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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Each record required or permitted by this chapter to be filed in the office of the secretary of state must comply with the requirements of Article 2 of chapter 23.95 RCW and must be executed in the following manner:
(1) Each original certificate of formation must be executed by the person or persons forming the limited liability company;
(2) A reservation of name may be executed by any person;
(3) A transfer of reservation of name must be executed by, or on behalf of, the applicant for the reserved name;
(4) A registration of name must be executed by any member or manager of the foreign limited liability company;
(5) A certificate of amendment or restatement must be executed by at least one manager, or by a member if management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members;
(6) A certificate of dissolution must be executed by the person or persons authorized to wind up the limited liability company's affairs pursuant to RCW 25.15.297(3);
(7) If a surviving domestic limited liability company is filing articles of merger, the articles of merger must be executed by at least one manager, or by a member if management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members, or if the articles of merger are being filed by a surviving foreign limited liability company, limited partnership, corporation, or other person, the articles of merger must be executed by a person authorized by such foreign limited liability company, limited partnership, corporation, or other person;
(8) A foreign limited liability company's application for registration as a foreign limited liability company doing business within the state must be executed by any member or manager of the foreign limited liability company; and
(9) If a converting limited liability company is filing articles of conversion, the articles of conversion must be executed by at least one manager, or by a member if management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 25. Partnerships § 25.15.086. Execution - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-25-partnerships/wa-rev-code-25-15-086/
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