Free Tips and Instructions on Business Law Procedures

1. Creating an L.L.C.

Step 1: Fill out Certificate of Organization online: sos.idaho.gov/corp/llc_form.html

Step 2: Print, sign, and mail the form with a $100 filing fee to the Office of the

Secretary of State.

Tip: If there are more than one member, an Operating Agreement is highly recommended.

Note: As a separate entity, your LLC needs to have its own assets. The LLC must have a separate bank account and should hold title to its assets in its own name. Under no circumstances should the personal funds, assets, or accounts of members be mixed with those of the LLC. Similarly, LLC funds should never be used to pay personal expenses of members, to make personal investments for members, or for any other purposes not related to the LLC's business.

2. Registering an Assumed Business Name

Step 1: Fill out Certificate of Assumed Business Name online

Step 2: Print, sign, and mail the form with a $25 filing fee to the Office of the Secretary of State.

3. Registering a Trademark

Step 1: Register your Trademark Online:   https://www.accessidaho.org/sos/trademark/

Step 2: Pay the $30 filing fee

Tip: You must first use the trademark or service mark in commerce before you register it with the Secretary of State's Trademark section. There is no prescribed length of time that the mark must be used in Idaho before you can register it.