at the details of that entity, at the bottom of the screen you have 3 options: Search for Images is the 1st option. You will need to click that button in order to search for any scanned images of that entity. The images will be emailed to an email account.

While you are in the details page of the business entity, you have the 2nd option of ordering a certificate of existence by clicking on the Purchase Certificate of Existence Button.

If you don't wish to order the images online, then you will need to order them inhouse which can be done in person, in writing or by fax. If you make a written request you may use our order form . Written requests for copies/certificates may take up to 7 business days. You may view more information concerning ordering certificates/documents.

You can find out who the principals are of a Benefit Limited Liability Company by doing a Business Registration Search , then finding the entity you are looking for, then you click on the details of that entity. While you are looking at the details of that entity, at the bottom of the screen you have 3 options: Access Principal Information is the 3rd option. You will need to click that button in order to view the principals of that entity.

You may also do a Registered Principal Search . If you don't want to view the principals via the website, then you may contact our office for that information.

You can find out if the name you want to use for a Benefit Limited Liability Company is available by doing a Business Name Availability Search . You may also contact our office to verify that the name you want to use is available.

You may also conduct a Business Registration Search to see if there are other business entities that are already registered that may have a name similar to the name that you wish to use.

Please note that although a name may appear to be available nothing is final until the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code approves the business filing.

You can reinstate an expired Benefit Limited Liability Company by filing with our office the application for reinstatement . You may also need the registration information change form filled out with current information of the business entity. You will need to include the most recent annual benefit report. There is a guide sheet available to walk you through the steps of the reinstatement process.

You can fix the delinquent status on a Benefit Limited Liability Company by renewing online .

You can fix the expired status on a Benefit Limited Liability Company by reinstating the business entity within 2 years of the dissolution date. If you are past 2 years from the date that the Division of Corporations has dissolved the entity, you need to start over by filing Certificate of Organization.