California Corporations Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 17701.01.
  This title may be cited as the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 419, Sec. 20. (SB 323) Effective January...
• Section 17701.02.
  In this title:(a) “Acknowledged” means that an instrument is either of the following:(1) Formally acknowledged as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1180) of Chapter 4...
• Section 17701.04.
  (a) A limited liability company is an entity distinct from its members.(b) A limited liability company may have any lawful purpose, regardless of whether for profit, except...
• Section 17701.05.
  Subject to any limitations contained in the articles of organization and to compliance with this title and any other applicable laws, a limited liability company...
• Section 17701.06.
  The law of this state governs all of the following:(a) The internal affairs of a limited liability company.(b) The liability of a member as member and a...
• Section 17701.07.
  (a) It is the policy of this title and this state to give maximum effect to the principles of freedom of contract and to the enforceability...
• Section 17701.08.
  (a) The name of a limited liability company shall contain the words “limited liability company,” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.” or “LLC.” “Limited” may be abbreviated as...
• Section 17701.09.
  (a) Upon payment of the fee prescribed in Article 3 (commencing with Section 12180) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2...
• Section 17701.10.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the operating agreement governs all of the following:(1) Relations among the members as members and between the members and...
• Section 17701.11.
  (a) A limited liability company is bound by and may enforce the operating agreement.(b) A person that becomes a member of a limited liability company is deemed...
• Section 17701.12.
  (a) An operating agreement may specify that its amendment requires the approval of a person that is not a party to the operating agreement or the...
• Section 17701.13.
  (a) A limited liability company shall designate and continuously maintain in this state both of the following:(1) An office, which need not be a place of its...
• Section 17701.14.
  (a) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may change its designated office, its principal office, its agent for service of process, the address...
• Section 17701.15.
  (a) To resign as an agent for service of process of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, the agent shall deliver to the...
• Section 17701.16.
  (a) In addition to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, process may be served...
• Section 17701.17.
  (a) A member may, in a written operating agreement or other writing, consent to be subject to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of a specified...

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