An amendment to your LLC operating agreement is necessary when changes to the business occur, and the contents of your agreement no longer match up to your actual situation or practices. Operating agreements are the internal governing documents of your LLC, so it’s essential to amend your agreement as your LLC evolves over time. We offer a free fill-in-the-blank template for LLC operating agreement amendments.
Please enjoy our free LLC operating agreement amendment template. Like all our forms, this template is for individual use.
Need to amend your Articles of Organization as well? We have a template for that. Or, do you need to restate your entire LLC operating agreement? You can use our free operating agreement if you like—just add a line noting that you are restating the LLC operating agreement.
Over time, LLCs tend to go through common changes. Members leave or join. More capital is added. The business may changes its mind on a structural or operational issues—maybe opting to be manager-managed or requiring unanimous votes on certain decisions. In all of these cases, the LLC operating agreement should be updated to reflect the new situation, policy, or procedure. Although amendments are internal (they aren’t filed with any state agency), it’s important not to fall behind on these updates.
In the eyes of a court, if the operating agreement isn’t amended, it’s like the changes didn’t happen. It doesn’t matter if the agreement is at odds with actual practices. Imagine a member leaves the LLC and their interest is reassigned to other members—but the operating agreement is never updated. And then the business dissolves. On paper, that absent member is still due compensation. Yikes. So, it’s good practice to amend your operating agreement as needed.
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In addition to the update itself, you should be sure to include key details like dates and member signatures. Our LLC Articles of Organization includes the following:
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