Don’t Use a PO Box for LLC’s Designated Office

Question:  Line 3.a of the California Secretary of State’s Articles of Organization, Form LLC-1, requires the initial street address of the LLC’s designated office in California.  Can the designated office be a U.S. post office box?

Answer:  No.  If the LLC’s designated office in California is a U.S. post office box the California Secretary of State will reject the Articles of Organization.  If the LLC’s mailing address is different from the address of the LLC’s designated office in California it is ok to enter a U.S. post office box on line 3.b of the Articles of Organization, Form LLC-1 for the LLC’s mailing address.