If you are an entrepreneur, attorney, or accountant who is extremely busy:

For complete California LLC services, please visit our website for entrepreneurs and busy professionals at https://www.suncorpfilings.com. This site will allow you to place an order for a California LLC securely and entirely online. To go directly to the order center, please click here.

If you are an attorney or accountant that can prepare the Articles of Organization (form is available below) and needs expedited filing services:

Sun Document Filings, LLC makes it easy to file a California LLC. We visit the California Secretary of State's office in Sacramento 3 times a day to ensure your LLC is filed quickly. Same day and 24 hour rush options are available. To get started, please follow our steps below. After the LLC name has been confirmed and the form has been completed, please fax it to us at 800-498-3611 with order form. When we receive it, we will contact you to confirm your order and to obtain your payment information. Please note that our fee includes the obtainment of two certified copies of the filed Articles of Organization at no extra charge to you.

Step 1: Check name availability: Skip this step if you have already checked name availability. If you need us to perform a name availability check, determine your primary and back up name choices for your California LLC prior to contacting us. Please download our name availability order form in PDF format.

Step 2: Prepare the form: Prepare the California LLC Articles of Organization on form LLC-1. The LLC form is provided in PDF format. For your convenience, you may download a copy of the LLC form including detailed instructions prepared by the California Secretary of State in PDF format below. The LLC form provided can be viewed and printed from your computer using the most current version of the Adobe Reader (available for free from Adobe's Website).

Download Form LLC-1 Articles of Organization

Please note that we provide California registered agent services for $159.00 a year. Please contact us if you are interested and we will assist you in designating the registered agent correctly on the Articles of Organization. To read more information about California registered agent services, click here.

Step 3: How fast do you need your document filed? Select the appropriate order form and fax or e-mail the completed form with the signed Articles of Organization to 800-498-3611 or e-mail to order@sundocumentfilings.com
**The order forms are in PDF format. Please type on the form from your computer. For legibility purposes, please do not handwrite.** Fees

Option 1: Same day rush order form - Documents received by 11:00am PST
Option 2: 24 hour rush order form
Option 3: Routine - 7 business days order form*

*NOTE: Documents submitted on a routine basis (normally 7 business days from March - November) from December thru February will take between 10-15 business days to be processed due to the increased filing volume at the Secretary of State's office. If you need your document faster, please use the rush option. The yearly slowdown happens in all 50 states every December and recovers in March.

Step 4: Document is Filed: If we receive your California LLC Articles of Organization by 2:00pm M-F, your limited liability company will be filed before 5:00PM! This means your company will be given the file date your document was submitted on. SAME DAY AND 24 hour rush options available for an additional fee. See Service and State fees

Step 5: Document is complete: When the state is finished with your document, they will issue a state LLC number and two LLC forms with certified copies attached. We will immediately fax a copy of the filed document to you. We will return the two certified copies via regular mail. FedEx is available for an additional $25.00 fee or if you have your own FedEx account number, there is no extra charge. That is it. We make LLC formation so fast and easy! Return to top

Step 6: Employer Identification Number: If you would like, we can obtain your client's EIN for their new California LLC. Simply download and fill out our EIN application and we will prepare the form and e-mail it to you for your client's signature. Once we receive your client's signature, we will obtain the EIN within 24-48 hours. Add $45.00 for this service.

Step 7: California LLC Kit: We offer a variety of California LLC kits that include a custom binder, seal embosser, operating agreement, 20 membership certificates, and more. You can order the California LLC kit at the time of filing or if you prefer, you can place the order on-line using your credit card.  Standard LLC kit including 2nd day shipping is $75.00. To view all of our LLC kits, please click here.

Service and State Fees

Name availability check: $30.00 for one first choice plus 2 back up name choices for no extra charge plus a state fee of $4.00 per each name checked.

California Registered Agent services for one year: $159.00. Annual fee due at time of filing.

RUSH OPTIONS:

SAME DAY FILING (We must receive the document and payment by 11:00am). We file the document and fax you a copy the same day, the certified copies will arrive the following business day via FedEx. If the document is received after that time, we will do our best to have it filed the same day. Otherwise, the document will be filed the next business morning. Our service fee: $635.00 plus the Secretary of State's fee of $85.00. Total $720.00 Price includes a fax copy return and FedEx priority overnight to a continental US address. Call for more information and ask for the LLC SAME DAY FILING. This service is on a first come, first serve basis so make sure to send your document early or the night before. Due to limited availability each day and high demand for this service, no discounts will be given for multiple filings from the same customer.
Download same day rush order form.

Fax/e-mail the form: 24 hours. If you need to form an LLC on a 24 hour rush basis, the Secretary of State charges a $350.00 rush fee plus a $70.00 filing fee. Our fee is a total of $100.00 for this service. Total fees: $520.00. Fax or e-mail the document to our office with cover sheet or order form. Credit card required.

Routine fax/e-mail: 7 business days: Our service fee is $70.00 plus the California Secretary of State fee of $85.00 ($70.00 filing fee + $15.00 counter fee) for a total of $155.00. Fax or e-mail the document to our office. Credit card required. This option shaves a day of the filing time, eliminates preparation time on you end, and saves you a FedEx fee to our office. Download Order form.

Budget Mail in: 7 business days plus shipping time: Our service fee is $50.00 plus the California Secretary of State fee of $70.00 filing fee + $15.00 counter fee. To qualify for the reduced service fee, you must send the following: 1 originally signed document and 2 photocopies. Two separate checks both made payable to the Secretary of State; one for $70.00 and one for $15.00. A third check for our fee made payable to Sun Document Filings for $50.00. Add $3.00 if you would like a fax return copy. Add $25.00 if you would like FedEx overnight. Use your own FedEx number for no extra charge.

Certificate of Good Standing at the time of filing: State fee is $5.00 plus our service fee is $35.00 for routine, $150.00 for 24 hour rush, $180.00 same day.

Why choose Sun Document Filings?

We have filed thousands of California LLC's with the California Secretary of State over the years. Unlike other online service companies, we are in Sacramento...the only place California LLC Articles of Organization can be filed on an expedited basis. We personally visit the California Secretary of State's California LLC counter 3 times a day to drop off and pick up documents. We are very experienced in handling California LLC formations.

Sun Document Filings, LLC makes it easy to file a California LLC. First we check name availability with the California Secretary of State to make sure the California LLC name is available. Second, you will fill out the California LLC Articles of Organization. Third, you sign and fax the California LLC Articles of Organization to us. Fourth, we will file the California LLC Articles of Organization in Sacramento at the Secretary of State California LLC counter. We will obtain a California LLC file number from the Secretary of State for your California limited liability company. We will obtain two certified copies of the Articles of Organization for all California LLC filings at no extra charge. For information about California State's requirements including information about LLC names, taxes, and LLC maintenance, click here. You will have an opportunity to return back to this page and start your order. Please read what your peers have to say about our services but viewing our testimonials.

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We have made forming a California LLC fast, easy, & very user friendly. Trust Sun Document Filings, LLC for all of your California LLC needs.

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NOTE: We hope you find our LLC organization steps useful and easy to follow. Nothing contained in our steps should be construed as giving legal or financial advice. Our intended audience is attorneys and accountants. Therefore, if you are not an attorney or accountant, you should contact an attorney or accountant for specific legal or tax questions regarding your LLC. Please be aware that the Franchise Tax Board and Secretary of State are government agencies and can change their fees/procedures/forms/turnaround times without notification. Although we do our best to update our steps and stay current, we shall not be held liable for any omissions or errors contained. We do not profess to be giving legal or financial advice to the general public as we are a typing and filing agency.

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